RedHat: RHSA-2018-2164:01 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):
* An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor
designs have implemented speculative execution of Load & Store instructions
(a commonly used performance optimization). It relies on the presence of a
precisely-defined instruction sequence in the privileged code as well as
the fact that memory read from address to which a recent memory write has
occurred may see an older value and subsequently cause an update into the
microprocessor's data cache even for speculatively executed instructions
that never actually commit (retire). As a result, an unprivileged attacker
could use this flaw to read privileged memory by conducting targeted cache
side-channel attacks. (CVE-2018-3639, x86 AMD)
* kernel: Use-after-free vulnerability in mm/mempolicy.c:do_get_mempolicy
function allows local denial of service or other unspecified impact
(CVE-2018-10675)
* Kernel: FPU state information leakage via lazy FPU restore
(CVE-2018-3665)
* kernel: error in exception handling leads to DoS (CVE-2018-8897
regression) (CVE-2018-10872)
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 Ken Johnson (Microsoft Security Response
Center) and Jann Horn (Google Project Zero) for reporting CVE-2018-3639 and
Julian Stecklina (Amazon.de), Thomas Prescher (cyberus-technology.de), and
Zdenek Sojka (sysgo.com) for reporting CVE-2018-3665.
Bug Fix(es):
* Previously, microcode updates on 32 and 64-bit AMD and Intel
architectures were not synchronized. As a consequence, it was not possible
to apply the microcode updates. This fix adds the synchronization to the
microcode updates so that processors of the stated architectures receive
updates at the same time. As a result, microcode updates are now
synchronized. (BZ#1574592)
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-2018-3639 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-3665 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10675 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10872 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source:
kernel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.src.rpm
i386:
kernel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
i386:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):
Source:
kernel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.src.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source:
kernel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.src.rpm
i386:
kernel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.noarch.rpm
ppc64:
kernel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-bootwrapper-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
kernel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.s390x.rpm
perf-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.s390x.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):
i386:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
ppc64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.s390x.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.s390x.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source:
kernel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.src.rpm
i386:
kernel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6):
i386:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
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Topic
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 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 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
Bugs Fixed
1566890 - CVE-2018-3639 hw: cpu: speculative store bypass
1575065 - CVE-2018-10675 kernel: Use-after-free vulnerability in mm/mempolicy.c:do_get_mempolicy function allows local denial-of-service or other unspecified impact
1585011 - CVE-2018-3665 Kernel: FPU state information leakage via lazy FPU restore
1596094 - CVE-2018-10872 kernel: error in exception handling leads to DoS (CVE-2018-8897 regression)