Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2018:0394 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2018-03-06
Updated:
2018-03-06

RHBA-2018:0394 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

kernel bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

Updated kernel packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.5 Advanced Update Support.

Description

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • The Return Trampoline (Retpoline) mechanism mitigates the branch target injection, also known as the Spectre variant 2 vulnerability. With this update, Retpoline has been implemented into the Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel. (BZ#1543025)

Users of kernel are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
this bug. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

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.

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.5 x86_64

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.5

SRPM
kernel-2.6.32-431.87.1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 67e8a4d1be5659a29113f5412a432692f39975a47b95ab3bbcfec157547dde77
x86_64
kernel-2.6.32-431.87.1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8250abeddccde5f200032c933993735b416e3f64a82970b318dc2913b08b0b14
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-431.87.1.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 6342d3c7d2e9a9c430fab84f10d361b1fce8a100fbc60cbf6ca95d68679cd703
kernel-debug-2.6.32-431.87.1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 729539b6cfdebb32fe3f663a9099c3240890f38beae4754d29b5f17d125080c7
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.87.1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 146299dd451c81992806bf1cf76a536bd991d1cb61cdefcdceca8f02e8a982d0
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.87.1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 146299dd451c81992806bf1cf76a536bd991d1cb61cdefcdceca8f02e8a982d0
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-431.87.1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 31fc4c8e45c21fd770c7fef4644c82a1c8afe1e7527ff52d36fbbb16ec4b5ef9
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.87.1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7eca04b47fb3ec206601e1f7345f7f301fcdefbf7eaaf8ff8af7f2af7947d059
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.87.1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7eca04b47fb3ec206601e1f7345f7f301fcdefbf7eaaf8ff8af7f2af7947d059
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-431.87.1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 65a15113ad871319d6219858af382c7ab09ba5ba12023f3d5a939c2723e91bb4
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-431.87.1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 65a15113ad871319d6219858af382c7ab09ba5ba12023f3d5a939c2723e91bb4
kernel-devel-2.6.32-431.87.1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 96300a3b7604b37a50af726fefba185f4a36a7fd4585634f75cfc4a84c6626f3
kernel-doc-2.6.32-431.87.1.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: d51eb76b563307f9fb9e86cf0c89d37fda60b8a7ed653490346addb6e1fb675d
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-431.87.1.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 6c0fc2287e3554384eaaf408305fc1f0909f2e80634049bab9b5ecd5f852fb72
kernel-headers-2.6.32-431.87.1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dd448809079d8718e5735df96682d66a185ec6c687e60b02e6dd7c981a4fb423
perf-2.6.32-431.87.1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1b4fb1ea25792a11105ac30026989abfb3184fe7f45e29ac03afea1f9dd29623
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.87.1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ae9ce8e768c2f5a177823c528ec6b7a71278634c75f2198a8657c877cfff6546
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.87.1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ae9ce8e768c2f5a177823c528ec6b7a71278634c75f2198a8657c877cfff6546
python-perf-2.6.32-431.87.1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 041191f126a8b059f16751eabf780f54c8dead5282b5077e31403c437d0d504b
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.87.1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 882b611cebec2b3e9c5409f0306125c1a8f6c5d77407a3f02f4e25f9d98db24d
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.87.1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 882b611cebec2b3e9c5409f0306125c1a8f6c5d77407a3f02f4e25f9d98db24d

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