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Red Hat Enterprise 7.6: RHSA-2019:3873-01 Important Kernel Update

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Calendar Grey November 13, 2019
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 has a kernel security patch addressing critical Intel GPU processing vulnerabilities. This update is vital for ensuring system integrity and performance
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Extended 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: Intel GPU blitter manipulation can allow for arbitrary kernel memory write (CVE-2019-0155)
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

security advisory kernel update security fix important Red Hat Enterprise

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-0155 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://access.redhat.com/solutions/i915-graphics

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.6):
Source: kernel-3.10.0-957.38.3.el7.src.rpm
noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-957.38.3.el7.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-3.10.0-957.38.3.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64: bpftool-3.10.0-957.38.3.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-3.10.0-957.38.3.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-3.10.0-957.38.3.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.38.3.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-957.38.3.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.38.3.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-957.38.3.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-3.10.0-957.38.3.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-3.10.0-957.38.3.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-3.10.0-957.38.3.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.38.3.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-957.38.3.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-3.10.0-957.38.3.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.38.3.el7.x86_64.rpm python-perf-3.10.0-957.38.3.el7.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.38.3.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.6):
x86_64: kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.38.3.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.38.3.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-957.38.3.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.38.3.el7.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:3873-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3873
Issue date: 2019-11-13

Topic

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Extended 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 kernel update security fix important Red Hat Enterprise

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.6) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.6) - ppc64, ppc64le, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1724398 - CVE-2019-0155 hw: Intel GPU blitter manipulation can allow for arbitrary kernel memory write

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