The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix: * kernel: powerpc: KVM guest OS users can cause host OS memory corruption * kernel: slab-out-of-bounds access in xdr_set_page_base in net/sunrpc/xdr.c For more details about the security issue, including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page listed in the References section. Bug Fix: * Update Broadcom Emulex lpfc driver for RHEL8.5 with bug fixes * cyclictest shows >50us latency when guest enters idle * xfrm: backports from upstream * A task is stuck waiting for the completion of the vmci_resouce releasing upon the balloon reset. * [mlx5] backport driver bits of net: zero-initialize tc skb extension on allocation * Kernel cannot kill a process doing compaction for hugepage allocation * RHEL8.4 Nightly[0108] - [P10] [Regression] Kdump failed on RHEL8.4 on SAN disk via flavafish adapter * [RHEL8.5] scheduler updates and fixes * RHEL 8.3 using FCOE via a FastLinQ QL45000 card will not manually scan in LUN from Target_id"s over 8 * fixes for oopses in security mitigation runtime code patching * act mirred doesn"t scrub packets when sending them to ingress * HPE: Cannot install 8.4 using the DVD presented to the iLO * NFS client hangs on share listing when server side readdir verifiers are implemented * SNO: The load is extremely high when pao is added and a profile is applied. * timeout value of conntrack entry with TCP ESTABLISHED status is too short * Increase the default value for flowtable offload timeouts * ice/iavf driver stop responding * [FJ8.4 Bug]: [REG] Some files in /proc/sys/user show wrong data