RedHat: RHSA-2019-0525:01 Moderate: kernel-alt security and bug fix update
Summary
The kernel-alt packages provide the Linux kernel version 4.x.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: out-of-bounds memcpy in fs/ext4/inline.c:ext4_read_inline_data()
with crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-11412)
* kernel: use-after-free in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction funtion
(CVE-2018-10876)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Bug Fix(es):
* blk-mq IO hang in null_blk test (BZ#1581223)
* lpfc remove lpfc_enable_pbde module parameter. (BZ#1615875)
* RHEL-Alt-7.6 - [Power9][DD2.2][4.14.0-109]package installation segfaults
inside debian chroot env in P9 KVM guest with HTM enabled (kvm)
(BZ#1628817)
* Pegas1.1 - [P9] "threads=2" or higher is required to boot up VM with
above 256 vcpu [rhel-alt-7.6.z] (BZ#1634653)
* RHEL-Alt-7.6 Snapshot5 - System crashed under stress-ng & HTX on the mix
mode guest (kvm) (BZ#1637890)
* RHEL-Alt-7.6 - BostonESS:P9:DD2.01 - Testing Ethtool options 'r' and 'p'
for the i40e driver causes the kernel to crash and reboots the server
(i40e) (CORAL) (BZ#1644606)
* RHEL-Alt-7.6 Host/RHV4.2: system crashed and kdump failed to collect CPUs
in KVM guests (BZ#1649196)
* RHEL-Alt-7.6 Host:BostonLC:P9:boslcp1: system crashed in
__find_linux_pte+0xac (kvm) (BZ#1651065)
* [LLNL 7.7 Bug] Rasdaemon doesn’t seem to collect APEI errors (BZ#1664495)
Users of kernel are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs.
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-2018-10876 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11412 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-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.src.rpm
aarch64:
kernel-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-devel-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-headers-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
perf-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
python-perf-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.noarch.rpm
ppc64le:
kernel-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-bootwrapper-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-devel-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-headers-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
perf-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
python-perf-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
kernel-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-headers-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-devel-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
perf-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
python-perf-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7):
aarch64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
noarch:
kernel-doc-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.noarch.rpm
ppc64le:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.6.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
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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.
Topic
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
1582358 - CVE-2018-11412 kernel: out-of-bounds memcpy in fs/ext4/inline.c:ext4_read_inline_data() with crafted ext4 image
1596773 - CVE-2018-10876 kernel: use-after-free in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction funtion