RedHat: RHSA-2019-1973:01 Important: kernel-alt security and bug fix update
Summary
The kernel-alt packages provide the Linux kernel version 4.x.
Security Fix(es):
* Kernel: vhost_net: infinite loop while receiving packets leads to DoS
(CVE-2019-3900)
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):
* Pegas1.1 - 7.5-alt s390x kernel oops in update_cfs_rq_h_load (BZ#1557242)
* race of lockd/nfsd inetaddr notifiers with pointers change (BZ#1637541)
* lockd: possible double unregister of inetaddr notifiers (BZ#1637542)
* [Huawei AArch64 7.6 Bug] During the virtual machine migration process,
NFS may trigger a system panic. (BZ#1671943)
* RHEL-Alt-7.6 - jit'd java code on power9 ppc64le experiences stack
corruption (BZ#1707630)
Users of kernel-alt are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
fix these bugs.
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-2019-3900 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7):
Source:
kernel-alt-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.src.rpm
aarch64:
kernel-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-devel-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-headers-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
perf-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
python-perf-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.noarch.rpm
ppc64le:
kernel-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-bootwrapper-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-devel-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-headers-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
perf-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
python-perf-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
kernel-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-headers-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-devel-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
perf-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
python-perf-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7):
aarch64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm
noarch:
kernel-doc-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.noarch.rpm
ppc64le:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.10.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm
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Topic
An update for kernel-alt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.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 for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le
Bugs Fixed
1698757 - CVE-2019-3900 Kernel: vhost_net: infinite loop while receiving packets leads to DoS