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RedHat: RHSA-2019-3843-01 Important Kernel Update for Enterprise Linux

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Calendar Grey November 12, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Kernel patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux addressing severe security vulnerabilities. Incorporates essential remedies for significant concerns.
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Advanced Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Imp...

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)
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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Topics Covered

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12207 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

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.5):
Source: kernel-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.src.rpm
noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-firmware-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64: kernel-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm perf-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.5):
Source: kernel-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.src.rpm
x86_64: kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:3843-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3843
Issue date: 2019-11-12

Topic

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Advanced Update Support.

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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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update important kernel Linux machine check error

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.5) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.5) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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

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

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