RedHat: RHSA-2019-1968:01 Important: qemu-kvm-rhev security and bug fix
Summary
KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for
Linux on a variety of architectures. The qemu-kvm-rhev packages provide the
user-space component for running virtual machines that use KVM in
environments managed by Red Hat products.
Security Fix(es):
* CVE-2018-20815 QEMU: device_tree: heap buffer overflow while loading
device tree blob
* CVE-2019-6778 QEMU: slirp: heap buffer overflow in tcp_em
This update fixes the following bug:
* 1705364 RHV VM pauses when 'dd' issued inside guest to a direct lun
configured as virtio-scsi with scsi-passthrough
Users of qemu-kvm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages. After
installing this update, shut down all running virtual machines. Once all
virtual machines have shut down, start them again for this update to take
effect.
Summary
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
For details on how to apply this update, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/2974891
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20815 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6778 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts:
Source:
qemu-kvm-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.7.src.rpm
ppc64le:
qemu-img-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.7.ppc64le.rpm
qemu-kvm-common-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.7.ppc64le.rpm
qemu-kvm-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.7.ppc64le.rpm
qemu-kvm-rhev-debuginfo-2.12.0-18.el7_6.7.ppc64le.rpm
qemu-kvm-tools-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.7.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64:
qemu-img-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-common-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-rhev-debuginfo-2.12.0-18.el7_6.7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-tools-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.7.x86_64.rpm
RHV-M 4.2:
Source:
qemu-kvm-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.7.src.rpm
x86_64:
qemu-img-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-common-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-rhev-debuginfo-2.12.0-18.el7_6.7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-tools-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.7.x86_64.rpm
RHV-M 4.3:
Source:
qemu-kvm-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.7.src.rpm
x86_64:
qemu-img-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-common-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-rhev-debuginfo-2.12.0-18.el7_6.7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-tools-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.7.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
An update for qemu-kvm-rhev is now available for Red Hat Virtualization forRed Hat Virtualization Host 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a Importantsecurity impact. 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
RHV-M 4.2 - x86_64
RHV-M 4.3 - x86_64
Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts - ppc64le, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1664205 - CVE-2019-6778 QEMU: slirp: heap buffer overflow in tcp_emu()
1693101 - CVE-2018-20815 QEMU: device_tree: heap buffer overflow while loading device tree blob