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Red Hat 6: RHSA-2020-3548-01 Important: Kernel Security Fix

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Calendar Grey August 25, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A vital Red Hat kernel update tackles security vulnerabilities and crucial bugs. Apply fixes promptly for improved safety.
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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.

Summary

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: Null pointer dereference in search_keyring (CVE-2017-2647)
* kernel: heap-based buffer overflow in lbs_ibss_join_existing function in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cfg.c (CVE-2019-14896)
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):
* Crash in mptscsih_io_done() due to buffer overrun in sense_buf_pool (BZ#1824907)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service buffer overflow red hat bug fix important kernel

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2647 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14896 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source: kernel-2.6.32-754.33.1.el6.src.rpm
i386: kernel-2.6.32-754.33.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.33.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.33.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.33.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.33.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-754.33.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.32-754.33.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.33.1.el6.i686.rpm perf-2.6.32-754.33.1.el6.i686.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.33.1.el6.i686.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.33.1.el6.i686.rpm
noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-754.33.1.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.32-754.33.1.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-firmware-2.6.32-754.33.1.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64: kernel-2.6.32-754.33.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.33.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.33.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.33.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.33.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.33.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.33.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.33.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-754.33.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-754.33.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Severity
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Critical

Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:3548-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3548
Issue date: 2020-08-25

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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service buffer overflow red hat bug fix important kernel

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

1428353 - CVE-2017-2647 kernel: Null pointer dereference in search_keyring

1774875 - CVE-2019-14896 kernel: heap-based buffer overflow in lbs_ibss_join_existing function in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cfg.c

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