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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2020.4531
kernel security update
23 December 2020
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: kernel
Publisher: Red Hat
Operating System: Red Hat
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Existing Account
Increased Privileges -- Existing Account
Denial of Service -- Existing Account
Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account
Reduced Security -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2020-12770 CVE-2019-20636 CVE-2019-19447
CVE-2019-19046 CVE-2019-9454 CVE-2018-20836
CVE-2017-18551
Reference: ESB-2020.4406
ESB-2020.4177
Original Bulletin:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5656
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: kernel security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:5656-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5656
Issue date: 2020-12-22
CVE Names: CVE-2017-18551 CVE-2018-20836 CVE-2019-9454
CVE-2019-19046 CVE-2019-19447 CVE-2019-20636
CVE-2020-12770
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1. Summary:
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6
Extended Update Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. 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 ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.6) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.6) - ppc64, ppc64le, x86_64
3. Description:
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux
operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: out of bounds write in function i2c_smbus_xfer_emulated in
drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c (CVE-2017-18551)
* kernel: race condition in smp_task_timedout() and smp_task_done() in
drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c leads to use-after-free (CVE-2018-20836)
* kernel: out of bounds write in i2c driver leads to local escalation of
privilege (CVE-2019-9454)
* kernel: Denial Of Service in the __ipmi_bmc_register() function in
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c (CVE-2019-19046)
* kernel: mounting a crafted ext4 filesystem image, performing some
operations, and unmounting can lead to a use-after-free in ext4_put_super
in fs/ext4/super.c (CVE-2019-19447)
* kernel: out-of-bounds write via crafted keycode table (CVE-2019-20636)
* kernel: sg_write function lacks an sg_remove_request call in a certain
failure case (CVE-2020-12770)
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.
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/):
1707796 - CVE-2018-20836 kernel: race condition in smp_task_timedout() and smp_task_done() in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c leads to use-after-free
1757368 - CVE-2017-18551 kernel: out of bounds write in function i2c_smbus_xfer_emulated in drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c
1774988 - CVE-2019-19046 kernel: Denial Of Service in the __ipmi_bmc_register() function in drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
1781679 - CVE-2019-19447 kernel: mounting a crafted ext4 filesystem image, performing some operations, and unmounting can lead to a use-after-free in ext4_put_super in fs/ext4/super.c
1818818 - CVE-2019-9454 kernel: out of bounds write in i2c driver leads to local escalation of privilege
1824059 - CVE-2019-20636 kernel: out-of-bounds write via crafted keycode table
1834845 - CVE-2020-12770 kernel: sg_write function lacks an sg_remove_request call in a certain failure case
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.6):
Source:
kernel-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
bpftool-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.6):
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6):
Source:
kernel-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.noarch.rpm
ppc64:
kernel-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-bootwrapper-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-tools-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
perf-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
kernel-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-bootwrapper-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
perf-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
kernel-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-devel-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.s390x.rpm
perf-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.s390x.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.s390x.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
bpftool-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.6):
ppc64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-957.65.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
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7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18551
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20836
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9454
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19046
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19447
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-20636
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12770
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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