X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.11 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.39]); Tue, 19 Sep 2017 08:52:58 +0000 (UTC) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: kernel security and bug fix update Advisory ID: RHSA-2017:2760-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2760 Issue date: 2017-09-19 CVE Names: CVE-2016-1583 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 Extended Update Support. 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 HPC Node EUS (v. 6.7) - noarch, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional EUS (v. 6.7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) - i386, noarch, ppc64, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.7) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64 3. Description: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * It was found that stacking a file system over procfs in the Linux kernel could lead to a kernel stack overflow due to deep nesting, as demonstrated by mounting ecryptfs over procfs and creating a recursion by mapping /proc/environ. An unprivileged, local user could potentially use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2016-1583, Important) Bug Fix(es): * Previously, while the MAP_GROWSDOWN flag was set, writing to the memory which was mapped with the mmap system call failed with the SIGBUS signal. This update fixes memory management in the Linux kernel by backporting an upstream patch that enlarges the stack guard page gap. As a result, mmap now works as expected under the described circumstances. (BZ#1474721) 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/): 1344721 - CVE-2016-1583 kernel: Stack overflow via ecryptfs and /proc/$pid/environ 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.7): Source: kernel-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.src.rpm noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-firmware-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.noarch.rpm x86_64: kernel-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm perf-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.i686.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.i686.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional EUS (v. 6.7): x86_64: kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7): Source: kernel-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.src.rpm i386: kernel-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.i686.rpm perf-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.i686.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.i686.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.i686.rpm noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-firmware-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.noarch.rpm ppc64: kernel-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.ppc64.rpm kernel-bootwrapper-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.ppc64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.ppc64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.ppc64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.ppc64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.ppc64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.ppc64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.ppc64.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.ppc64.rpm perf-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.ppc64.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.ppc64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.ppc64.rpm s390x: kernel-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.s390x.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.s390x.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.s390x.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.s390x.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.s390x.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.s390x.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.s390x.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.s390x.rpm kernel-kdump-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.s390x.rpm kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.s390x.rpm kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.s390x.rpm perf-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.s390x.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.s390x.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.s390x.rpm x86_64: kernel-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm perf-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.i686.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.i686.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.7): i386: kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.i686.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.i686.rpm python-perf-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.i686.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.i686.rpm ppc64: kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.ppc64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.ppc64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.ppc64.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.ppc64.rpm python-perf-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.ppc64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.ppc64.rpm s390x: kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.s390x.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.s390x.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.s390x.rpm kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.s390x.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.s390x.rpm python-perf-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.s390x.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.s390x.rpm x86_64: kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.47.1.el6.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. 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