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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: kernel security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:2389-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2389
Issue date: 2018-08-14
CVE Names: CVE-2018-3620 CVE-2018-3646
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1. Summary:
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Telco Extended Update
Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Update Services for SAP
Solutions.
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. 7.2) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.2) - noarch, ppc64le, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.2) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional E4S (v. 7.2) - ppc64le, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional TUS (v. 7.2) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.2) - noarch, x86_64
3. Description:
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux
operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* Modern operating systems implement virtualization of physical memory to
efficiently use available system resources and provide inter-domain
protection through access control and isolation. The L1TF issue was found
in the way the x86 microprocessor designs have implemented speculative
execution of instructions (a commonly used performance optimisation) in
combination with handling of page-faults caused by terminated virtual to
physical address resolving process. As a result, an unprivileged attacker
could use this flaw to read privileged memory of the kernel or other
processes and/or cross guest/host boundaries to read host memory by
conducting targeted cache side-channel attacks. (CVE-2018-3620,
CVE-2018-3646)
Red Hat would like to thank Intel OSSIRT (Intel.com) for reporting these
issues.
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/):
1585005 - CVE-2018-3646 Kernel: hw: cpu: L1 terminal fault (L1TF)
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.2):
Source:
kernel-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.2):
Source:
kernel-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.noarch.rpm
ppc64le:
kernel-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-bootwrapper-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
perf-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.2):
Source:
kernel-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.2):
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional E4S (v. 7.2):
ppc64le:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional TUS (v. 7.2):
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-327.71.4.el7.x86_64.rpm
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7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-3620
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-3646
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/L1TF
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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