RedHat: RHSA-2019-2924:01 Important: redhat-virtualization-host security
Summary
The redhat-virtualization-host packages provide the Red Hat Virtualization
Host. These packages include redhat-release-virtualization-host,
ovirt-node, and rhev-hypervisor. Red Hat Virtualization Hosts (RHVH) are
installed using a special build of Red Hat Enterprise Linux with only the
packages required to host virtual machines. RHVH features a Cockpit user
interface for monitoring the host's resources and performing administrative
tasks.
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version:
redhat-release-virtualization-host (4.2), redhat-virtualization-host (4.2).
(BZ#1751435)
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, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in
the References section.
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/2974891
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14835 https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/kernel-vhost https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat Virtualization 4.2 Hypervisor for RHEL 7.6 EUS:
Source:
redhat-release-virtualization-host-4.2-14.1.el7.src.rpm
redhat-virtualization-host-4.2-20190919.0.el7_6.src.rpm
noarch:
redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-4.2-20190919.0.el7_6.noarch.rpm
redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder-4.2-14.1.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
redhat-release-virtualization-host-4.2-14.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
redhat-release-virtualization-host-content-4.2-14.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
RHEL 7-based RHEV-H for RHEV 4.2 (build requirements):
Source:
redhat-release-virtualization-host-4.2-14.1.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder-4.2-14.1.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
redhat-release-virtualization-host-4.2-14.1.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 redhat-release-virtualization-host andredhat-virtualization-host is now available for Red Hat Virtualization 4.2for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUS.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
RHEL 7-based RHEV-H for RHEV 4.2 (build requirements) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Virtualization 4.2 Hypervisor for RHEL 7.6 EUS - noarch, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1750351 - Rebase RHV-H 4.2 EUS on RHEL-7.6.EUS #7
1750727 - CVE-2019-14835 kernel: vhost-net: guest to host kernel escape during migration