RedHat: RHSA-2018-1319:01 Important: kernel security and bug fix update
Summary
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux
operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* hw: cpu: speculative execution permission faults handling (CVE-2017-5754)
* Kernel: error in exception handling leads to DoS (CVE-2018-8897)
* kernel: nfsd: Incorrect handling of long RPC replies (CVE-2017-7645)
* kernel: Use-after-free vulnerability in DCCP socket (CVE-2017-8824)
* kernel: v4l2: disabled memory access protection mechanism allowing
privilege escalation (CVE-2017-13166)
* kernel: netfilter: use-after-free in tcpmss_mangle_packet function in
net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c (CVE-2017-18017)
* kernel: Stack information leak in the EFS element (CVE-2017-1000410)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in
the References section.
Red Hat would like to thank Google Project Zero for reporting
CVE-2017-5754; Nick Peterson (Everdox Tech LLC) and Andy Lutomirski for
reporting CVE-2018-8897; Mohamed Ghannam for reporting CVE-2017-8824; and
Armis Labs for reporting CVE-2017-1000410.
Bug Fix(es):
These updated kernel packages include also numerous bug fixes. Space
precludes documenting all of these bug fixes in this advisory. See the bug
fix descriptions in the related Knowledge Article:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/3431591
Summary
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.
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7645 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8824 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13166 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18017 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000410 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8897 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://access.redhat.com/articles/3431591
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source:
kernel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.src.rpm
i386:
kernel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
i386:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):
Source:
kernel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.src.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source:
kernel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.src.rpm
i386:
kernel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.noarch.rpm
ppc64:
kernel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-bootwrapper-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
kernel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.s390x.rpm
perf-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.s390x.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):
i386:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
ppc64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.s390x.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.s390x.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source:
kernel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.src.rpm
i386:
kernel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6):
i386:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
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Topic
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.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.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, noarch, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1443615 - CVE-2017-7645 kernel: nfsd: Incorrect handling of long RPC replies
1519160 - CVE-2017-1000410 kernel: Stack information leak in the EFS element
1519591 - CVE-2017-8824 kernel: Use-after-free vulnerability in DCCP socket
1519781 - CVE-2017-5754 hw: cpu: speculative execution permission faults handling
1531135 - CVE-2017-18017 kernel: netfilter: use-after-free in tcpmss_mangle_packet function in net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c
1548412 - CVE-2017-13166 kernel: v4l2: disabled memory access protection mechanism allowing privilege escalation
1567074 - CVE-2018-8897 Kernel: error in exception handling leads to DoS