RedHat: RHSA-2018-1130:01 Important: kernel security and bug fix update
Summary
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux
operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: Use-after-free vulnerability in DCCP socket (CVE-2017-8824,
Important)
* kernel: v4l2: disabled memory access protection mechanism allowing
privilege escalation (CVE-2017-13166, Important)
* kernel: Incorrect type conversion for size during dma allocation
(CVE-2017-9725, Moderate)
* kernel: Use-after-free in snd_seq_ioctl_create_port() (CVE-2017-15265,
Moderate)
* kernel: Missing namespace check in net/netlink/af_netlink.c allows for
network monitors to observe systemwide activity (CVE-2017-17449, Moderate)
* kernel: netfilter: use-after-free in tcpmss_mangle_packet function in
net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c (CVE-2017-18017, Moderate)
* kernel: kvm: Reachable BUG() on out-of-bounds guest IRQ
(CVE-2017-1000252, Moderate)
* kernel: Stack information leak in the EFS element (CVE-2017-1000410,
Moderate)
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 Mohamed Ghannam for reporting CVE-2017-8824;
Jan H. Schönherr (Amazon) for reporting CVE-2017-1000252; and Armis Labs
for reporting CVE-2017-1000410.
Bug Fix(es):
These updated kernel packages include also numerous bug fixes. Space
precludes documenting all of these bug fixes in this advisory. See the bug
fix descriptions in the related Knowledge Article:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/3411331
Summary
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.
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8824 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9725 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13166 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15265 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17449 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18017 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000252 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000410 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://access.redhat.com/articles/3411331
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.4):
Source:
kernel-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.4):
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4):
Source:
kernel-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.noarch.rpm
ppc64:
kernel-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-bootwrapper-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-tools-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64.rpm
perf-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
kernel-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-bootwrapper-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
perf-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
kernel-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-devel-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.s390x.rpm
perf-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.s390x.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.s390x.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.4):
noarch:
kernel-doc-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.noarch.rpm
ppc64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7.x86_64.rpm
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Topic
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4Extended Update Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.4) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.4) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.4) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1489088 - CVE-2017-9725 kernel: Incorrect type conversion for size during dma allocation
1490781 - CVE-2017-1000252 kernel: kvm: Reachable BUG() on out-of-bounds guest IRQ
1501878 - CVE-2017-15265 kernel: Use-after-free in snd_seq_ioctl_create_port()
1519160 - CVE-2017-1000410 kernel: Stack information leak in the EFS element
1519591 - CVE-2017-8824 kernel: Use-after-free vulnerability in DCCP socket
1525762 - CVE-2017-17449 kernel: Missing namespace check in net/netlink/af_netlink.c allows for network monitors to observe systemwide activity
1531135 - CVE-2017-18017 kernel: netfilter: use-after-free in tcpmss_mangle_packet function in net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c
1548412 - CVE-2017-13166 kernel: v4l2: disabled memory access protection mechanism allowing privilege escalation