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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 RHSA-2018:3423 Important: Cache Issue

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An update for qemu-kvm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Important: qemu-kvm security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2018:3423-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3423
Issue date:        2018-10-30
CVE Names:         CVE-2018-3639 
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1. Summary:

An update for qemu-kvm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Telco Extended Update
Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Update Services for SAP
Solutions.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.2) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.2) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.2) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional E4S (v. 7.2) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional TUS (v. 7.2) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.2) - x86_64

3. Description:

Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a full virtualization solution for
Linux on a variety of architectures. The qemu-kvm packages provide the
user-space component for running virtual machines that use KVM.

Security Fix(es):

* An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor
designs have implemented speculative execution of Load & Store instructions
(a commonly used performance optimization). It relies on the presence of a
precisely-defined instruction sequence in the privileged code as well as
the fact that memory read from address to which a recent memory write has
occurred may see an older value and subsequently cause an update into the
microprocessor's data cache even for speculatively executed instructions
that never actually commit (retire). As a result, an unprivileged attacker
could use this flaw to read privileged memory by conducting targeted cache
side-channel attacks. (CVE-2018-3639 virt-ssbd AMD)

Note: This is the qemu-kvm side of the CVE-2018-3639 mitigation.

Red Hat would like to thank Ken Johnson (Microsoft Security Response
Center) and Jann Horn (Google Project Zero) for reporting this issue.

4. 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

After installing this update, shut down all running virtual machines. Once
all virtual machines have shut down, start them again for this update to
take effect.

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1566890 - CVE-2018-3639 hw: cpu: speculative store bypass

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.2):

Source:
qemu-kvm-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.src.rpm

x86_64:
libcacard-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.i686.rpm
libcacard-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
qemu-img-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-common-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.i686.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-tools-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.2):

Source:
qemu-kvm-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.src.rpm

x86_64:
libcacard-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.i686.rpm
libcacard-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
qemu-img-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-common-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.i686.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-tools-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.2):

Source:
qemu-kvm-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.src.rpm

x86_64:
libcacard-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.i686.rpm
libcacard-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
qemu-img-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-common-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.i686.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-tools-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.2):

x86_64:
libcacard-devel-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.i686.rpm
libcacard-devel-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
libcacard-tools-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.i686.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional E4S (v. 7.2):

x86_64:
libcacard-devel-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.i686.rpm
libcacard-devel-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
libcacard-tools-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.i686.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional TUS (v. 7.2):

x86_64:
libcacard-devel-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.i686.rpm
libcacard-devel-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
libcacard-tools-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.i686.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-3639
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important
https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/ssbd

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact

Copyright 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 RHSA-2018:3423 Important: Cache Issue

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Calendar Grey October 30, 2018
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The Linux organization has released a critical patch for qemu-kvm aimed at addressing vulnerabilities related to cache side-channel exploits affecting virtual systems.
An update for qemu-kvm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise...

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

After installing this update, shut down all running virtual machines. Once all virtual machines have shut down, start them again for this update to take effect.

Summary

Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on a variety of architectures. The qemu-kvm packages provide the user-space component for running virtual machines that use KVM.
Security Fix(es):
* An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of Load & Store instructions (a commonly used performance optimization). It relies on the presence of a precisely-defined instruction sequence in the privileged code as well as the fact that memory read from address to which a recent memory write has occurred may see an older value and subsequently cause an update into the microprocessor's data cache even for speculatively executed instructions that never actually commit (retire). As a result, an unprivileged attacker could use this flaw to read privileged memory by conducting targeted cache side-channel attacks. (CVE-2018-3639 virt-ssbd AMD)
Note: This is the qemu-kvm side of the CVE-2018-3639 mitigation.
Red Hat would like to thank Ken Johnson (Microsoft Security Response Center) and Jann Horn (Google Project Zero) for reporting this issue.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-3639 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/ssbd

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.2):
Source: qemu-kvm-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.src.rpm
x86_64: libcacard-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.i686.rpm libcacard-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm qemu-img-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-common-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.i686.rpm qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-tools-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.2):
Source: qemu-kvm-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.src.rpm
x86_64: libcacard-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.i686.rpm libcacard-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm qemu-img-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-common-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.i686.rpm qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-tools-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.2):
Source: qemu-kvm-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.src.rpm
x86_64: libcacard-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.i686.rpm libcacard-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm qemu-img-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-common-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.i686.rpm qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-105.el7_2.18.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:3423-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2018-10-30

Topic

An update for qemu-kvm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Telco Extended UpdateSupport, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Update Services for SAPSolutions.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.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.2) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.2) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.2) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional E4S (v. 7.2) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional TUS (v. 7.2) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.2) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1566890 - CVE-2018-3639 hw: cpu: speculative store bypass

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