RHSA-2021:1288: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es):

• kernel: locking issue in drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c can lead to an use-after-free (CVE-2020-29661)
• kernel: out-of-bounds read in libiscsi module (CVE-2021-27364)
• kernel: heap buffer overflow in the iSCSI subsystem (CVE-2021-27365)
• kernel: increase slab leak leads to DoS (CVE-2021-20265) 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):
• Enable CI and changelog for GitLab workflow (BZ#1930523) Related CVEs:
• CVE-2020-29661: kernel: locking issue in drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c can lead to an use-after-free
• CVE-2021-20265: kernel: increase slab leak leads to DoS
• CVE-2021-27364: kernel: out-of-bounds read in libiscsi module
• CVE-2021-27365: kernel: heap buffer overflow in the iSCSI subsystem