RedHat: RHSA-2019-2865:01 Important: kpatch-patch security update
Summary
This is a kernel live patch module which can be loaded by the kpatch
command line utility to modify the code of a running kernel.
Security Fix(es):
* A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Linux kernel's vhost
functionality that translates virtqueue buffers to IOVs, logged the buffer
descriptors during migration. A privileged guest user able to pass
descriptors with invalid length to the host when migration is underway,
could use this flaw to increase their privileges on the host.
(CVE-2019-14835)
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.
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/11258
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14835 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/kernel-vhost
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6):
Source:
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_35_1-1-1.el7.src.rpm
ppc64le:
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_35_1-1-1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_35_1-debuginfo-1-1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64:
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_35_1-1-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kpatch-patch-3_10_0-957_35_1-debuginfo-1-1.el7.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 kpatch-patch is now available for RHEL-7.6.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 Server EUS (v. 7.6) - ppc64le, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1750727 - CVE-2019-14835 kernel: vhost-net: guest to host kernel escape during migration