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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: RHSA-2020-1567-01 Important Kernel-RT Fix

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Calendar Grey April 28, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Critical kernel-rt security patch released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, resolving various vulnerabilities including potential denial of service exploits.
An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: use-after-free in __blk_add_trace in kernel/trace/blktrace.c (CVE-2019-19768)
* kernel: nfs: NULL pointer dereference due to an anomalized NFS message sequence (CVE-2018-16871)
* kernel: memory leak in the kernel_read_file function in fs/exec.c allows to cause a denial of service (CVE-2019-8980)
* kernel: unprivileged users able to create RAW sockets in AF_IEEE802154 network protocol. (CVE-2019-17053)
* kernel: unprivileged users able to create RAW sockets in AF_ISDN network protocol. (CVE-2019-17055)
* kernel: integer overflow in tcp_ack_update_rtt in net/ipv4/tcp_input.c (CVE-2019-18805)
* kernel: information leak bug caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb_core.c driver (CVE-2019-19534)
* kernel: some ipv6 protocols not encrypted over ipsec tunnel. (CVE-2020-1749)
* Kernel: net: using kernel space address bits to derive IP ID may potentially break KASLR (CVE-2019-10639)
* kernel: An out-of-bounds read in drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_dbg.c leading to crash or information disclosure (CVE-2019-15090)
* kernel: a NULL pointer dereference in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/usb.c leads to a crash (CVE-2019-15099)
* kernel: Null pointer dereference in the sound/usb/line6/pcm.c (CVE-2019-15221)
* kernel: Two memory leaks in the mwifiex_pcie_init_evt_ring() function in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c allows for a DoS (CVE-2019-19057)
* kernel: Memory leaks in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c in the Linux kernel (DOS) (CVE-2019-19073)
* kernel: a memory leak in the ath9k management function in allows local DoS (CVE-2019-19074)
* kernel: when cpu.cfs_quota_us is used allows attackers to cause a denial of service against non-cpu-bound applications (CVE-2019-19922)
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.
Bug Fix(es):
* RT: update RT source tree to the RHEL-8.2 tree (BZ#1708716)
* KVM-RT guest fails boot with emulatorsched (BZ#1712781)
* 8 vCPU guest need max latency < 20 us with stress [RT-8.2] (BZ#1757165)
* Request nx_huge_pages=N as default value to avoid kvm-rt guest large latency spike [rt-8] (BZ#1788352)
* RT: Add rpm Provide of 'kernel' to indicate that this is a kernel package (BZ#1796284)
* [RHEL8] RT kernel signed by test certificate and not Red Hat Secure Boot (BZ#1806871)
Enhancement(s):
* update to the upstream 5.x RT patchset (BZ#1680161)

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16871 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8980 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10639 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15090 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15099 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15221 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17053 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17055 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18805 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19057 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19073 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19074 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19534 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19768 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19922 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1749 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.2_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 8):
Source: kernel-rt-4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8.src.rpm
x86_64: kernel-rt-4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-debug-4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-debug-core-4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-debug-devel-4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-debug-kvm-4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-debug-modules-4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-debuginfo-4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-devel-4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-kvm-4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-modules-4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-modules-extra-4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 8):
Source: kernel-rt-4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8.src.rpm
x86_64: kernel-rt-4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-debug-4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-debug-core-4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8.x86_64.rpm kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:1567-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2020-04-28

Topic

An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 8) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 8) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1655162 - CVE-2018-16871 kernel: nfs: NULL pointer dereference due to an anomalized NFS message sequence

1679972 - CVE-2019-8980 kernel: memory leak in the kernel_read_file function in fs/exec.c allows to cause a denial of service

1708716 - RT: update RT source tree to the RHEL-8.2 tree

1712781 - KVM-RT guest fails boot with emulatorsched

1729933 - CVE-2019-10639 Kernel: net: using kernel space address bits to derive IP ID may potentially break KASLR

1743526 - CVE-2019-15090 kernel: An out-of-bounds read in drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_dbg.c leading to crash or information disclosure

1743560 - CVE-2019-15099 kernel: a NULL pointer dereference in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/usb.c leads to a crash

1749974 - CVE-2019-15221 kernel: Null pointer dereference in the sound/usb/line6/pcm.c

1757165 - 8 vCPU guest need max latency < 20 us with stress [RT-8.2]

1758242 - CVE-2019-17053 kernel: unprivileged users able to create RAW sockets in AF_IEEE802154 network protocol.

1758248 - CVE-2019-17055 kernel: unprivileged users able to create RAW sockets in AF_ISDN network protocol.

1768730 - [kernel-rt-debug] BUG: MAX_LOCKDEP_CHAINS too low!

1771496 - CVE-2019-18805 kernel: integer overflow in tcp_ack_update_rtt in net/ipv4/tcp_input.c

1772738 - kvm nx_huge_pages_recovery_ratio=0 is needed to meet KVM-RT low latency requirement

1774933 - CVE-2019-19074 kernel: a memory leak in the ath9k management function in allows local DoS

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