RedHat: RHSA-2019-2078:01 Low: qemu-kvm security, bug fix,
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):
* QEMU: Slirp: information leakage in tcp_emu() due to uninitialized stack
variables (CVE-2019-9824)
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.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.
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
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.
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9824 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.7_release_notes/index
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source:
qemu-kvm-1.5.3-167.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
qemu-img-1.5.3-167.el7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-1.5.3-167.el7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-common-1.5.3-167.el7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-167.el7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-tools-1.5.3-167.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
Source:
qemu-kvm-1.5.3-167.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
qemu-img-1.5.3-167.el7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-1.5.3-167.el7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-common-1.5.3-167.el7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-167.el7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-tools-1.5.3-167.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
qemu-kvm-1.5.3-167.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
qemu-img-1.5.3-167.el7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-1.5.3-167.el7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-common-1.5.3-167.el7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-167.el7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-tools-1.5.3-167.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source:
qemu-kvm-1.5.3-167.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
qemu-img-1.5.3-167.el7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-1.5.3-167.el7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-common-1.5.3-167.el7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-167.el7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-tools-1.5.3-167.el7.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/
Topic
An update for qemu-kvm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Low. 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 Client (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1654627 - Qemu: hw: bt: keep bt/* objects from building [rhel-7.7]
1658407 - mode="host-model" VMs include broken "arch-facilities" flag name [qemu-kvm]
1659229 - Ballooning is incompatible with vfio assigned devices, but not prevented
1678515 - CVE-2019-9824 QEMU: Slirp: information leakage in tcp_emu() due to uninitialized stack variables
1686253 - Bitmap merge: Segment fault when merge with a not existed src_name in transaction mode
1709495 - Change CPUID[0x40000000].EAX from 0 to KVM_CPUID_FE...ATURES (0x40000001)
