Synopsis
Moderate: virt:rhel security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Moderate
Topic
An update for the virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel modules is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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
Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) offers a full virtualization solution for Linux on numerous hardware platforms. The virt:rhel module contains packages which provide user-space components used to run virtual machines using KVM. The packages also provide APIs for managing and interacting with the virtualized systems.
Security Fix(es):
- hw: TSX Transaction Asynchronous Abort (TAA) (CVE-2019-11135)
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
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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 Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.1 aarch64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1 ppc64le
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1 x86_64
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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 CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
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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 IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.1 s390x
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Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.1 aarch64
Fixes
- BZ - 1753062 - CVE-2019-11135 hw: TSX Transaction Asynchronous Abort (TAA)
CVEs
References
Vulmon