Synopsis
Important: kernel security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
Topic
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
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):
- hw: Intel GPU blitter manipulation can allow for arbitrary kernel memory write (CVE-2019-0155)
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
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.1 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.1 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.1 ppc64le
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
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Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 8 x86_64
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Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
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Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 8 aarch64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.1 aarch64
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Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.1 x86_64
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Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.1 ppc64le
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Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.1 aarch64
Fixes
- BZ - 1724398 - CVE-2019-0155 hw: Intel GPU blitter manipulation can allow for arbitrary kernel memory write
CVEs
References
Vulmon