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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2019:3834-01 Important DoS Fix

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Calendar Grey November 12, 2019
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A significant kernel update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 has been classified as Important due to various security patches. A system reboot is advised following the update.
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. 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):
* hw: Machine Check Error on Page Size Change (IFU) (CVE-2018-12207)
* hw: TSX Transaction Asynchronous Abort (TAA) (CVE-2019-11135)
* hw: Intel GPU Denial Of Service while accessing MMIO in lower power state (CVE-2019-0154)
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.

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12207 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-0154 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11135 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/ifu-page-mce https://access.redhat.com/articles/tsx-asynchronousabort https://access.redhat.com/solutions/i915-graphics

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: kernel-3.10.0-1062.4.2.el7.src.rpm
noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-1062.4.2.el7.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-3.10.0-1062.4.2.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64: bpftool-3.10.0-1062.4.2.el7.x86_64.rpm bpftool-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.4.2.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-3.10.0-1062.4.2.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-3.10.0-1062.4.2.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.4.2.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-1062.4.2.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.4.2.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-1062.4.2.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-3.10.0-1062.4.2.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-3.10.0-1062.4.2.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-3.10.0-1062.4.2.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.4.2.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-1062.4.2.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-3.10.0-1062.4.2.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.4.2.el7.x86_64.rpm python-perf-3.10.0-1062.4.2.el7.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.4.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: bpftool-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.4.2.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.4.2.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.4.2.el7.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:3834-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3834
Issue date: 2019-11-12

Topic

An update for kernel 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.

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Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1646768 - CVE-2018-12207 hw: Machine Check Error on Page Size Change (IPU)

1724393 - CVE-2019-0154 hw: Intel GPU Denial Of Service while accessing MMIO in lower power state

1753062 - CVE-2019-11135 hw: TSX Transaction Asynchronous Abort (TAA)

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