RHSA-2019:3836-01: Important: kernel security and bug fix update

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A Linux kernel security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 to address the new Intel CPU vulnerabilities and a few smaller bugs



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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: kernel security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:3836-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3836
Issue date: 2019-11-12
CVE Names: CVE-2018-12207 CVE-2019-0154 CVE-2019-3900
CVE-2019-11135
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1. Summary:

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, noarch, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

3. Description:

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux
operating system.

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)

4. 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.

5. Bugs fixed ( https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1646768 - CVE-2018-12207 hw: Machine Check Error on Page Size Change (IPU)
1698757 - CVE-2019-3900 Kernel: vhost_net: infinite loop while receiving packets leads to DoS
1724393 - CVE-2019-0154 hw: Intel GPU Denial Of Service while accessing MMIO in lower power state
1753062 - CVE-2019-11135 hw: TSX Transaction Asynchronous Abort (TAA)

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):

Source:
kernel-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.src.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

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

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):

i386:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-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
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.i686.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):

Source:
kernel-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.src.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

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):

x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):

Source:
kernel-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.src.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

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

ppc64:
kernel-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-bootwrapper-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.ppc64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.ppc64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.ppc64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.ppc64.rpm

s390x:
kernel-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.s390x.rpm
perf-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.s390x.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.s390x.rpm

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):

i386:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-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
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.i686.rpm

ppc64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.ppc64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.ppc64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.ppc64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.ppc64.rpm

s390x:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.s390x.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.s390x.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):

Source:
kernel-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.src.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

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

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6):

i386:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-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
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.i686.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.24.2.el6.x86_64.rpm

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7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12207
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-0154
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3900
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11135
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/ifu-page-mce
https://access.redhat.com/solutions/tsx-asynchronousabort
https://access.redhat.com/solutions/i915-graphics

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc.

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