- Issued:
- 2018-01-22
- Updated:
- 2018-01-22
RHSA-2018:0108 - Security Advisory
Synopsis
Important: libvirt security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
Topic
An update for libvirt 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.
Description
The libvirt library contains a C API for managing and interacting with the virtualization capabilities of Linux and other operating systems. In addition, libvirt provides tools for remote management of virtualized systems.
Security Fix(es):
- An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of instructions (a commonly used performance optimization). There are three primary variants of the issue which differ in the way the speculative execution can be exploited. Variant CVE-2017-5715 triggers the speculative execution by utilizing branch target injection. It relies on the presence of a precisely-defined instruction sequence in the privileged code as well as the fact that memory accesses may cause allocation into the microprocessor's data cache even for speculatively executed instructions that never actually commit (retire). As a result, an unprivileged attacker could use this flaw to cross the syscall and guest/host boundaries and read privileged memory by conducting targeted cache side-channel attacks. (CVE-2017-5715)
Note: This is the libvirt side of the CVE-2017-5715 mitigation.
Red Hat would like to thank Google Project Zero for reporting this issue.
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
After installing the updated packages, libvirtd will be restarted automatically.
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 6.7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 6.7 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.7 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.7 ppc64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 6.7 x86_64
- RHEL for SAP HANA - Extended Update Support 6.7 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 1519780 - CVE-2017-5715 hw: cpu: speculative execution branch target injection
CVEs
(none)
References
Note:
More recent versions of these packages may be available.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 6.7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| libvirt-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.src.rpm | SHA-256: 383056604b27dabfdde6848ead9eecb03204c9181b99bd1772bcd1750a5baea7 |
| x86_64 | |
| libvirt-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 9f5565b86bb71fd5741dff76b138262c2d6a766782bcb91c7b637ed8006c5e82 |
| libvirt-client-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 8db6b0d9eb615ad260756654c8a424286e84cabea556700159de2dbe02218ea2 |
| libvirt-client-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: e1ea7c8a31dc6d0be2d2e3a9dd4341ee66d504b5a56785155055c13970f21c32 |
| libvirt-debuginfo-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: a9eafd7217e6a38be98648952109ca17daee9159bf9a229132a5be2abee7b920 |
| libvirt-debuginfo-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: a06f70bb5480fd70690d99413206407074904c1b4ccb5cd9db86c35c6a4b42e7 |
| libvirt-debuginfo-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: a06f70bb5480fd70690d99413206407074904c1b4ccb5cd9db86c35c6a4b42e7 |
| libvirt-devel-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: bc0675776fcf74ac53a0a70d388f3216ed1530e4da3ae634a544629b4505b3bf |
| libvirt-devel-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: a38d8e98ba67d5552bd17b6ac68df26851d8c29b93ecf5795a0ebb9328dcfe9d |
| libvirt-lock-sanlock-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: e71ee9d21e1eda156c3d48e3216731ccf1adda85af0bb93bf62df7a195899592 |
| libvirt-python-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d26b660c2a98c8ebb56300c0d614c6e385d1840ea25a29ecef1c91c3abaf3127 |
| i386 | |
| libvirt-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 620227e14872ccab472a78e8914666135d84b9ca282d1cefb5ee3dc86ffb3fd6 |
| libvirt-client-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 8db6b0d9eb615ad260756654c8a424286e84cabea556700159de2dbe02218ea2 |
| libvirt-debuginfo-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: a9eafd7217e6a38be98648952109ca17daee9159bf9a229132a5be2abee7b920 |
| libvirt-devel-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: bc0675776fcf74ac53a0a70d388f3216ed1530e4da3ae634a544629b4505b3bf |
| libvirt-python-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 91eace265cc6a5e27d10131bc2b2b4362d6798d6e18ea9eb4ba423c32bb21368 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| libvirt-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.src.rpm | SHA-256: 383056604b27dabfdde6848ead9eecb03204c9181b99bd1772bcd1750a5baea7 |
| s390x | |
| libvirt-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: dcfaffdce5c8fb415cb67e420f90073466ba1b78ca091ce7aadb4192b1d62dc9 |
| libvirt-client-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 0314c339f66bd27b146d47e01f30c313447cb7c587434ac25b643b72cde8cd8d |
| libvirt-client-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 646fbd104b64a1b35a344e553548549e81e9c489f39abe8531cff9a0a1e42d63 |
| libvirt-debuginfo-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 230f697686a64679552a7c44cd0c7ff2c03e8dbac2fdabb8976b1f70c1e71aa7 |
| libvirt-debuginfo-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 97bc427410fcdbb131379f0550079d4829a05fea51ea3e13738bfd959db12e63 |
| libvirt-devel-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.s390.rpm | SHA-256: a0dff9d2f410cddfff9f6dec94202333c2e22d91a4a2f30fbae3f00dac47a432 |
| libvirt-devel-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: eae590f5dd568b59a9e9ec65a79bfa9d356d1ce14bdcdb8110f4e475bff9a47b |
| libvirt-python-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 60187c80a7c5f484c4597c9408e0808eae871fff7d67887bd53b041fb9d36687 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| libvirt-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.src.rpm | SHA-256: 383056604b27dabfdde6848ead9eecb03204c9181b99bd1772bcd1750a5baea7 |
| ppc64 | |
| libvirt-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 27ecc5a0675e03592cd7a8d7cdd3cf4bfd4410f7b57f86efb89955e8fe31ea84 |
| libvirt-client-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: b80e16f1886f5169a8902dba68b344f33a459e9d7a863417b0c9ef39f652889b |
| libvirt-client-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: c4e439ca75ce7e5a978f163a98a1995633312d79a11662910dfaf581492f892c |
| libvirt-debuginfo-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: d0b90222439ac94123e9ae30ef7339f7f4460109f877f1f20d2d7b42b07d1545 |
| libvirt-debuginfo-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 15531c996cfc24cc4e54ce82b17260373b7dd33935d2d71af655f89b5edaad9a |
| libvirt-devel-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 364ba1871d4a9e997ca2761560a686308bb2bb9ffc5afcdfe3f1b1607ab82d5c |
| libvirt-devel-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 10751952ba45bbdb29a12e2289fb08ed52e38b24c6022257de8781c5d996f9a4 |
| libvirt-python-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 742a15a213e9e8e9ac1e16e7de0f678f30957ac178ea0cb249ec6302978cd729 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 6.7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| libvirt-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.src.rpm | SHA-256: 383056604b27dabfdde6848ead9eecb03204c9181b99bd1772bcd1750a5baea7 |
| x86_64 | |
| libvirt-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 9f5565b86bb71fd5741dff76b138262c2d6a766782bcb91c7b637ed8006c5e82 |
| libvirt-client-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 8db6b0d9eb615ad260756654c8a424286e84cabea556700159de2dbe02218ea2 |
| libvirt-client-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: e1ea7c8a31dc6d0be2d2e3a9dd4341ee66d504b5a56785155055c13970f21c32 |
| libvirt-debuginfo-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: a9eafd7217e6a38be98648952109ca17daee9159bf9a229132a5be2abee7b920 |
| libvirt-debuginfo-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: a9eafd7217e6a38be98648952109ca17daee9159bf9a229132a5be2abee7b920 |
| libvirt-debuginfo-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: a06f70bb5480fd70690d99413206407074904c1b4ccb5cd9db86c35c6a4b42e7 |
| libvirt-debuginfo-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: a06f70bb5480fd70690d99413206407074904c1b4ccb5cd9db86c35c6a4b42e7 |
| libvirt-devel-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: bc0675776fcf74ac53a0a70d388f3216ed1530e4da3ae634a544629b4505b3bf |
| libvirt-devel-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: a38d8e98ba67d5552bd17b6ac68df26851d8c29b93ecf5795a0ebb9328dcfe9d |
| libvirt-lock-sanlock-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: e71ee9d21e1eda156c3d48e3216731ccf1adda85af0bb93bf62df7a195899592 |
| libvirt-python-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d26b660c2a98c8ebb56300c0d614c6e385d1840ea25a29ecef1c91c3abaf3127 |
RHEL for SAP HANA - Extended Update Support 6.7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| libvirt-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.src.rpm | SHA-256: 383056604b27dabfdde6848ead9eecb03204c9181b99bd1772bcd1750a5baea7 |
| x86_64 | |
| libvirt-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 9f5565b86bb71fd5741dff76b138262c2d6a766782bcb91c7b637ed8006c5e82 |
| libvirt-client-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 8db6b0d9eb615ad260756654c8a424286e84cabea556700159de2dbe02218ea2 |
| libvirt-client-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: e1ea7c8a31dc6d0be2d2e3a9dd4341ee66d504b5a56785155055c13970f21c32 |
| libvirt-debuginfo-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: a9eafd7217e6a38be98648952109ca17daee9159bf9a229132a5be2abee7b920 |
| libvirt-debuginfo-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: a06f70bb5480fd70690d99413206407074904c1b4ccb5cd9db86c35c6a4b42e7 |
| libvirt-devel-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: bc0675776fcf74ac53a0a70d388f3216ed1530e4da3ae634a544629b4505b3bf |
| libvirt-devel-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: a38d8e98ba67d5552bd17b6ac68df26851d8c29b93ecf5795a0ebb9328dcfe9d |
| libvirt-python-0.10.2-54.el6_7.7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d26b660c2a98c8ebb56300c0d614c6e385d1840ea25a29ecef1c91c3abaf3127 |
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