[RHSA-2016:2074-01] Important: kernel security and bug fix update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Important: kernel security and bug fix update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:2074-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2074.html

Issue date: 2016-10-18

CVE Names: CVE-2016-4470

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1. Summary:

 

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5

Advanced Update Support.

 

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.

 

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.5) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.5) - x86_64

 

3. Description:

 

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

operating system.

 

Security Fix(es):

 

* A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's keyring handling code, where in

key_reject_and_link() an uninitialized variable would eventually lead to

arbitrary free address which could allow attacker to use a use-after-free

style attack. (CVE-2016-4470, Important)

 

This issue was discovered by David Howells (Red Hat Inc.).

 

Bug Fix(es):

 

* Previously, the BUG_ON() signal appeared in the fs_clear_inode() function

where the nfs_have_writebacks() function reported a positive value for

nfs_inode->npages. As a consequence, a kernel panic occurred. This update

performs a serialization by holding the inode i_lock over the check of

PagePrivate and locking the request, which fixes this bug. (BZ#1365161)

 

4. 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

 

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

 

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

 

1341716 - CVE-2016-4470 kernel: Uninitialized variable in request_key handling causes kernel crash in error handling path

 

6. Package List:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.5):

 

Source:

kernel-2.6.32-431.74.1.el6.src.rpm

 

noarch:

kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-431.74.1.el6.noarch.rpm

kernel-doc-2.6.32-431.74.1.el6.noarch.rpm

kernel-firmware-2.6.32-431.74.1.el6.noarch.rpm

 

x86_64:

kernel-2.6.32-431.74.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debug-2.6.32-431.74.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.74.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-431.74.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.74.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-431.74.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

kernel-devel-2.6.32-431.74.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

kernel-headers-2.6.32-431.74.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

perf-2.6.32-431.74.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.74.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.74.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.5):

 

Source:

kernel-2.6.32-431.74.1.el6.src.rpm

 

x86_64:

kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.74.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.74.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-431.74.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.74.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

python-perf-2.6.32-431.74.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.74.1.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-2016-4470

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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