Topic

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

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-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.

Security Fix(es):

• Kernel: vfio: access to disabled MMIO space of some devices may lead to DoS scenario (CVE-2020-12888)

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.

Bug Fix(es):

• kernel: hw: provide reporting and microcode mitigation toggle for CVE-2020-0543 / Special Register Buffer Data Sampling (SRBDS) (BZ#1827198)
• kernel-rt: update to the latest RHEL7.8.z source tree (BZ#1844620)

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 Real Time 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV 7 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1836244 - CVE-2020-12888 Kernel: vfio: access to disabled MMIO space of some devices may lead to DoS scenario

CVEs

• CVE-2020-12888

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
• https://access.redhat.com/solutions/5142691