Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20180395
Revision Date:2018-03-06Version:639
Title:RHSA-2018:0395: kernel security and bug fix update (Important)
Description:The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

These updated kernel packages include several security issues and numerous bug fixes, some of which you can see below. Space precludes documenting all of these bug fixes in this advisory. To see the complete list of bug fixes, users are directed to the related Knowledge Article: https://access.redhat.com/articles/3368501.

Security Fix(es):

  • Kernel: KVM: MMU potential stack buffer overrun during page walks (CVE-2017-12188, Important)

  • Kernel: KVM: debug exception via syscall emulation (CVE-2017-7518, Moderate)

    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.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-12188
    CVE-2017-7518
    RHSA-2018:0395
    RHSA-2018:0395-00
    RHSA-2018:0395-01
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is installed
  • AND
  • kernel earlier than 0:3.10.0-693.21.1.el7 is currently running
  • OR kernel earlier than 0:3.10.0-693.21.1.el7 is set to boot up on next boot
  • AND
  • kernel is earlier than 0:3.10.0-693.21.1.el7
  • AND kernel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-abi-whitelists is earlier than 0:3.10.0-693.21.1.el7
  • AND kernel-abi-whitelists is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-bootwrapper is earlier than 0:3.10.0-693.21.1.el7
  • AND kernel-bootwrapper is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-debug is earlier than 0:3.10.0-693.21.1.el7
  • AND kernel-debug is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-debug-devel is earlier than 0:3.10.0-693.21.1.el7
  • AND kernel-debug-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-devel is earlier than 0:3.10.0-693.21.1.el7
  • AND kernel-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-doc is earlier than 0:3.10.0-693.21.1.el7
  • AND kernel-doc is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-headers is earlier than 0:3.10.0-693.21.1.el7
  • AND kernel-headers is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-kdump is earlier than 0:3.10.0-693.21.1.el7
  • AND kernel-kdump is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-kdump-devel is earlier than 0:3.10.0-693.21.1.el7
  • AND kernel-kdump-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-tools is earlier than 0:3.10.0-693.21.1.el7
  • AND kernel-tools is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-tools-libs is earlier than 0:3.10.0-693.21.1.el7
  • AND kernel-tools-libs is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-tools-libs-devel is earlier than 0:3.10.0-693.21.1.el7
  • AND kernel-tools-libs-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • perf is earlier than 0:3.10.0-693.21.1.el7
  • AND perf is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • python-perf is earlier than 0:3.10.0-693.21.1.el7
  • AND python-perf is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • BACK