[RHSA-2016:0046-01] Important: kernel security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Important: kernel security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:0046-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0046.html

Issue date: 2016-01-19

CVE Names: CVE-2015-5307 CVE-2015-8104

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1. Summary:

 

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues are now available for

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Advanced Update Support.

 

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security

impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give

detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the

CVE links in the References section.

 

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AUS (v. 6.2 server) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.2) - x86_64

 

3. Description:

 

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux

operating system.

 

* It was found that the x86 ISA (Instruction Set Architecture) is prone to

a denial of service attack inside a virtualized environment in the form of

an infinite loop in the microcode due to the way (sequential) delivering of

benign exceptions such as #AC (alignment check exception) and #DB (debug

exception) is handled. A privileged user inside a guest could use these

flaws to create denial of service conditions on the host kernel.

(CVE-2015-5307, CVE-2015-8104, Important)

 

Red Hat would like to thank Ben Serebrin of Google Inc. for reporting the

CVE-2015-5307 issue.

 

All kernel users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which

contain backported patches to correct these issues. The system must be

rebooted for this update to take effect.

 

4. 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, refer to:

 

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

 

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

 

1277172 - CVE-2015-5307 virt: guest to host DoS by triggering an infinite loop in microcode via #AC exception

1278496 - CVE-2015-8104 virt: guest to host DoS by triggering an infinite loop in microcode via #DB exception

 

6. Package List:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AUS (v. 6.2 server):

 

Source:

kernel-2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.src.rpm

 

noarch:

kernel-doc-2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.noarch.rpm

kernel-firmware-2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.noarch.rpm

 

x86_64:

kernel-2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debug-2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

kernel-devel-2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

kernel-headers-2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

perf-2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.2):

 

Source:

kernel-2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.src.rpm

 

x86_64:

kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

python-perf-2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

 

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and

details on how to verify the signature are available from

https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

 

7. References:

 

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5307

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8104

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

 

8. Contact:

 

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact

details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

 

Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc.

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