Issued:
2018-05-08
Updated:
2018-05-08

RHSA-2018:1353 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Moderate: kernel security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

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Topic

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Extended Lifecycle Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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):

  • Kernel: error in exception handling leads to DoS (CVE-2018-8897)

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.

Red Hat would like to thank Nick Peterson (Everdox Tech LLC) and Andy Lutomirski 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

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 5 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 1567074 - CVE-2018-8897 Kernel: error in exception handling leads to DoS

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
kernel-2.6.18-431.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 0caf2f7044444d39fab3d800bf1958e065d8f11909aa703471e0687e6aa4e4b6
x86_64
kernel-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8eb545c43ec61747e7644a5d5da2b159e46a58eade9b462e81a686d8f9a7523a
kernel-debug-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eea8396d831cdd8c29f705515fb900a132a88819289d31ac3d4d5b2ea1babdcd
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dace49e9081eb1a319d312eef72c80c9311bfbd081bebc2cb72e07132d0d4c01
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3cc87a9e1670beadf59cd776e6a1d970f54fd09870f942cdfa826031d48df699
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 09b85f286bc9e535a6205e1d11fce09d3ebaa20ac0dd486c16bc785e9c581fb5
kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2637d9f1a765a882dba59bf85858c4794045e5002c749342b3d3e4da44649e45
kernel-devel-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e16dc3d9015ae84709e094d6187c699182fb518a5dc431c08d2af8ae9f84e0d3
kernel-doc-2.6.18-431.el5.noarch.rpm SHA-256: cd110fa88fbb0cbb1d7bfffeb2aa4f3b22fd0286365c97abfabc0ff5afe07f2c
kernel-headers-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 78eb5642e82fe56514c201d612937f96da1a236bbb0a23e83c528a49a7d97ceb
kernel-xen-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e26b58732d08ec8c9b7284added31d44d4314ad5d2b478bc9a4e538c046177c8
kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2bcb79078e5ae639037387c42b061a14543d89fce185ebf8e9a75dfeee3acc8a
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6198a9738757cae00a59e41ffd570c13522c0ea3f8751f8142a85e29a2c7b994
i386
kernel-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm SHA-256: 24bb956a900d00455c5628e84d2226b7bd5371f5c51ca72f5245f8e5c0fef8f9
kernel-PAE-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6de0521465bd3f798902797c25cf8f449aad84f6bdaf0bf7748f036fe4bb98a1
kernel-PAE-debuginfo-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm SHA-256: e4d37b4feafa5d474931d7e00e4ee4fe2855ed86af429142a12b8caf40b92c78
kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm SHA-256: c179d0a5068ac474cb535cbfc1bc9d6d9e27714d94c2d3bc3e0ae965b02d65cb
kernel-debug-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm SHA-256: 96f072cab354be74115eb574bf06e50cfc8c17f4fda451520335a0847e793e57
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm SHA-256: e0e7251b904b6f6670b3e0224f2c823fd691c0870ade3e4a6cab1e69f3d61c0e
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm SHA-256: 9dcb62707157f12961c6939d1efb23de14ab87aa9df8353b93caaf903e3e2e91
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm SHA-256: ca1da9f20ed91b8834a640c74edc50015ce1c2248290afb3b11b45bc2734dd93
kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm SHA-256: d15ac793a916c3412e13caf381bf3cf3118972abcb680f19aa32ac4d05f4770b
kernel-devel-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm SHA-256: b743b836b87d99767b20cb218abbe817c48b7d6b3c71a79c085f2052a3632fbe
kernel-doc-2.6.18-431.el5.noarch.rpm SHA-256: cd110fa88fbb0cbb1d7bfffeb2aa4f3b22fd0286365c97abfabc0ff5afe07f2c
kernel-headers-2.6.18-431.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: deeb95e227129c876230fe3a9af14070e2f1d9ecd3afb47f04808b450b4f7fda
kernel-xen-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm SHA-256: 85962c0532109f21094fe2255856d575e0c0cb31c20810188c62656a3e846293
kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm SHA-256: c300d931ded51b5b483ad5b35343f4e4203fbb9ce4060f4cd91114c1ac895cac
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm SHA-256: 19d84f1af0f0622921e178c7eb2e827516890d3ee2cc543592c8c99336ba71a9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 5

SRPM
kernel-2.6.18-431.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 0caf2f7044444d39fab3d800bf1958e065d8f11909aa703471e0687e6aa4e4b6
x86_64
kernel-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8eb545c43ec61747e7644a5d5da2b159e46a58eade9b462e81a686d8f9a7523a
kernel-debug-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: eea8396d831cdd8c29f705515fb900a132a88819289d31ac3d4d5b2ea1babdcd
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dace49e9081eb1a319d312eef72c80c9311bfbd081bebc2cb72e07132d0d4c01
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3cc87a9e1670beadf59cd776e6a1d970f54fd09870f942cdfa826031d48df699
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 09b85f286bc9e535a6205e1d11fce09d3ebaa20ac0dd486c16bc785e9c581fb5
kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2637d9f1a765a882dba59bf85858c4794045e5002c749342b3d3e4da44649e45
kernel-devel-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e16dc3d9015ae84709e094d6187c699182fb518a5dc431c08d2af8ae9f84e0d3
kernel-doc-2.6.18-431.el5.noarch.rpm SHA-256: cd110fa88fbb0cbb1d7bfffeb2aa4f3b22fd0286365c97abfabc0ff5afe07f2c
kernel-headers-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 78eb5642e82fe56514c201d612937f96da1a236bbb0a23e83c528a49a7d97ceb
kernel-xen-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e26b58732d08ec8c9b7284added31d44d4314ad5d2b478bc9a4e538c046177c8
kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2bcb79078e5ae639037387c42b061a14543d89fce185ebf8e9a75dfeee3acc8a
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6198a9738757cae00a59e41ffd570c13522c0ea3f8751f8142a85e29a2c7b994
i386
kernel-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm SHA-256: 24bb956a900d00455c5628e84d2226b7bd5371f5c51ca72f5245f8e5c0fef8f9
kernel-PAE-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6de0521465bd3f798902797c25cf8f449aad84f6bdaf0bf7748f036fe4bb98a1
kernel-PAE-debuginfo-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm SHA-256: e4d37b4feafa5d474931d7e00e4ee4fe2855ed86af429142a12b8caf40b92c78
kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm SHA-256: c179d0a5068ac474cb535cbfc1bc9d6d9e27714d94c2d3bc3e0ae965b02d65cb
kernel-debug-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm SHA-256: 96f072cab354be74115eb574bf06e50cfc8c17f4fda451520335a0847e793e57
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm SHA-256: e0e7251b904b6f6670b3e0224f2c823fd691c0870ade3e4a6cab1e69f3d61c0e
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm SHA-256: 9dcb62707157f12961c6939d1efb23de14ab87aa9df8353b93caaf903e3e2e91
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm SHA-256: ca1da9f20ed91b8834a640c74edc50015ce1c2248290afb3b11b45bc2734dd93
kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm SHA-256: d15ac793a916c3412e13caf381bf3cf3118972abcb680f19aa32ac4d05f4770b
kernel-devel-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm SHA-256: b743b836b87d99767b20cb218abbe817c48b7d6b3c71a79c085f2052a3632fbe
kernel-doc-2.6.18-431.el5.noarch.rpm SHA-256: cd110fa88fbb0cbb1d7bfffeb2aa4f3b22fd0286365c97abfabc0ff5afe07f2c
kernel-headers-2.6.18-431.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: deeb95e227129c876230fe3a9af14070e2f1d9ecd3afb47f04808b450b4f7fda
kernel-xen-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm SHA-256: 85962c0532109f21094fe2255856d575e0c0cb31c20810188c62656a3e846293
kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm SHA-256: c300d931ded51b5b483ad5b35343f4e4203fbb9ce4060f4cd91114c1ac895cac
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm SHA-256: 19d84f1af0f0622921e178c7eb2e827516890d3ee2cc543592c8c99336ba71a9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
kernel-2.6.18-431.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 0caf2f7044444d39fab3d800bf1958e065d8f11909aa703471e0687e6aa4e4b6
s390x
kernel-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f0c714e88c3315c4c25843ef45e4abfb16eb74ea732833d43eb0fe6b5c04174f
kernel-debug-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 63dd240f217231501f4494e7f9fe715925bf74d675d0eefabd494b4a3605582b
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f4e10e1d939671e3aa4a8abc043e7fcf55eee1a104bbab8a2cf7a4c610107be6
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 7f9a558574efff1302cfabeabc303b29d6b1c022f1367526ef94ce7004f0ed59
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 7521959b96b70eed1ab8b4816d2ef2f7962ad59a94cc5d7f8689b9dbb9858145
kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 413b821f32067a6c84c6634ad0eaa0649e2bbb6672062e3bf24a976c8f35b607
kernel-devel-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 58d168b6db2f93bc5ad0321b264d95319c1f8364a2c58314a394aec34f91f5b5
kernel-doc-2.6.18-431.el5.noarch.rpm SHA-256: cd110fa88fbb0cbb1d7bfffeb2aa4f3b22fd0286365c97abfabc0ff5afe07f2c
kernel-headers-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 17d623c4a06e167d10fcdef979564198c3081032d9da2f063d9c788ca45898c6
kernel-kdump-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 1cb28736857d7aa22ed3a2939e984a1baa1628faa93c4af32eea9c468a74d3dc
kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8a08f3602a4916c4239f7a5743fb4388d639033f58e223f146d5556f1c057c27
kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: c8791122e0cfef26d755487cd2889208181c2a715463c0f0fbbeac9429c15f47

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 5

SRPM
kernel-2.6.18-431.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 0caf2f7044444d39fab3d800bf1958e065d8f11909aa703471e0687e6aa4e4b6
s390x
kernel-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f0c714e88c3315c4c25843ef45e4abfb16eb74ea732833d43eb0fe6b5c04174f
kernel-debug-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 63dd240f217231501f4494e7f9fe715925bf74d675d0eefabd494b4a3605582b
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f4e10e1d939671e3aa4a8abc043e7fcf55eee1a104bbab8a2cf7a4c610107be6
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 7f9a558574efff1302cfabeabc303b29d6b1c022f1367526ef94ce7004f0ed59
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 7521959b96b70eed1ab8b4816d2ef2f7962ad59a94cc5d7f8689b9dbb9858145
kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 413b821f32067a6c84c6634ad0eaa0649e2bbb6672062e3bf24a976c8f35b607
kernel-devel-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 58d168b6db2f93bc5ad0321b264d95319c1f8364a2c58314a394aec34f91f5b5
kernel-doc-2.6.18-431.el5.noarch.rpm SHA-256: cd110fa88fbb0cbb1d7bfffeb2aa4f3b22fd0286365c97abfabc0ff5afe07f2c
kernel-headers-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 17d623c4a06e167d10fcdef979564198c3081032d9da2f063d9c788ca45898c6
kernel-kdump-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 1cb28736857d7aa22ed3a2939e984a1baa1628faa93c4af32eea9c468a74d3dc
kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8a08f3602a4916c4239f7a5743fb4388d639033f58e223f146d5556f1c057c27
kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: c8791122e0cfef26d755487cd2889208181c2a715463c0f0fbbeac9429c15f47

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