Synopsis
Important: kernel security and bug fix 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: Use-after-free vulnerability in DCCP socket (CVE-2017-8824)
- kernel: Use-after-free in sys_mq_notify() (CVE-2017-11176)
- kernel: Use-after-free in snd_seq_ioctl_create_port() (CVE-2017-15265)
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 Mohamed Ghannam for reporting CVE-2017-8824.
Bug Fix(es):
- Previously, on certain Intel 64 systems, the microcode contained a new model-specific register (MSR) that was not present in the older microcode running on CPUs that had not been updated yet. As a consequence, the system crashed due to a general protection fault on a CPU running the older microcode. This update fixes the bug by having the kernel use MSR access routines that handle the general protection fault. As a result, the system no longer crashes in the described scenario. (BZ#1651481)
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
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 5 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 5 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 5 s390x
Fixes
- BZ - 1470659 - CVE-2017-11176 kernel: Use-after-free in sys_mq_notify()
- BZ - 1501878 - CVE-2017-15265 kernel: Use-after-free in snd_seq_ioctl_create_port()
- BZ - 1519591 - CVE-2017-8824 kernel: Use-after-free vulnerability in DCCP socket
CVEs
References
Vulmon