New Important Kernel Update Released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and CentOS 7 Users
A new important Linux kernel security update was released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and CentOS Linux 7 users to address several vulnerabilities and also fix some bugs.
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The new kernel security update patches a 7-years-old privilege escalation flaw (CVE-2021-33909) discovered by Qualys Research Labs in Linux kernel’s filesystem layer, which could allow an unprivileged user to create, mount, and then delete a large directory structure of over 1GB in size.
It also patches two use-after-free vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-33033 and CVE-2021-33034) discovered in Linux kernel’s CIPSO network packet labeling protocol functionality and Bluetooth HCI driver respectively, which could allow a local attacker to crash the system, execute arbitrary code, or escalate their privileges on the system. Full Story |
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