Synopsis:          Important: kernel security and bug fix update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2019:3836-1
Issue Date:        2019-11-13
CVE Numbers:       None
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Security Fix(es):

* hw: Machine Check Error on Page Size Change (IFU) (CVE-2018-12207)

* hw: TSX Transaction Asynchronous Abort (TAA) (CVE-2019-11135)

* Kernel: vhost_net: infinite loop while receiving packets leads to DoS
(CVE-2019-3900)

* hw: Intel GPU Denial Of Service while accessing MMIO in lower power state
(CVE-2019-0154)

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):

* [Intel 6.10 Bug] With mWait/C-states disabled, HT on, ibrs enabled,
performance impact observed on user space benchmark (BZ#1560787)

* kernel-2.6.32-573.60.2.el6 hangs/resets during boot in
efi_enter_virtual_mode() on Xeon v2 E7-2870 (BZ#1645724)

* Slab leak: skbuff_head_cache slab object still allocated after mcast
processes are stopped and "fragments dropped after timeout" errors are
shown (BZ#1752536)

--

SL6
  x86_64
    kernel-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
    kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
    kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.i686.rpm
    kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
    kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.i686.rpm
    kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
    kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.i686.rpm
    kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
    kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.i686.rpm
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
    kernel-devel-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
    kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
    perf-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
    perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.i686.rpm
    perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
    python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.i686.rpm
    python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
    python-perf-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  i386
    kernel-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.i686.rpm
    kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.i686.rpm
    kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.i686.rpm
    kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.i686.rpm
    kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.i686.rpm
    kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.i686.rpm
    kernel-devel-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.i686.rpm
    kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.i686.rpm
    perf-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.i686.rpm
    perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.i686.rpm
    python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.i686.rpm
    python-perf-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.i686.rpm
  noarch
    kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.noarch.rpm
    kernel-doc-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.noarch.rpm
    kernel-firmware-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.noarch.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team

SciLinux: SLSA-2019-3836-1 Important: kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64

hw: Machine Check Error on Page Size Change (IFU) (CVE-2018-12207) * hw: TSX Transaction Asynchronous Abort (TAA) (CVE-2019-11135) * Kernel: vhost_net: infinite loop while receivin...

Summary

Important: kernel security and bug fix update



Security Fixes

* hw: Machine Check Error on Page Size Change (IFU) (CVE-2018-12207)
* hw: TSX Transaction Asynchronous Abort (TAA) (CVE-2019-11135)
* Kernel: vhost_net: infinite loop while receiving packets leads to DoS (CVE-2019-3900)
* hw: Intel GPU Denial Of Service while accessing MMIO in lower power state (CVE-2019-0154)
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.

Severity
Advisory ID: SLSA-2019:3836-1
Issued Date: : 2019-11-13
CVE Numbers: None

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