Important: kpatch-patch security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-12207   CVE-2019-19339   CVE-2019-19339   CVE-2018-12207   CVE-2019-19339  

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.

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:

  • kpatch: hw: incomplete fix for CVE-2018-12207 (CVE-2019-19339)

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

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

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 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.1 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1782199 - CVE-2019-19339 kpatch: hw: incomplete fix for CVE-2018-12207

CVEs

References