kernel-4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: SVM nested virtualization issue in KVM (AVIC support) (CVE-2021-3653)

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):

* Nightly[0308] - HST:STC950:Fleetwood: LPAR crashed during LPM: BUG at lib/locks.c:34! (using ibmvfc)
* s390/vtime: fix increased steal time accounting
* [FJ8.4 Bug]: Installation of MIRACLE LINUX hang up on a Tatlow platform while loading intel_lpss_pci module.
* kernel panic in drm_fb_helper_dirty_work() caused by a race condition qxl driver
* TIOCGSERIAL ioctl fails on serial device
* Nightly[0208] - kernel panic when executing test case for persistent device configuration (using DASD)
* Killing ceph daemon leaving an unhealthy ocs/ocp cluster (worker node/s NotReady)
* ceph: potential data corruption in cephfs write_begin codepath
* libceph: allow addrvecs with a single NONE/blank address
* [iavf] traffic stops after host sets vf trust
* [ice][iavf] hit some call trace and system panic when create-remove-vfs in loop
* Missing backport of IMA boot aggregate calculation in MIRACLE LINUX kernel
* XArray tests broken for single processor
* mlock() end up returning -EINVAL instead of -ENOMEM in rewriting the upper address bits.
* Kernel panic at n_tty_set_termios+0x30
* [ice]BUG: scheduling while atomic: ifenslave/270215/0x00000200
* [ice]port lost connectivity after removing from bonding

Enhancement(s):

* [Mellanox 8.5 FEAT] mlx5: drivers update upto Linux v5.12

CVE-2021-3653
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