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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2017:0216 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2017-01-31
Updated:
2017-01-31

RHSA-2017:0216 - Security Advisory

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Synopsis

Important: kernel security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

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

  • CVE-2016-7117

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/2706661
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

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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