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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2016.2006
Important: kernel security and bug fix update
22 August 2016
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: kernel
Publisher: Red Hat
Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS/Desktop 6
Impact/Access: Root Compromise -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2016-4565
Reference: ESB-2016.1976
ESB-2016.1932
ESB-2016.1818
ESB-2016.1725
ESB-2016.1606
ESB-2016.1587
Original Bulletin:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1640.html
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: kernel security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:1640-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1640.html
Issue date: 2016-08-19
CVE Names: CVE-2016-4565
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1. Summary:
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6
Extended 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 HPC Node EUS (v. 6.6) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional EUS (v. 6.6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6) - i386, noarch, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, 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 way certain interfaces of the Linux kernel's
Infiniband subsystem used write() as bi-directional ioctl() replacement,
which could lead to insufficient memory security checks when being invoked
using the splice() system call. A local unprivileged user on a system with
either Infiniband hardware present or RDMA Userspace Connection Manager
Access module explicitly loaded, could use this flaw to escalate their
privileges on the system. (CVE-2016-4565, Important)
Red Hat would like to thank Jann Horn for reporting this issue.
Bug Fix(es):
* After upgrading the kernel, the CPU load average was higher compared to
the prior kernel version due to the modification of the scheduler. The
provided patchset rolls back the calculation algorithm of the load average
to the status of the previous system version, thus resulting in lower
values in the same system load. (BZ#1343013)
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/):
1310570 - CVE-2016-4565 kernel: infiniband: Unprivileged process can overwrite kernel memory using rdma_ucm.ko
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.6):
Source:
kernel-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.src.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional EUS (v. 6.6):
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6):
Source:
kernel-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.src.rpm
i386:
kernel-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.i686.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.noarch.rpm
ppc64:
kernel-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-bootwrapper-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
kernel-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.s390x.rpm
perf-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.s390x.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.6):
i386:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.i686.rpm
ppc64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.s390x.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.s390x.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.51.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
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7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4565
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
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