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Medium RLSA-2021:3440 1 CVE

Moderate: kernel-rt security and bug fix update

Published Sep 7, 2021 · Updated Feb 5, 2026

Summary

The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: slab-out-of-bounds access in xdr_set_page_base() in net/sunrpc/xdr.c (CVE-2021-38201)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Bug Fix(es):

* OSLAT spikes on subset of cpus (BZ#1986063)

* kernel-rt: update RT source tree to the Rocky Linux-8.4.z source tree (BZ#1990013)

* Failure to enter full_nohz due to needless SCHED softirqs (BZ#1990272)

* kernel-rt: Make rcu_normal_after_boot writable (BZ#1995431)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 8 kernel-rt 0:4.18.0-305.17.1.rt7.89.el8_4

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1992731