RedHat: RHSA-2019-1946:01 Important: kernel security, bug fix,
Summary
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux
operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor
designs have implemented speculative execution of instructions past bounds
check. The flaw relies on the presence of a precisely-defined instruction
sequence in the privileged code and the fact that memory writes occur to an
address which depends on the untrusted value. Such writes cause an update
into the microprocessor's data cache even for speculatively executed
instructions that never actually commit (retire). As a result, an
unprivileged attacker could use this flaw to influence speculative
execution and/or read privileged memory by conducting targeted cache
side-channel attacks. (CVE-2018-3693)
* Kernel: kvm: nVMX: L2 guest could access hardware(L0) CR8 register
(CVE-2017-12154)
* kernel: net: double-free and memory corruption in get_net_ns_by_id()
(CVE-2017-15129)
* kernel: dereferencing NULL payload with nonzero length (CVE-2017-15274)
* kernel: stack-based buffer overflow in chap_server_compute_md5() in iscsi
target (CVE-2018-14633)
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):
* ovl_create can return positive retval and crash the host (BZ#1696290)
* THP: Race between MADV_DONTNEED and NUMA hinting node migration code
(BZ#1698105)
* RHEL7.6 - Kernel changes for count cache flush Spectre v2 mitigation
(BZ#1708543)
* Poor system performance from thundering herd of kworkers competing for
mddev->flush_bio ownership (BZ#1712762)
* [RHEL7.7] RAID1 `write-behind` causes a kernel panic (BZ#1712999)
Enhancement(s):
* [Intel 7.5 FEAT] i40evf - Update to latest upstream driver version
(BZ#1722774)
* [netdrv] i40e/i40evf: Fix use after free in Rx cleanup path [7.4.z]
(BZ#1723831)
Users of kernel are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs and add these enhancements.
Summary
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.
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12154 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15129 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15274 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-3693 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14633 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3523601
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.4):
Source:
kernel-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.4):
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4):
Source:
kernel-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.noarch.rpm
ppc64:
kernel-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-bootwrapper-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-tools-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
perf-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
kernel-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-bootwrapper-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
perf-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
kernel-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-devel-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.s390x.rpm
perf-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.s390x.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.s390x.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.4):
ppc64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.55.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
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Topic
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4Extended 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.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.4) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.4) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.4) - ppc64, ppc64le, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1491224 - CVE-2017-12154 Kernel: kvm: nVMX: L2 guest could access hardware(L0) CR8 register
1500391 - CVE-2017-15274 kernel: dereferencing NULL payload with nonzero length
1531174 - CVE-2017-15129 kernel: net: double-free and memory corruption in get_net_ns_by_id()
1581650 - CVE-2018-3693 Kernel: speculative bounds check bypass store
1626035 - CVE-2018-14633 kernel: stack-based buffer overflow in chap_server_compute_md5() in iscsi target