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RedHat: RHSA-2019-3877-01 Important: CVE-2019-0155 Memory Write Issue

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Calendar Grey November 13, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat has issued an important kernel update addressing security flaws for RHEL 7.4. Reboot is required.
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):
* 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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat important kernel memory write CVE-2019-0155

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 Server AUS (v. 7.4):
Source: kernel-3.10.0-693.60.3.el7.src.rpm
noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-693.60.3.el7.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-3.10.0-693.60.3.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64: kernel-3.10.0-693.60.3.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-3.10.0-693.60.3.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.60.3.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-693.60.3.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.60.3.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-693.60.3.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-3.10.0-693.60.3.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-3.10.0-693.60.3.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-3.10.0-693.60.3.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.60.3.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-693.60.3.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-3.10.0-693.60.3.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.60.3.el7.x86_64.rpm python-perf-3.10.0-693.60.3.el7.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.60.3.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.4):
Source: kernel-3.10.0-693.60.3.el7.src.rpm
noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-693.60.3.el7.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-3.10.0-693.60.3.el7.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: kernel-3.10.0-693.60.3.el7.ppc64le.rpm kernel-bootwrapper-3.10.0-693.60.3.el7.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debug-3.10.0-693.60.3.el7.ppc64le.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:3877-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3877
Issue date: 2019-11-13

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 security update Red Hat important kernel memory write CVE-2019-0155

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

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

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