<span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Jonathan,</span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:sans-serif">CVE-2021-33909
and 3.10.0-1160.36.2.el7.x86_64</span><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">
was published on July 20, 2021. </span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">GPFS has not been
tested on this RHEL kernel yet per our FAQ </span><a href="https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/spectrum-scale/5.1.1?topic=spectrum-scale-faq"><span style=" font-size:10pt;color:blue;font-family:sans-serif">https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/spectrum-scale/5.1.1?topic=spectrum-scale-faq</span></a><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">.</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">For both IBM Spectrum
Scale 5.1.1.2 and IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.5.8, The latest tested RHEL kernel
is 3.10.0-1160.31.1.el7 (RHEL 7.9) tile now.</span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">3.10.0-1160.36.2.el7.x86_64
is a kernel errata of 3.10.0-1160. According to IBM Spectrum Scale FAQ,
it's a supported kernel version (IBM will update kernel support list if
incompatibility issues were found in subsequent tests)</span>
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<br><a href="https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/spectrum-scale/5.1.1?topic=spectrum-scale-faq"><span style=" font-size:10pt;color:blue;font-family:sans-serif">https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/spectrum-scale/5.1.1?topic=spectrum-scale-faq</span></a><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">.</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Kernel errata
can be applied to the current kernel version unless they are explicitly
listed in the FAQ as not supported. Always validate kernel changes including
errata with IBM Spectrum Scale in a test environment before rolling out
to production. Always rebuild the portability layer after any kernel changes.</span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">See also </span><a href="https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/full-story-ibm-spectrum-scale-and-linux-version-compatibility"><span style=" font-size:10pt;color:blue;font-family:sans-serif">https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/full-story-ibm-spectrum-scale-and-linux-version-compatibility</span></a>
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<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Regards, The Spectrum
Scale (GPFS) team<br>
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<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:sans-serif">From:
</span><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:sans-serif">Jonathan
Buzzard <jonathan.buzzard@strath.ac.uk></span>
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<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:sans-serif">Date:
</span><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:sans-serif">2021/07/23
08:51 PM</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:sans-serif">Subject:
</span><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:sans-serif">[EXTERNAL]
[gpfsug-discuss] CVE-2021-33909 and 3.10.0-1160.36.2.el7.x86_64</span>
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by: </span><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:sans-serif">gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</span>
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Anyone know what GPFS versions will work with kernel version <br>
3.10.0-1160.36.2 on RHEL7 rebuilds to patch for the above local <br>
privilege escalation bug?<br>
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JAB.
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Jonathan A. Buzzard
Tel: +44141-5483420<br>
HPC System Administrator, ARCHIE-WeSt.<br>
University of Strathclyde, John Anderson Building, Glasgow. G4 0NG<br>
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