An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 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.
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es) :
kernel: Use-after-free vulnerability in DCCP socket (CVE-2017-8824, Important)
kernel: v4l2: disabled memory access protection mechanism allowing privilege escalation (CVE-2017-13166, Important)
kernel: Incorrect type conversion for size during dma allocation (CVE-2017-9725, Moderate)
kernel: Use-after-free in snd_seq_ioctl_create_port() (CVE-2017-15265, Moderate)
kernel: Missing namespace check in net/netlink/af_netlink.c allows for network monitors to observe systemwide activity (CVE-2017-17449, Moderate)
kernel: netfilter: use-after-free in tcpmss_mangle_packet function in net/ netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c (CVE-2017-18017, Moderate)
kernel: kvm: Reachable BUG() on out-of-bounds guest IRQ (CVE-2017-1000252, Moderate)
kernel: Stack information leak in the EFS element (CVE-2017-1000410, Moderate)
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 Mohamed Ghannam for reporting CVE-2017-8824; Jan H. Schonherr (Amazon) for reporting CVE-2017-1000252; and Armis Labs for reporting CVE-2017-1000410.
Bug Fix(es) :
These updated kernel packages include also numerous bug fixes. Space precludes documenting all of these bug fixes in this advisory. See the bug fix descriptions in the related Knowledge Article:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/3411331
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Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security
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score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each
vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux
operating system.
Security Fix(es) :
* kernel: Use-after-free vulnerability in DCCP socket (CVE-2017-8824,
Important)
* kernel: v4l2: disabled memory access protection mechanism allowing
privilege escalation (CVE-2017-13166, Important)
* kernel: Incorrect type conversion for size during dma allocation
(CVE-2017-9725, Moderate)
* kernel: Use-after-free in snd_seq_ioctl_create_port()
(CVE-2017-15265, Moderate)
* kernel: Missing namespace check in net/netlink/af_netlink.c allows
for network monitors to observe systemwide activity (CVE-2017-17449,
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* kernel: netfilter: use-after-free in tcpmss_mangle_packet function
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* kernel: kvm: Reachable BUG() on out-of-bounds guest IRQ
(CVE-2017-1000252, Moderate)
* kernel: Stack information leak in the EFS element (CVE-2017-1000410,
Moderate)
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 Mohamed Ghannam for reporting
CVE-2017-8824; Jan H. Schonherr (Amazon) for reporting
CVE-2017-1000252; and Armis Labs for reporting CVE-2017-1000410.
Bug Fix(es) :
These updated kernel packages include also numerous bug fixes. Space
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bug fix descriptions in the related Knowledge Article:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/3411331"
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script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "linux_alt_patch_detect.nasl");
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include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
include("ksplice.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^7\.4([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 7.4", "Red Hat " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu);
if (get_one_kb_item("Host/ksplice/kernel-cves"))
{
rm_kb_item(name:"Host/uptrack-uname-r");
cve_list = make_list("CVE-2017-1000252", "CVE-2017-1000410", "CVE-2017-13166", "CVE-2017-15265", "CVE-2017-17449", "CVE-2017-18017", "CVE-2017-8824", "CVE-2017-9725");
if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
{
audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, "KSplice hotfix for RHSA-2018:1130");
}
else
{
__rpm_report = ksplice_reporting_text();
}
}
yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo))
{
rhsa = "RHSA-2018:1130";
yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : yum_report
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa;
audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message);
}
}
else
{
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", reference:"kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-debug-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-debug-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-devel-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-devel-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", reference:"kernel-doc-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-headers-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-headers-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-kdump-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-kdump-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"s390x", reference:"kernel-kdump-devel-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-tools-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"s390x", reference:"perf-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"perf-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"s390x", reference:"perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"s390x", reference:"python-perf-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"python-perf-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"s390x", reference:"python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", sp:"4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-693.25.2.el7")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "kernel / kernel-abi-whitelists / kernel-debug / etc");
}
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
redhat | enterprise_linux | kernel | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel |
redhat | enterprise_linux | kernel-abi-whitelists | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-abi-whitelists |
redhat | enterprise_linux | kernel-debug | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug |
redhat | enterprise_linux | kernel-debug-debuginfo | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-debuginfo |
redhat | enterprise_linux | kernel-debug-devel | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debug-devel |
redhat | enterprise_linux | kernel-debuginfo | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debuginfo |
redhat | enterprise_linux | kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x |
redhat | enterprise_linux | kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 |
redhat | enterprise_linux | kernel-devel | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel |
redhat | enterprise_linux | kernel-doc | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-doc |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1000252
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1000410
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-13166
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15265
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17449
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-18017
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8824
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9725
access.redhat.com/articles/3411331
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1130
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-1000252
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-1000410
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-13166
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-15265
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-17449
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-18017
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-8824
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-9725