Synopsis

Important: kpatch-patch security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Topic

An update for kpatch-patch is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 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

This is a kernel live patch module which is automatically loaded by the RPM post-install script to modify the code of a running kernel.

Security Fix(es):

• kernel: use-after-free in __blk_add_trace in kernel/trace/blktrace.c (CVE-2019-19768)
• Kernel: NetLabel: null pointer dereference while receiving CIPSO packet with null category may cause kernel panic (CVE-2020-10711)

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

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.1 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.1 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1786164 - CVE-2019-19768 kernel: use-after-free in __blk_add_trace in kernel/trace/blktrace.c
• BZ - 1825116 - CVE-2020-10711 Kernel: NetLabel: null pointer dereference while receiving CIPSO packet with null category may cause kernel panic

CVEs

• CVE-2019-19768
• CVE-2020-10711

References