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RedHat: RHSA-2019-3187-01 Important: Kernel Security and Bug Fix

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Calendar Grey October 23, 2019
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An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise...

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):
* hardware: bluetooth: BR/EDR encryption key negotiation attacks (KNOB) (CVE-2019-9506)
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):
* Fix possible Spectre-v1 bugs in wireless code (BZ#1706696)
* powerpc/pseries: Disable CPU hotplug across migrations / powerpc/rtas: Fix a potential race between CPU-Offline & Migration (LPM) (BZ#1745436)
* powerpc/pseries: Fix unitialized timer reset on migration / powerpc/pseries/mobility: Extend start/stop topology update scope (LPM) (BZ#1745438)
* ISST-LTE:PVM:Zeppelin :LPM: Failure logs and stack trace seen during LPM (POWER9/P9) (BZ#1745446)

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat bug fix important kernel bluetooth encryption attack

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9506 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.4):
Source: kernel-3.10.0-693.60.1.el7.src.rpm
noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-693.60.1.el7.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-3.10.0-693.60.1.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64: kernel-3.10.0-693.60.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-3.10.0-693.60.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.60.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-693.60.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.60.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-693.60.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-3.10.0-693.60.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-3.10.0-693.60.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-3.10.0-693.60.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.60.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-693.60.1.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-3.10.0-693.60.1.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.60.1.el7.x86_64.rpm python-perf-3.10.0-693.60.1.el7.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.60.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.4):
Source: kernel-3.10.0-693.60.1.el7.src.rpm
noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-693.60.1.el7.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-3.10.0-693.60.1.el7.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: kernel-3.10.0-693.60.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm kernel-bootwrapper-3.10.0-693.60.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debug-3.10.0-693.60.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:3187-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3187
Issue date: 2019-10-23

Topic

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat bug fix important kernel bluetooth encryption attack

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.4) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.4) - noarch, ppc64le, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.4) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional E4S (v. 7.4) - ppc64le, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional TUS (v. 7.4) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.4) - noarch, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1727857 - CVE-2019-9506 hardware: bluetooth: BR/EDR encryption key negotiation attacks (KNOB)

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