The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
hw: cpu: speculative execution permission faults handling (CVE-2017-5754, x86 32-bit)
Kernel: error in exception handling leads to DoS (CVE-2018-8897)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Red Hat would like to thank Google Project Zero for reporting CVE-2017-5754 and Nick Peterson (Everdox Tech LLC) and Andy Lutomirski for reporting CVE-2018-8897.
Bug Fix(es):
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
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RedHat | 6 | s390x | kernel-debuginfo | < 2.6.32-573.55.2.el6 | kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.55.2.el6.s390x.rpm |
RedHat | 6 | s390x | kernel-debug-devel | < 2.6.32-573.55.2.el6 | kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-573.55.2.el6.s390x.rpm |
RedHat | 6 | s390x | kernel-debug-debuginfo | < 2.6.32-573.55.2.el6 | kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.55.2.el6.s390x.rpm |
RedHat | 6 | i686 | perf | < 2.6.32-573.55.2.el6 | perf-2.6.32-573.55.2.el6.i686.rpm |
RedHat | 6 | i686 | perf-debuginfo | < 2.6.32-573.55.2.el6 | perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.55.2.el6.i686.rpm |
RedHat | 6 | ppc64 | kernel-debuginfo | < 2.6.32-573.55.2.el6 | kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-573.55.2.el6.ppc64.rpm |
RedHat | 6 | noarch | kernel-abi-whitelists | < 2.6.32-573.55.2.el6 | kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-573.55.2.el6.noarch.rpm |
RedHat | 6 | i686 | kernel-debug | < 2.6.32-573.55.2.el6 | kernel-debug-2.6.32-573.55.2.el6.i686.rpm |
RedHat | 6 | x86_64 | kernel-debug | < 2.6.32-573.55.2.el6 | kernel-debug-2.6.32-573.55.2.el6.x86_64.rpm |
RedHat | 6 | s390x | kernel-devel | < 2.6.32-573.55.2.el6 | kernel-devel-2.6.32-573.55.2.el6.s390x.rpm |