Home / mailings [RHSA-2018:2748-01] Important: kernel security and bug fix update
Posted on 25 September 2018
RedHat-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA256
=====================================================================
Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: kernel security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:2748-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2748
Issue date: 2018-09-25
CVE Names: CVE-2018-14634
=====================================================================
1. Summary:
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
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 Client (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64le, s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64le
3. Description:
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux
operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: Integer overflow in Linux's create_elf_tables function
(CVE-2018-14634)
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.
Red Hat would like to thank Qualys Research Labs for reporting this issue.
Bug Fix(es):
These updated kernel packages include also numerous bug fixes. Space
precludes documenting all of the bug fixes in this advisory. See the
descriptions in the related Knowledge Article:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/3588731
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/):
1624498 - CVE-2018-14634 kernel: Integer overflow in Linux's create_elf_tables function
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source:
kernel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source:
kernel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
kernel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.noarch.rpm
ppc64:
kernel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-bootwrapper-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-tools-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64.rpm
perf-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
kernel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-bootwrapper-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
perf-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
kernel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-devel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.s390x.rpm
perf-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.s390x.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.s390x.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7):
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.noarch.rpm
ppc64le:
kernel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-bootwrapper-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
perf-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
kernel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-devel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.s390x.rpm
perf-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.s390x.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.s390x.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
ppc64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7):
noarch:
kernel-doc-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.noarch.rpm
ppc64le:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source:
kernel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.14.4.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/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14634
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://access.redhat.com/articles/3588731
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
