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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2019-0162-01 Kernel-Alt Security Update

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An update for kernel-alt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Moderate: kernel-alt security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2019:0162-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0162
Issue date:        2019-01-29
CVE Names:         CVE-2018-10840 
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1. Summary:

An update for kernel-alt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. 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 for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le

3. Description:

The kernel-alt packages provide the Linux kernel version 4.x.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: Heap-based buffer overflow in
fs/ext4/xattr.c:ext4_xattr_set_entry() with crafted ext4 image
(CVE-2018-10840)

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.

Bug Fix(es):

These updated kernel-alt packages include also numerous bug fixes and
enhancements. Space precludes documenting all of the bug fixes in this
advisory. See the descriptions in the related Knowledge Article:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/3824202

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

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

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

1582346 - CVE-2018-10840 kernel: Heap-based buffer overflow in fs/ext4/xattr.c:ext4_xattr_set_entry() with crafted ext4 image

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7):

Source:
kernel-alt-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.src.rpm

aarch64:
kernel-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-devel-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-headers-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
perf-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
python-perf-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm

noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.noarch.rpm

ppc64le:
kernel-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-bootwrapper-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-devel-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-headers-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
perf-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
python-perf-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
kernel-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-headers-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-devel-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
perf-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
python-perf-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.s390x.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7):

aarch64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm

noarch:
kernel-doc-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.noarch.rpm

ppc64le:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.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-2018-10840
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

8. Contact:

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

Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2019-0162-01 Kernel-Alt Security Update

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Calendar Grey January 29, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat publishes security notice for kernel-alt, tackling moderate vulnerabilities and addressing bugs. Key update specifics.
An update for kernel-alt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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-alt packages provide the Linux kernel version 4.x.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: Heap-based buffer overflow in fs/ext4/xattr.c:ext4_xattr_set_entry() with crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-10840)
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.
Bug Fix(es):
These updated kernel-alt packages include also numerous bug fixes and enhancements. Space precludes documenting all of the bug fixes in this advisory. See the descriptions in the related Knowledge Article: https://access.redhat.com/articles/3824202

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10840 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7):
Source: kernel-alt-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.src.rpm
aarch64: kernel-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-devel-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-headers-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm perf-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm python-perf-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: kernel-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm kernel-bootwrapper-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debug-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:0162-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2019-01-29

Topic

An update for kernel-alt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le

Bugs Fixed

1582346 - CVE-2018-10840 kernel: Heap-based buffer overflow in fs/ext4/xattr.c:ext4_xattr_set_entry() with crafted ext4 image

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