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RedHat: RHSA-2019-2862-01 Important: Buffer Overflow Security Fix

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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 impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Important: kernel-alt security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2019:2862-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2862
Issue date:        2019-09-23
CVE Names:         CVE-2019-14835 
====================================================================
1. Summary:

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 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 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

3. Description:

The kernel-alt packages provide the Linux kernel version 4.x.

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 for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7):

Source:
kernel-alt-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.src.rpm

aarch64:
kernel-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-devel-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-headers-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
perf-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
python-perf-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm

noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.noarch.rpm

ppc64le:
kernel-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-bootwrapper-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-devel-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-headers-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
perf-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
python-perf-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
kernel-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-headers-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-devel-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
perf-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
python-perf-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.s390x.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7):

aarch64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm

noarch:
kernel-doc-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.noarch.rpm

ppc64le:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.ppc64le.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/

7. References:

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

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
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RedHat: RHSA-2019-2862-01 Important: Buffer Overflow Security Fix

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Calendar Grey September 23, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A significant kernel-alt security notice for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 tackling a severe buffer overflow vulnerability.
An update for kernel-alt 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-alt packages provide the Linux kernel version 4.x.
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)

References

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

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7):
Source: kernel-alt-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.src.rpm
aarch64: kernel-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-devel-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-headers-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm perf-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm python-perf-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: kernel-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm kernel-bootwrapper-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debug-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.13.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:2862-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2019-09-23

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 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.

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

1750727 - CVE-2019-14835 kernel: vhost-net: guest to host kernel escape during migration

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