Advisories ยป MGASA-2021-0062

Updated kernel-linus packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 01 Feb 2021
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 7
CVE: CVE-2021-3347

Description

This kernel-linus update is based on upstream 5.10.12 and fixes at least the
following security issue:

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.10.11. PI futexes
have a kernel stack use-after-free during fault handling, allowing local
users to execute code in the kernel (CVE-2021-3347).

For other upstream fixes, see the referenced changelog.
                

References

SRPMS

7/core