RedHat: RHSA-2018-1944:01 Moderate: kernel-rt security update
Summary
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: FPU state information leakage via lazy FPU restore
(CVE-2018-3665)
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 Julian Stecklina (Amazon.de), Thomas Prescher
(cyberus-technology.de), and Zdenek Sojka (sysgo.com) for reporting this
issue.
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-2018-3665 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3485131
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7):
Source:
kernel-rt-3.10.0-862.3.3.rt56.809.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
kernel-rt-doc-3.10.0-862.3.3.rt56.809.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-rt-3.10.0-862.3.3.rt56.809.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-3.10.0-862.3.3.rt56.809.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.3.3.rt56.809.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-devel-3.10.0-862.3.3.rt56.809.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-kvm-3.10.0-862.3.3.rt56.809.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-kvm-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.3.3.rt56.809.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.3.3.rt56.809.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-862.3.3.rt56.809.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-devel-3.10.0-862.3.3.rt56.809.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-kvm-3.10.0-862.3.3.rt56.809.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-kvm-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.3.3.rt56.809.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-trace-3.10.0-862.3.3.rt56.809.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-trace-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.3.3.rt56.809.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-trace-devel-3.10.0-862.3.3.rt56.809.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-trace-kvm-3.10.0-862.3.3.rt56.809.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-trace-kvm-debuginfo-3.10.0-862.3.3.rt56.809.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Realtime (v. 7):
Source:
kernel-rt-3.10.0-862.3.3.rt56.809.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
kernel-rt-doc-3.10.0-862.3.3.rt56.809.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-rt-3.10.0-862.3.3.rt56.809.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-3.10.0-862.3.3.rt56.809.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-debug-devel-3.10.0-862.3.3.rt56.809.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-devel-3.10.0-862.3.3.rt56.809.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-trace-3.10.0-862.3.3.rt56.809.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-rt-trace-devel-3.10.0-862.3.3.rt56.809.el7.x86_64.rpm
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Topic
An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Realtime (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1585011 - CVE-2018-3665 Kernel: FPU state information leakage via lazy FPU restore