Synopsis: Important: kernel security and bug fix update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2019:0415-1
Issue Date:        2019-02-26
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2018-10902
--

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: MIDI driver race condition leads to a double-free
(CVE-2018-10902)

Bug Fix(es):

* Previously backported upstream patch caused a change in the behavior of
page fault handler. As a consequence, applications compiled through GNU
Compiler Collection (GCC) version 4.4.7 sometimes generated stack access
exceeding the 64K limit. Running such applications subsequently triggered
a segmentation fault. With this update, the 64k limit check in the page
fault handler has been removed. As a result, running the affected
applications no longer triggers the segmentation fault in the described
scenario.

Note that removing the limit check does not impact the integrity of the
kernel itself.
--

SL6
  x86_64
    kernel-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
    kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
    kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.i686.rpm
    kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
    kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.i686.rpm
    kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
    kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.i686.rpm
    kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
    kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.i686.rpm
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
    kernel-devel-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
    kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
    perf-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
    perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.i686.rpm
    perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
    python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.i686.rpm
    python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
    python-perf-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  i386
    kernel-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.i686.rpm
    kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.i686.rpm
    kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.i686.rpm
    kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.i686.rpm
    kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.i686.rpm
    kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.i686.rpm
    kernel-devel-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.i686.rpm
    kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.i686.rpm
    perf-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.i686.rpm
    perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.i686.rpm
    python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.i686.rpm
    python-perf-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.i686.rpm
  noarch
    kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.noarch.rpm
    kernel-doc-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.noarch.rpm
    kernel-firmware-2.6.32-754.11.1.el6.noarch.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team

SciLinux: SLSA-2019-0415-1 Important: kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64

kernel: MIDI driver race condition leads to a double-free (CVE-2018-10902) Bug Fix(es): * Previously backported upstream patch caused a change in the behavior of page fault handler

Summary

Important: kernel security and bug fix update



Security Fixes

* kernel: MIDI driver race condition leads to a double-free (CVE-2018-10902)

Severity
Advisory ID: SLSA-2019:0415-1
Issued Date: : 2019-02-26
CVE Numbers: CVE-2018-10902

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