kernel, perf, python security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2019:0415

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

• kernel: MIDI driver race condition leads to a double-free (CVE-2018-10902)

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.

Bug Fix(es):

• Previously backported upstream patch caused a change in the behavior of page fault handler. As a consequence, applications compiled through GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) version 4.4.7 sometimes generated stack access exceeding the 64K limit. Running such applications subsequently triggered a segmentation fault. With this update, the 64k limit check in the page fault handler has been removed. As a result, running the affected applications no longer triggers the segmentation fault in the described scenario.

Note that removing the limit check does not impact the integrity of the kernel itself. (BZ#1644401)

Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2019-February/085371.html

Affected packages:
kernel
kernel-abi-whitelists
kernel-debug
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-devel
kernel-doc
kernel-firmware
kernel-headers
perf
python-perf

Upstream details at:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0415