-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: kernel-alt security and bug fix update Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:3656-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3656 Issue date: 2018-11-26 CVE Names: CVE-2018-17182 CVE-2018-18021 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: An update for kernel-alt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. 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 for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le 3. Description: The kernel-alt packages provide the Linux kernel version 4.x. Security Fix(es): * kernel: Use-after-free in the vmacache_flush_all function resulting in a possible privilege escalation (CVE-2018-17182) * kernel: Privilege escalation on arm64 via KVM hypervisor (CVE-2018-18021) 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. Bug Fix(es): These updated kernel packages include also numerous bug fixes. Space precludes documenting all of the bug fixes in this advisory. See the descriptions in the related Knowledge Article: https://access.redhat.com/articles/3714391 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/): 1631205 - CVE-2018-17182 kernel: Use-after-free in the vmacache_flush_all function resulting in a possible privilege escalation 1635475 - CVE-2018-18021 kernel: Privilege escalation on arm64 via KVM hypervisor 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7): Source: kernel-alt-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.src.rpm aarch64: kernel-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-devel-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-headers-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.aarch64.rpm perf-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.aarch64.rpm perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.aarch64.rpm python-perf-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.aarch64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.aarch64.rpm noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.noarch.rpm ppc64le: kernel-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.ppc64le.rpm kernel-bootwrapper-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debug-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.ppc64le.rpm kernel-devel-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.ppc64le.rpm kernel-headers-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.ppc64le.rpm kernel-tools-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.ppc64le.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.ppc64le.rpm kernel-tools-libs-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.ppc64le.rpm perf-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.ppc64le.rpm perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.ppc64le.rpm python-perf-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.ppc64le.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.ppc64le.rpm s390x: kernel-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.s390x.rpm kernel-debug-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.s390x.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.s390x.rpm kernel-debug-devel-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.s390x.rpm kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.s390x.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.s390x.rpm kernel-devel-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.s390x.rpm kernel-headers-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.s390x.rpm kernel-kdump-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.s390x.rpm kernel-kdump-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.s390x.rpm kernel-kdump-devel-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.s390x.rpm perf-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.s390x.rpm perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.s390x.rpm python-perf-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.s390x.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.s390x.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7): aarch64: kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.aarch64.rpm perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.aarch64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.aarch64.rpm noarch: kernel-doc-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.noarch.rpm ppc64le: kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debug-devel-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.ppc64le.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.ppc64le.rpm kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.ppc64le.rpm perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.ppc64le.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.2.2.el7a.ppc64le.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. 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