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RedHat Enterprise 6: RHSA-2020-2103-01 Important: Kernel Panic Threat

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Calendar Grey May 12, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A kernel security update is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, rated as important due to kernel panic issues.
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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):
* Kernel: NetLabel: null pointer dereference while receiving CIPSO packet with null category may cause kernel panic (CVE-2020-10711)
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 important kernel Red Hat Enterprise security impact kernel panic CIPSO packet

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10711 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source: kernel-2.6.32-754.29.2.el6.src.rpm
i386: kernel-2.6.32-754.29.2.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.29.2.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.29.2.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.29.2.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.29.2.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-754.29.2.el6.i686.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.32-754.29.2.el6.i686.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.29.2.el6.i686.rpm perf-2.6.32-754.29.2.el6.i686.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.29.2.el6.i686.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.29.2.el6.i686.rpm
noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-754.29.2.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.32-754.29.2.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-firmware-2.6.32-754.29.2.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64: kernel-2.6.32-754.29.2.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.29.2.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.29.2.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.29.2.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.29.2.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.29.2.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.29.2.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.29.2.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-754.29.2.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-754.29.2.el6.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
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Critical

Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:2103-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2103
Issue date: 2020-05-12

Topic

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory important kernel Red Hat Enterprise security impact kernel panic CIPSO packet

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, noarch, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1825116 - CVE-2020-10711 Kernel: NetLabel: null pointer dereference while receiving CIPSO packet with null category may cause kernel panic

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