Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20190717
Revision Date:2019-04-09Version:636
Title:RHSA-2019:0717: kernel security and bug fix update (Important)
Description:The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

  • kernel: Missing check in fs/inode.c:inode_init_owner() does not clear SGID bit on non-directories for non-members (CVE-2018-13405)

    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.

    Bug Fix(es):

  • sched/sysctl: Check user input value of sysctl_sched_time_avg (BZ#1579128)

  • unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000000000005d in tcp_enter_frto+0x102 (BZ#1585892)

  • qla2xxx: Mask Off Scope bits for Retry delay timer in the driver (BZ#1588133)

  • [PATCH] perf: Fix a race between ring_buffer_detach() and ring_buffer_wakeup() (BZ#1589340)

  • RHEL6.10 - kernel: improve spectre mitigation for s390x (BZ#1625381)

  • kernel panic due to NULL pointer dereference in __wake_up_common through perf_event_wakeup (BZ#1627672)

  • After upgrading from rhel 6.9 to rhel 6.10, files in a cifs share can't be read (BZ#1636484)

  • Retpoline impact on vdso gettimeofday performance (BZ#1638552)

  • [RHEL 6.10] 32-bit kernel-2.6.32-754.3.5 registers the swap of 4k size only (BZ#1670328)
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-13405
    RHSA-2019:0717
    RHSA-2019:0717-01
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is installed
  • AND
  • kernel earlier than 0:2.6.32-754.12.1.el6 is currently running
  • OR kernel earlier than 0:2.6.32-754.12.1.el6 is set to boot up on next boot
  • AND
  • kernel is earlier than 0:2.6.32-754.12.1.el6
  • AND kernel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-abi-whitelists is earlier than 0:2.6.32-754.12.1.el6
  • AND kernel-abi-whitelists is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-bootwrapper is earlier than 0:2.6.32-754.12.1.el6
  • AND kernel-bootwrapper is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-debug is earlier than 0:2.6.32-754.12.1.el6
  • AND kernel-debug is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-debug-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.32-754.12.1.el6
  • AND kernel-debug-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.32-754.12.1.el6
  • AND kernel-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-doc is earlier than 0:2.6.32-754.12.1.el6
  • AND kernel-doc is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-firmware is earlier than 0:2.6.32-754.12.1.el6
  • AND kernel-firmware is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-headers is earlier than 0:2.6.32-754.12.1.el6
  • AND kernel-headers is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-kdump is earlier than 0:2.6.32-754.12.1.el6
  • AND kernel-kdump is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-kdump-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.32-754.12.1.el6
  • AND kernel-kdump-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • perf is earlier than 0:2.6.32-754.12.1.el6
  • AND perf is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • python-perf is earlier than 0:2.6.32-754.12.1.el6
  • AND python-perf is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • BACK