- Issued:
- 2017-01-31
- Updated:
- 2017-01-31
RHSA-2017:0216 - Security Advisory
Synopsis
Important: kernel security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
Topic
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Advanced Update Support and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Telco 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.
Description
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
- A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the kernel's socket recvmmsg subsystem. This may allow remote attackers to corrupt memory and may allow execution of arbitrary code. This corruption takes place during the error handling routines within __sys_recvmmsg() function. (CVE-2016-7117, Important)
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 6.6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 6.6 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 1382268 - CVE-2016-7117 kernel: Use-after-free in the recvmmsg exit path
CVEs
References
Note:
More recent versions of these packages may be available.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.6
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| kernel-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4c664029ac2ae03d80d1e18f626c86451251943aac12cfd4d53004e878864828 |
| x86_64 | |
| kernel-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ab5929ae831b67d4dbe48c93b08f5d223409f38fd05ab246d74b53dc120bd9a1 |
| kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 134cebe5fb48e4e1cbedb69595f823ebd557a19519383c0de7a282b1d247b583 |
| kernel-debug-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: cc9f36571fe27c424a8feff0b2f73dee4791d67a27e679740363cda02173b914 |
| kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 9a8f0ecfa63a575d4e2f7aa20ea5df9bd8fc6d3ad3f1743eff51d65c3444bd4a |
| kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 9a8f0ecfa63a575d4e2f7aa20ea5df9bd8fc6d3ad3f1743eff51d65c3444bd4a |
| kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3eeb4c434d2b922ea2d7ad2d4656db41fa0d22644ce0401486d674c51db19414 |
| kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 82b7028247ac2586ef64e18993bbfb7f25d6a1aad414444a7d326cde21def731 |
| kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 82b7028247ac2586ef64e18993bbfb7f25d6a1aad414444a7d326cde21def731 |
| kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 150c6fd0614c1c3ac28e010b0dc9dbd90a1c6cfa80ca05716cc99c1a4d3cc493 |
| kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 150c6fd0614c1c3ac28e010b0dc9dbd90a1c6cfa80ca05716cc99c1a4d3cc493 |
| kernel-devel-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 7207e6281ae45693b8adfb23b50c20b121013f411431cb9453a8917c0ec057b2 |
| kernel-doc-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: acc9ca264fd2f53e247ebeb6ec7e0ce8bcc6faf6b655243c2b665fbb26c5fde1 |
| kernel-firmware-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 8ab4074f7cbc36012cdd043cc9f379711549e002aea229af4505bb29fead9fcd |
| kernel-headers-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 85d3447d199fb959263f38803078a02024dfec44c209695cdb9d7649af928a18 |
| perf-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 704a426a0c82fd6b3616f519314a33b9fc92c7919bc2e8f19969d3a7982950d5 |
| perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2bdb2d5ecc83d667670af1969ccaef19aa8bd0ad44e971583c6cd2e4f234a05b |
| perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2bdb2d5ecc83d667670af1969ccaef19aa8bd0ad44e971583c6cd2e4f234a05b |
| python-perf-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 00cec6e24edb9e69ab9cee81bf7e72960752a38a146532fbd7ac376b92f5682e |
| python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ba7bb23ddb5271f82587b17f30528e3c66719b7380e2f2ec969b57b1d34e7844 |
| python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ba7bb23ddb5271f82587b17f30528e3c66719b7380e2f2ec969b57b1d34e7844 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 6.6
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| kernel-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4c664029ac2ae03d80d1e18f626c86451251943aac12cfd4d53004e878864828 |
| x86_64 | |
| kernel-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ab5929ae831b67d4dbe48c93b08f5d223409f38fd05ab246d74b53dc120bd9a1 |
| kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 134cebe5fb48e4e1cbedb69595f823ebd557a19519383c0de7a282b1d247b583 |
| kernel-debug-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: cc9f36571fe27c424a8feff0b2f73dee4791d67a27e679740363cda02173b914 |
| kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 9a8f0ecfa63a575d4e2f7aa20ea5df9bd8fc6d3ad3f1743eff51d65c3444bd4a |
| kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 9a8f0ecfa63a575d4e2f7aa20ea5df9bd8fc6d3ad3f1743eff51d65c3444bd4a |
| kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3eeb4c434d2b922ea2d7ad2d4656db41fa0d22644ce0401486d674c51db19414 |
| kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 82b7028247ac2586ef64e18993bbfb7f25d6a1aad414444a7d326cde21def731 |
| kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 82b7028247ac2586ef64e18993bbfb7f25d6a1aad414444a7d326cde21def731 |
| kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 150c6fd0614c1c3ac28e010b0dc9dbd90a1c6cfa80ca05716cc99c1a4d3cc493 |
| kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 150c6fd0614c1c3ac28e010b0dc9dbd90a1c6cfa80ca05716cc99c1a4d3cc493 |
| kernel-devel-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 7207e6281ae45693b8adfb23b50c20b121013f411431cb9453a8917c0ec057b2 |
| kernel-doc-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: acc9ca264fd2f53e247ebeb6ec7e0ce8bcc6faf6b655243c2b665fbb26c5fde1 |
| kernel-firmware-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 8ab4074f7cbc36012cdd043cc9f379711549e002aea229af4505bb29fead9fcd |
| kernel-headers-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 85d3447d199fb959263f38803078a02024dfec44c209695cdb9d7649af928a18 |
| perf-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 704a426a0c82fd6b3616f519314a33b9fc92c7919bc2e8f19969d3a7982950d5 |
| perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2bdb2d5ecc83d667670af1969ccaef19aa8bd0ad44e971583c6cd2e4f234a05b |
| perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2bdb2d5ecc83d667670af1969ccaef19aa8bd0ad44e971583c6cd2e4f234a05b |
| python-perf-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 00cec6e24edb9e69ab9cee81bf7e72960752a38a146532fbd7ac376b92f5682e |
| python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ba7bb23ddb5271f82587b17f30528e3c66719b7380e2f2ec969b57b1d34e7844 |
| python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.56.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ba7bb23ddb5271f82587b17f30528e3c66719b7380e2f2ec969b57b1d34e7844 |
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