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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:0162 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2019-01-29
Updated:
2019-01-29

RHSA-2019:0162 - Security Advisory

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Synopsis

Moderate: kernel-alt security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

An update for kernel-alt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

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-alt packages provide the Linux kernel version 4.x.

Security Fix(es):

  • kernel: Heap-based buffer overflow in fs/ext4/xattr.c:ext4_xattr_set_entry() with crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-10840)

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.

Bug Fix(es):

These updated kernel-alt packages include also numerous bug fixes and enhancements. Space precludes documenting all of the bug fixes in this advisory. See the descriptions in the related Knowledge Article: https://access.redhat.com/articles/3824202

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 for ARM 64 7 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A) 7 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 1582346 - CVE-2018-10840 kernel: Heap-based buffer overflow in fs/ext4/xattr.c:ext4_xattr_set_entry() with crafted ext4 image

CVEs

  • CVE-2018-10840

References

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7

SRPM
kernel-alt-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.src.rpm SHA-256: 00bc7a19da61788aac759a56fc4f70edf615180b079de6bfbf5bc855aa1b7034
aarch64
kernel-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 2f865a3198a7dec81f880101fa58a079d2f37e4b1383cd3fdd5f26aa1c085028
kernel-abi-whitelists-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 244337c14370ddbb6c194c8e5f00f2f6e3b0cf2191ed5cdee1fa2dc9c614c167
kernel-debug-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 6517398a9c3288e6791172783c873322d7878ab758196f15690e22b4cad97c17
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: bf124c819e17d97b99ff7a9243eda13f22cea401166cc93dc0e2af0fc9426e9e
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: bf124c819e17d97b99ff7a9243eda13f22cea401166cc93dc0e2af0fc9426e9e
kernel-debug-devel-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 6b63d8ae8f5e7b06b8cf467f73d708133c37aad989dd9a70e2500046ab2f9f5f
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 4dd328dd115bdc5ca2aacc6759f1c8151e66398c7b2992fed8eafa7523759bd8
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 4dd328dd115bdc5ca2aacc6759f1c8151e66398c7b2992fed8eafa7523759bd8
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 6185cae8787c4383950532e15df60e5e02dca8eb4658c6650d5d7181aa7ed6fa
kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 6185cae8787c4383950532e15df60e5e02dca8eb4658c6650d5d7181aa7ed6fa
kernel-devel-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: f4dbc88a0ef0e153e3aae5b6ee5e31cd0602ca0e0254886182b5e88cacaea029
kernel-doc-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.noarch.rpm SHA-256: ac76c64d202f127daf9ac3d0cd3d8b66c1614db03afb29c0b481ba3095c70477
kernel-doc-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.noarch.rpm SHA-256: ac76c64d202f127daf9ac3d0cd3d8b66c1614db03afb29c0b481ba3095c70477
kernel-headers-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: b67a1df135b04217ff8d37ecd0053265cb6364b162d81318d8b9dc35d52ac2fa
kernel-tools-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 9c28196a1065a73204a0f55b35a5e7eef0c84937d28c22c6f8c2a6a9a2d593d7
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 13bf8c909911d7d2540ab8847094c6621582c89175958e0e0ce5c58c472fadb3
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 13bf8c909911d7d2540ab8847094c6621582c89175958e0e0ce5c58c472fadb3
kernel-tools-libs-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 8db2a170d4dbb902de4417bdd2b42d484d92639f5af8a6cfe901dd2cef1eb85a
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: ba7f52173287828f8f6f990bc1e904ee8f16ef5241190a0b2909a49638d2fdc6
perf-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 9391b67d79b02c29998e34a10e2753fe168e4442e5af50081d0a253bde3caa75
perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 404747ac81114578cdab1164cb786c1a38b57e92bb2ab1cbb35ac85e1dd030b8
perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 404747ac81114578cdab1164cb786c1a38b57e92bb2ab1cbb35ac85e1dd030b8
python-perf-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 2cac0fe8cd79afe800fab6a98711e4acb9cc8fa955fb7311d9c00e62c5afcbde
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 3282baaa37e504c712bed5cf99a29d99a621c331474e81c51b5b0f90cffd6a18
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 3282baaa37e504c712bed5cf99a29d99a621c331474e81c51b5b0f90cffd6a18

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7

SRPM
kernel-alt-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.src.rpm SHA-256: 00bc7a19da61788aac759a56fc4f70edf615180b079de6bfbf5bc855aa1b7034
ppc64le
kernel-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 9f5ecf063aff3b497320b67e77f4062e714fe70a81c4c2736f6e3bdbb683eebb
kernel-abi-whitelists-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 244337c14370ddbb6c194c8e5f00f2f6e3b0cf2191ed5cdee1fa2dc9c614c167
kernel-bootwrapper-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 1520005f47aa87bc9568530e1194eb78f804b5bc25d570e3e926e48dd6c23d78
kernel-debug-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 817b74e61b0a9e5ee5ed08efa7e9aab77724b3de686d465c1addc3665d30f799
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 8a9616183bcd7fe525afc08295e797fa1737ebd305330c500eb7840f8a73b1ca
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 8a9616183bcd7fe525afc08295e797fa1737ebd305330c500eb7840f8a73b1ca
kernel-debug-devel-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 3bdfefaa6ba777def0745af5da1a4a1874b43bc7e7b506ebd6a5e332e129b5f3
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: cdb516d582c283d5c3e96f50ddc1f9323b2d8000bb4a641296310b145015f01d
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: cdb516d582c283d5c3e96f50ddc1f9323b2d8000bb4a641296310b145015f01d
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 40b7122a3b6ff057bfb945f9fd996cf009a67fca3da02356e960981a0833b01e
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 40b7122a3b6ff057bfb945f9fd996cf009a67fca3da02356e960981a0833b01e
kernel-devel-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: d6551420c1de7ba43a3db18a3ffa7934732a4bf28bb55e431635bf3a799cc20e
kernel-doc-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.noarch.rpm SHA-256: ac76c64d202f127daf9ac3d0cd3d8b66c1614db03afb29c0b481ba3095c70477
kernel-headers-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: acd0da567b03d233b173ab585e6e8ead73519734676fc175fa3eed2319bd4b7d
kernel-tools-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 79c331fb5459a8638333e2be13d5b6c72b5e6af171ee614f2b22db209d1a2ae3
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 9fbeb4f7458a355b087c1f7885a7a1a7d35d81215ac7f3e3a810f14aa6500abf
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 9fbeb4f7458a355b087c1f7885a7a1a7d35d81215ac7f3e3a810f14aa6500abf
kernel-tools-libs-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 9a7868f7934d15825bc7dd8277caeb4b26d7311c484354b8597931aee5a9c2da
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: ebe65143e99e9c7099097cabb153bf5e223bc43f5467b0ce138adce32bd89854
perf-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 6c89a6376ff982fabe6fad58b5810a4dde19326d633b0a555a927ae55f24bf11
perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 491303b2cfcbe6b6a216e5c06041bf676e3db67cc13d2e66f1b5de4d26eb4e81
perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 491303b2cfcbe6b6a216e5c06041bf676e3db67cc13d2e66f1b5de4d26eb4e81
python-perf-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 5676ee6c2078af210d9ef0b29b42f2acaffb25f4a6f711fd15d04303a9a6dc75
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 44510adb2d728ea360191cd8ff157ef22c7fb5402fe6124a660c2c3af0cf6f7e
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 44510adb2d728ea360191cd8ff157ef22c7fb5402fe6124a660c2c3af0cf6f7e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A) 7

SRPM
kernel-alt-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.src.rpm SHA-256: 00bc7a19da61788aac759a56fc4f70edf615180b079de6bfbf5bc855aa1b7034
s390x
kernel-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 7b089e0a5aa7ec7fad1bb6cf2fad2b3bc1fa9ffdbfaf95eb43fdeb53fbc198b0
kernel-abi-whitelists-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 244337c14370ddbb6c194c8e5f00f2f6e3b0cf2191ed5cdee1fa2dc9c614c167
kernel-debug-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6ab3a263beb1d7f2340f8acb47dfe997c4bce98314bf28a6b97fbdbcce840d1f
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 45db0f234172686ccb8d9070a151bd229375ac024fdd16f22f1b87460fafa9d7
kernel-debug-devel-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8e01a6dd271d68e818483b6f65898fc1f616a728abf4d3d1969e7a20d199d74e
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.s390x.rpm SHA-256: fff392b0355cc72b4af705c17b2010751a73b195aeeef858a6ebfadb0174760d
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6676c794d307bd3604a24942f76abf507164418a284411e3b933885653d3dcf2
kernel-devel-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 06d30fd83a475a2785e4985c0683a955f265d4e827dd224f6804e64ae9822121
kernel-doc-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.noarch.rpm SHA-256: ac76c64d202f127daf9ac3d0cd3d8b66c1614db03afb29c0b481ba3095c70477
kernel-headers-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5b907f219ccd109ce72746bbe4f9084714d288842689ac39f9897e093547cc7e
kernel-kdump-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 354a9b1d24f2a0faf9ea5c6804304f5b7e0d023839f245be7a37eeb34b91cdce
kernel-kdump-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 03ad4879d3ff93c00e7ca86abbc9b4091f2edcf8d8aed702e1f8e2109b66a478
kernel-kdump-devel-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.s390x.rpm SHA-256: ad1b5a5c6a7288672b1be0280aca5d38e551143ba14d0791083bfc7f8f637de8
perf-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 65b4ac20740f328a40b52e8a9a5c8c8f41a3a12e71109100274ca36806717563
perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.s390x.rpm SHA-256: aa2fe8f9ea0eb452ec9e6b10c51fe6eb85b5434ff5213c3daebdc98d517d16d4
python-perf-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 45dd6c989c911d57212cec6bf62c10157ee3b2e523ca3924c7ade1c60d7e2e0e
python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.0-115.5.1.el7a.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 18819aacadd8008cc878a63691a9f46262121c7b7aaef10203c239748018b8ca

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