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Red Hat 7.7: RHSA-2020:3598 Important: Kernel Security Update

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Calendar Grey September 1, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
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An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Extended Update Support

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: kernel: DAX hugepages not considered during mremap (CVE-2020-10757)
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):
* [7.7 - Backport request] kernel: scsi: ses: don't ask for diagnostic pages repeatedly during probe (BZ#1861331)
* kernel: Race condition in hashtables (BZ#1868687)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat bug fix important kernel security impact DAX hugepages

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10757 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.7):
Source: kernel-3.10.0-1062.33.1.el7.src.rpm
noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-1062.33.1.el7.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-3.10.0-1062.33.1.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64: bpftool-3.10.0-1062.33.1.el7.x86_64.rpm bpftool-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.33.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-3.10.0-1062.33.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-3.10.0-1062.33.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.33.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-1062.33.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.33.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-1062.33.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-3.10.0-1062.33.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-3.10.0-1062.33.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-3.10.0-1062.33.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.33.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-1062.33.1.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-3.10.0-1062.33.1.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.33.1.el7.x86_64.rpm python-perf-3.10.0-1062.33.1.el7.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.33.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.7):
x86_64: bpftool-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.33.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.33.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.33.1.el7.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:3598-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3598
Issue date: 2020-09-01

Topic

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7Extended Update Support.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 Red Hat bug fix important kernel security impact DAX hugepages

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.7) - ppc64, ppc64le, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1842525 - CVE-2020-10757 kernel: kernel: DAX hugepages not considered during mremap

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