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Red Hat: RHSA-2020-5430-01 Moderate: Kernel Bug Fix Update

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Calendar Grey December 15, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
This notification outlines a significant kernel vulnerability patch update for CentOS, targeting essential security concerns.
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 L...

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: out of bounds write in function i2c_smbus_xfer_emulated in drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c (CVE-2017-18551)
* kernel: out of bounds write in i2c driver leads to local escalation of privilege (CVE-2019-9454)
* kernel: mounting a crafted ext4 filesystem image, performing some operations, and unmounting can lead to a use-after-free in ext4_put_super in fs/ext4/super.c (CVE-2019-19447)
* kernel: out-of-bounds write via crafted keycode table (CVE-2019-20636)
* kernel: sg_write function lacks an sg_remove_request call in a certain failure case (CVE-2020-12770)
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):
* Secure boot key is not loaded with kernel-3.10.0-1159.el7: MODSIGN: Couldn't get UEFI MokListRT (BZ#1876951)
* RHEL7.6: no-carrier configured interfaces causes soft lockups by mount.nfs and hang booting/shutdown process (BZ#1889770)
* [Intel Bug]: hrtimer (rdmavt RNR timer) was lost sometimes (BZ#1892996)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue Red Hat kernel update bug fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate severity local escalation

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18551 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9454 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19447 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-20636 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12770 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.4):
Source: kernel-3.10.0-693.81.1.el7.src.rpm
noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-693.81.1.el7.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-3.10.0-693.81.1.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64: kernel-3.10.0-693.81.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-3.10.0-693.81.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.81.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-693.81.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.81.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-693.81.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-3.10.0-693.81.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-3.10.0-693.81.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-3.10.0-693.81.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.81.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-693.81.1.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-3.10.0-693.81.1.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.81.1.el7.x86_64.rpm python-perf-3.10.0-693.81.1.el7.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.81.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.4):
Source: kernel-3.10.0-693.81.1.el7.src.rpm
noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-693.81.1.el7.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-3.10.0-693.81.1.el7.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: kernel-3.10.0-693.81.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm kernel-bootwrapper-3.10.0-693.81.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debug-3.10.0-693.81.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:5430-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5430
Issue date: 2020-12-15

Topic

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Telco Extended UpdateSupport, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Update Services for SAPSolutions.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue Red Hat kernel update bug fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate severity local escalation

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

1757368 - CVE-2017-18551 kernel: out of bounds write in function i2c_smbus_xfer_emulated in drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c

1781679 - CVE-2019-19447 kernel: mounting a crafted ext4 filesystem image, performing some operations, and unmounting can lead to a use-after-free in ext4_put_super in fs/ext4/super.c

1818818 - CVE-2019-9454 kernel: out of bounds write in i2c driver leads to local escalation of privilege

1824059 - CVE-2019-20636 kernel: out-of-bounds write via crafted keycode table

1834845 - CVE-2020-12770 kernel: sg_write function lacks an sg_remove_request call in a certain failure case

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