RedHat Enterprise Linux 8 RHSA-2019-3517:01 Important Kernel Security
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November 5, 2019
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
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: nfs: use-after-free in svc_process_common() (CVE-2018-16884)
* Kernel: vhost_net: infinite loop while receiving packets leads to DoS
(CVE-2019-3900)
* Kernel: page cache side channel attacks (CVE-2019-5489)
* hardware: bluetooth: BR/EDR encryption key negotiation attacks (KNOB)
(CVE-2019-9506)
* kernel: Heap overflow in mwifiex_uap_parse_tail_ies function in
drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/ie.c (CVE-2019-10126)
* Kernel: KVM: OOB memory access via mmio ring buffer (CVE-2019-14821)
* kernel: Information Disclosure in crypto_report_one in
crypto/crypto_user.c (CVE-2018-19854)
* kernel: usb: missing size check in the __usb_get_extra_descriptor()
leading to DoS (CVE-2018-20169)
* kernel: Heap address information leak while using L2CAP_GET_CONF_OPT
(CVE-2019-3459)
* kernel: Heap address information leak while using L2CAP_PARSE_CONF_RSP
(CVE-2019-3460)
* kernel: SCTP socket buffer memory leak leading to denial of service
(CVE-2019-3874)
* kernel: denial of service vector through vfio DMA mappings
(CVE-2019-3882)
* kernel: null-pointer dereference in hci_uart_set_flow_control
(CVE-2019-10207)
* kernel: fix race condition between mmget_not_zero()/get_task_mm() and
core dumping (CVE-2019-11599)
* kernel: fs/ext4/extents.c leads to information disclosure
(CVE-2019-11833)
* kernel: sensitive information disclosure from kernel stack memory via
HIDPCONNADD command (CVE-2019-11884)
* kernel: use-after-free in arch/x86/lib/insn-eval.c (CVE-2019-13233)
* kernel: memory leak in register_queue_kobjects() in net/core/net-sysfs.c
leads to denial of service (CVE-2019-15916)
* kernel: Linux stack ASLR implementation Integer overflow (CVE-2015-1593)
* kernel: oob memory read in hso_probe in drivers/net/usb/hso.c
(CVE-2018-19985)
* Kernel: KVM: leak of uninitialized stack contents to guest
(CVE-2019-7222)
* Kernel: net: weak IP ID generation leads to remote device tracking
(CVE-2019-10638)
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.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1593 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16884 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19854 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19985 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20169 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3459 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3460 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3874 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3882 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3900 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-5489 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7222 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9506 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10126 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10207 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10638 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11599 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11833 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11884 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-13233 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14821 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15916 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important Read the Full Advisory
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source:
kernel-4.18.0-147.el8.src.rpm
aarch64:
bpftool-4.18.0-147.el8.aarch64.rpm
bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-147.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-147.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-147.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-147.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-147.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-147.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-147.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.18.0-147.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-147.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-147.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-147.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-147.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.el8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-147.el8.aarch64.rpm
perf-4.18.0-147.el8.aarch64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.el8.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-147.el8.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.el8.aarch64.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-4.18.0-147.el8.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-4.18.0-147.el8.noarch.rpm
ppc64le:
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:3517-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3517
Issue date: 2019-11-05
Topic
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.
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
Bugs Fixed
1192519 - CVE-2015-1593 kernel: Linux stack ASLR implementation Integer overflow
1656432 - [cgroup bpf devices] BPF program is not properly freed
1656986 - CVE-2018-19854 kernel: Information Disclosure in crypto_report_one in crypto/crypto_user.c
1660375 - CVE-2018-16884 kernel: nfs: use-after-free in svc_process_common()
1660385 - CVE-2018-20169 kernel: usb: missing size check in the __usb_get_extra_descriptor() leading to DoS
1663176 - CVE-2019-3459 kernel: Heap address information leak while using L2CAP_GET_CONF_OPT
1663179 - CVE-2019-3460 kernel: Heap address information leak while using L2CAP_PARSE_CONF_RSP
1664110 - CVE-2019-5489 Kernel: page cache side channel attacks
1666106 - CVE-2018-19985 kernel: oob memory read in hso_probe in drivers/net/usb/hso.c
1671930 - CVE-2019-7222 Kernel: KVM: leak of uninitialized stack contents to guest
1686373 - CVE-2019-3874 kernel: SCTP socket buffer memory leak leading to denial of service
1689426 - CVE-2019-3882 kernel: denial of service vector through vfio DMA mappings
1694143 - Misc updates to PCI subsystem from v4.20
1698757 - CVE-2019-3900 Kernel: vhost_net: infinite loop while receiving packets leads to DoS
1705937 - CVE-2019-11599 kernel: fix race condition between mmget_not_zero()/get_task_mm() and core dumping
1709837 - CVE-2019-11884 kernel: sensitive information disclosure from kernel stack memory via HIDPCONNADD command
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