-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 ==================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: kernel security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:2827-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2827 Issue date: 2019-09-20 CVE Names: CVE-2019-14835 ==================================================================== 1. Summary: An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. 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 CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64 3. Description: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Linux kernel's vhost functionality that translates virtqueue buffers to IOVs, logged the buffer descriptors during migration. A privileged guest user able to pass descriptors with invalid length to the host when migration is underway, could use this flaw to increase their privileges on the host. (CVE-2019-14835) 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/): 1750727 - CVE-2019-14835 kernel: vhost-net: guest to host kernel escape during migration 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8): Source: kernel-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.src.rpm aarch64: bpftool-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm kernel-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm kernel-core-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm kernel-devel-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm kernel-headers-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm kernel-modules-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm perf-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm python3-perf-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.noarch.rpm ppc64le: bpftool-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm kernel-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm kernel-core-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debug-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm kernel-devel-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm kernel-headers-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm kernel-modules-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm kernel-tools-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm perf-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm python3-perf-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm s390x: bpftool-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.s390x.rpm bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.s390x.rpm kernel-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.s390x.rpm kernel-core-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.s390x.rpm kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.s390x.rpm kernel-debug-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.s390x.rpm kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.s390x.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.s390x.rpm kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.s390x.rpm kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.s390x.rpm kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.s390x.rpm kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.s390x.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.s390x.rpm kernel-devel-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.s390x.rpm kernel-headers-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.s390x.rpm kernel-modules-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.s390x.rpm kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.s390x.rpm kernel-tools-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.s390x.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.s390x.rpm kernel-zfcpdump-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.s390x.rpm kernel-zfcpdump-core-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.s390x.rpm kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.s390x.rpm kernel-zfcpdump-devel-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.s390x.rpm kernel-zfcpdump-modules-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.s390x.rpm kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.s390x.rpm perf-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.s390x.rpm perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.s390x.rpm python3-perf-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.s390x.rpm python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.s390x.rpm x86_64: bpftool-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm kernel-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm kernel-core-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm kernel-modules-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm perf-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm python3-perf-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8): aarch64: bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm ppc64le: bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm x86_64: bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. 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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.
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux
operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Linux kernel's vhost
functionality that translates virtqueue buffers to IOVs, logged the buffer
descriptors during migration. A privileged guest user able to pass
descriptors with invalid length to the host when migration is underway,
could use this flaw to increase their privileges on the host.
(CVE-2019-14835)
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14835 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/kernel-vhost
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source:
kernel-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.src.rpm
aarch64:
bpftool-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
perf-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
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An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.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.
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
1750727 - CVE-2019-14835 kernel: vhost-net: guest to host kernel escape during migration
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