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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 RHSA-2017:0065-01 Critical Memory Issue

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Calendar Grey January 17, 2017
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Crucial kernel security patch for CentOS 7 fixes a severe buffer overflow vulnerability. Apply the update immediately!
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Advanced Update Support

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

Summary

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the kernels socket recvmmsg subsystem. This may allow remote attackers to corrupt memory and may allow execution of arbitrary code. This corruption takes place during the error handling routines within __sys_recvmmsg() function. (CVE-2016-7117, Important)

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat critical remote code execution memory corruption important kernel

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7117 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.5):
Source: kernel-2.6.32-431.77.1.el6.src.rpm
noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-431.77.1.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.32-431.77.1.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-firmware-2.6.32-431.77.1.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64: kernel-2.6.32-431.77.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-431.77.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.77.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-431.77.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.77.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-431.77.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.32-431.77.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.32-431.77.1.el6.x86_64.rpm perf-2.6.32-431.77.1.el6.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.77.1.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.77.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 6.5):
Source: kernel-2.6.32-431.77.1.el6.src.rpm
noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-431.77.1.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.32-431.77.1.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-firmware-2.6.32-431.77.1.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64: kernel-2.6.32-431.77.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-431.77.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.77.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-431.77.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.77.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2017:0065-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0065.html
Issue date: 2017-01-17

Topic

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5Advanced Update Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat critical remote code execution memory corruption important kernel

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.5) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.5) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional TUS (v. 6.5) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 6.5) - noarch, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1382268 - CVE-2016-7117 kernel: Use-after-free in the recvmmsg exit path

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