Synopsis

Important: kernel security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

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 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):

• Kernel: page cache side channel attacks (CVE-2019-5489)
  

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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

Fixes

• BZ - 1664110 - CVE-2019-5489 Kernel: page cache side channel attacks

CVEs

• CVE-2019-5489

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 5

SRPM
kernel-2.6.18-439.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 4034c99ffdb67e3511f2cfd2b60251f29ed0bd6c0714489a19e6eb22231c3476
x86_64
kernel-2.6.18-439.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 4b22a4d167415bd13a62461130e8511b06a40ad3849e8b3942a2929edd0d26f5
kernel-debug-2.6.18-439.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 13de7bb9638e393f5cb3ecc95f50d42581383b0639829555564f0affaa777547
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-439.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: a823065e41e8ae0f920f419de1c8d0564df504d3533668294bf1c8e28b4b0198
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-439.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0572eecf2609008e79a6a15a0a71a698d5880541e81a55b66907c8e082a430ae
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-439.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: bd0120654edffdfc3e0e734d16552a680d7b7d6fb7e0e11083244fe721366212
kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-439.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 108743862538255319047976924c09e65df27beeeb0bb38523d826e48478e589
kernel-devel-2.6.18-439.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: f066780db8a3eac95c8dda3aee7f105c0e05626335def43564b659cf67b2b022
kernel-doc-2.6.18-439.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 107403aad9231241f77f1a0b5ab4a091372ad1946121749d47cea433af076ef9
kernel-headers-2.6.18-439.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9d0198509351dd9379104fd706f81f77f5eeb8437fc4dc37e85909ffa6a7f84c
kernel-xen-2.6.18-439.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 01dcfbaa9cda83a49c12047432adb50165b754d821ffb08ee410be36c19ea37c
kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-439.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 7465a4cff58a28ab4b0c4db863c23e93c0b0ab6beeececfee14e20d26502b9f2
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-439.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 2b207632e796d4b7bb1afea9d8261c21b3ee7208390fa4589d23202b6332125e
i386
kernel-2.6.18-439.el5.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 326b787db8c834024eaf51e091f518d1fb38616fc7f00650ce14e2742827b089
kernel-PAE-2.6.18-439.el5.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 9341eeaef95242add444a9c027506614d6e8e6791557b25eb42a34d1d57cfd00
kernel-PAE-debuginfo-2.6.18-439.el5.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 6f3bd76959beb1dd93610d518b614b3cec33f04481b03f2db22b5f94c82cc56c
kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-439.el5.i686.rpm	SHA-256: a088cd9eeb5b43c90437ddfb478d14f1d1210a9930314b65c9e94b9440e7f818
kernel-debug-2.6.18-439.el5.i686.rpm	SHA-256: ad85c98d877eabc153e25a45c51b3b9eda016d76b66da895b9194485629d5b72
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-439.el5.i686.rpm	SHA-256: c253ca7963a5b5cc4c26a84775e32885f6985382ab3daf3a50d58250d56e8c3c
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-439.el5.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 995f25a3e623dc1fb2140d622c8186bd06d578b0d4c929af80dee30d24adf233
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-439.el5.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 01279ddc34873a9995134a1ded3926ab65c8982a748373c9b0af0888229a4849
kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-439.el5.i686.rpm	SHA-256: ebcb883727f0875c4b84b76bf1bad983fcbd07afa6396e832c3d5d7ad19c5c60
kernel-devel-2.6.18-439.el5.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 8ff02d519a728510591c098675ee024e9923747249257a1365a36a6b50e3d608
kernel-doc-2.6.18-439.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 107403aad9231241f77f1a0b5ab4a091372ad1946121749d47cea433af076ef9
kernel-headers-2.6.18-439.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 8ac9bdee006fd26a34d6e5a11569454ea96eba3a22850d76b99e436993fd65a3
kernel-xen-2.6.18-439.el5.i686.rpm	SHA-256: a6fd4bfb9e3b96842d2eb4a5a38550bdb3fa46d429cd1bb9af5fa0d57f28c8f5
kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-439.el5.i686.rpm	SHA-256: a5d16f5a6ed0d2fef8185118d7dc5b361bb25e2255c342f1dd5ad29b94fd087b
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-439.el5.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 3ed2e524ada4065fb775b8d9be3752ef62651c67f8c0e4cf6d690084b12a6261

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

SRPM
kernel-2.6.18-439.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 4034c99ffdb67e3511f2cfd2b60251f29ed0bd6c0714489a19e6eb22231c3476
s390x
kernel-2.6.18-439.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: fadeb4f02cd231471313f5dd8cb43d196dd591ec956d82aecaf57beb7ab210ae
kernel-debug-2.6.18-439.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 531cb2903c4af679c6c2d74a2598220993d912595a557c1b049bac0e1077411f
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-439.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: ffac7e82d1c76b90c714252d8b24b8e5e2e8dbb03bb336ffcc06ed534c96c909
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-439.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 12ac9599ae0ff0cdf19eff0696fa6afddcabacd5ffdf9ff8acfcf58afcc480a8
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-439.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 4410aa005720b6deb5dd46530b3b1811f58b3d460e94a35ce7c3d33a43408b1b
kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-439.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 75091c04fecd90deb604658448770e2c02c954d38a4ce4ec598281fc2d8de540
kernel-devel-2.6.18-439.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 2703d603a72d843d2721793a6ce8065cd45691517b5d0b5212e6f77d5d32502d
kernel-doc-2.6.18-439.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 107403aad9231241f77f1a0b5ab4a091372ad1946121749d47cea433af076ef9
kernel-headers-2.6.18-439.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 04e059feeee2721e0615ce31ea1f690bfdd914abd2c4ebd8c00f841589355cd3
kernel-kdump-2.6.18-439.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: e90854bd8554e52a1540d4ce678587bd9f737deb3c3043550c678ec2d0f6bb34
kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.18-439.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 0c36fbfd7929f9e07a2d4b5d664f73bf170298a4ffb4a86da78ca7036926e7ec
kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.18-439.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 9eaedc9f654c8eb6d8a4ff278a552a80cc4cbb2140349bce65bd59d563147b54