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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5: RHSA-2019-2695 Moderate: Kernel Fix

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Calendar Grey September 10, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A new kernel update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5, targeting Spectre exploits and various issues.
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Advanced Update Support

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)
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):
* fragmented packets timing out (BZ#1741129)
* Backport TCP follow-up for small buffers (BZ#1741142)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat kernel update bug fix moderate impact Spectre vulnerability

References

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

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.5):
Source: kernel-2.6.32-431.96.1.el6.src.rpm
noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-431.96.1.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.32-431.96.1.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-firmware-2.6.32-431.96.1.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64: kernel-2.6.32-431.96.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-431.96.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.96.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-431.96.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.96.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-431.96.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.32-431.96.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.32-431.96.1.el6.x86_64.rpm perf-2.6.32-431.96.1.el6.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.96.1.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.96.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.5):
Source: kernel-2.6.32-431.96.1.el6.src.rpm
x86_64: kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.96.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.96.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-431.96.1.el6.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.96.1.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-2.6.32-431.96.1.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.96.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
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Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:2695-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2695
Issue date: 2019-09-10

Topic

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5Advanced Update Support.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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat kernel update bug fix moderate impact Spectre vulnerability

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.5) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.5) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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

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