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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RHSA-2019:2600-01 Important Kernel Update

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Calendar Grey September 3, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Crucial kernel security patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 targeting severe flaws and issues.
An update for kernel 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 packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: hw: Spectre SWAPGS gadget vulnerability (CVE-2019-1125)
* kernel: brcmfmac heap buffer overflow in brcmf_wowl_nd_results (CVE-2019-9500)
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):
* [mlx4] VXLAN over VLAN TCP segmentation (BZ#1734333)
* Race condition in /dev/sg due to missing synchronization causes corruption in RHV (BZ#1737380)
* panic handing smb2_reconnect due to a use after free (BZ#1737382)
* NFSv4.1 client stuck in infinite loop when received NFS4ERR_SEQ_MISORDERED error (BZ#1739077)
* Backport TCP follow-up for small buffers (BZ#1739130)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat bug fix heap overflow kernel important update SWAPGS vulnerability

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-1125 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9500 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important https://access.redhat.com/articles/4329821

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: kernel-3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.src.rpm
noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64: bpftool-3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64.rpm bpftool-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64.rpm python-perf-3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: bpftool-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Severity
important
Lowest
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Medium
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Critical

Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:2600-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2600
Issue date: 2019-09-03

Topic

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

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat bug fix heap overflow kernel important update SWAPGS vulnerability

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1701224 - CVE-2019-9500 kernel: brcmfmac heap buffer overflow in brcmf_wowl_nd_results

1724389 - CVE-2019-1125 kernel: hw: Spectre SWAPGS gadget vulnerability

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