[LU-14993] kernel update [RHEL8.4 4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4]

• Type: Task
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Priority: Minor
• Assignee: Jian Yu
• Reporter: Jian Yu

Description

Security Fix(es):

• kernel: powerpc: KVM guest OS users can cause host OS memory corruption (CVE-2021-37576)
• kernel: slab-out-of-bounds access in xdr_set_page_base() in net/sunrpc/xdr.c (CVE-2021-38201)

Bug Fix(es):

• Update Broadcom Emulex lpfc driver for RHEL8.5 with bug fixes (BZ#1948608)
• cyclictest shows >50us latency when guest enters idle (RT guest with 18 RT vCPUs) (BZ#1981336)
• xfrm: backports from upstream (BZ#1981840)
• A task is stuck waiting for the completion of the vmci_resouce releasing upon the balloon reset. (BZ#1982042)
• [mlx5] backport driver bits of net: zero-initialize tc skb extension on allocation (BZ#1982220)
• Kernel cannot kill a process doing compaction for hugepage allocation (BZ#1984085)
• RHEL8.4 Nightly[0108] - [P10] [Regression] Kdump failed on RHEL8.4 on SAN disk via flavafish adapter (qla2xxx/HPT/Radix) (BZ#1986156)
• [RHEL8.5] scheduler updates and fixes (BZ#1987296)
• RHEL 8.3 using FCOE via a FastLinQ QL45000 card will not manually scan in LUN from Target_id's over 8 (BZ#1989097)
• fixes for oopses in security mitigation runtime code patching (BZ#1989174)
• act mirred doesn't scrub packets when sending them to ingress (BZ#1992226)
• HPE: Cannot install 8.4 using the DVD presented to the iLO (BZ#1993894)
• NFS client hangs on share listing when server side readdir verifiers are implemented (BZ#1993895)
• SNO: The load is extremely high (~870) when pao is added and a profile is applied. (BZ#1994879)
• timeout value of conntrack entry with TCP ESTABLISHED status is too short (BZ#1995554)
• Increase the default value for flowtable offload timeouts (BZ#1995555)
• ice/iavf driver stop responding (BZ#1997534)
• [FJ8.4 Bug]: [REG] Some files in /proc/sys/user show wrong data (BZ#1998002)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3447?sc_cid=701600000006NHXAA2
 

Issue Links

• is related to: LU-15008 kernel update [RHEL8.4 4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4]
• is related to: LU-14925 kernel update [RHEL8.4 4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4]

Comments

[Jian Yu]

A new version is available in LU-15008.

[Gerrit Updater]

"Jian Yu <[e-mail]>" uploaded a new patch: https://review.whamcloud.com/44872
Subject: LU-14993 kernel: kernel update RHEL8.4 [4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4]
Project: fs/lustre-release
Branch: b2_12
Current Patch Set: 1
Commit: 10941fb1ccd82b020b636984a4154c70a8adf48a

[Gerrit Updater]

"Jian Yu <[e-mail]>" uploaded a new patch: https://review.whamcloud.com/44871
Subject: LU-14993 kernel: kernel update RHEL8.4 [4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4]
Project: fs/lustre-release
Branch: master
Current Patch Set: 1
Commit: fe61b1214eb2f43ecd990f53c96682c00fcb7898