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RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:2741-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2741
Issue date: 2019-09-11
CVE Names: CVE-2019-3846 CVE-2019-3887 CVE-2019-9500
CVE-2019-9503 CVE-2019-11487
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1. Summary:
An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
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 Real Time (v. 8) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 8) - x86_64
3. Description:
The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables
fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: Heap overflow in mwifiex_update_bss_desc_with_ie function in
marvell/mwifiex/scan.c (CVE-2019-3846)
* Kernel: KVM: nVMX: guest accesses L0 MSR causes potential DoS
(CVE-2019-3887)
* kernel: brcmfmac heap buffer overflow in brcmf_wowl_nd_results
(CVE-2019-9500)
* kernel: Count overflow in FUSE request leading to use-after-free issues.
(CVE-2019-11487)
* kernel: brcmfmac frame validation bypass (CVE-2019-9503)
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):
* BUG: scheduling while atomic in zswap (BZ#1726362)
* kernel-rt: update to the RHEL8.0.z batch#3 source tree (BZ#1734475)
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/):
1695044 - CVE-2019-3887 Kernel: KVM: nVMX: guest accesses L0 MSR causes potential DoS
1701224 - CVE-2019-9500 kernel: brcmfmac heap buffer overflow in brcmf_wowl_nd_results
1701842 - CVE-2019-9503 kernel: brcmfmac frame validation bypass
1703063 - CVE-2019-11487 kernel: Count overflow in FUSE request leading to use-after-free issues.
1713059 - CVE-2019-3846 kernel: Heap overflow in mwifiex_update_bss_desc_with_ie function in marvell/mwifiex/scan.c
1726362 - BUG: scheduling while atomic in zswap [rhel-8.0.0.z]
1734475 - kernel-rt: update to the RHEL8.0.z batch#3 source tree
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 8):
Source:
kernel-rt-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.src.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-rt-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-core-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-devel-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-kvm-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-kvm-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-devel-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-kvm-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-kvm-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-extra-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 8):
Source:
kernel-rt-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.src.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-rt-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-core-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-devel-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-kvm-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-devel-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-kvm-debuginfo-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-modules-extra-4.18.0-80.11.1.rt9.156.el8_0.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-2019-3846
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3887
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9500
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9503
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11487
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
