9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
10 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.954 High
EPSS
Percentile
99.3%
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
Note: This issue is present in hardware and cannot be fully fixed via software update. The updated kernel packages provide software side of the mitigation for this hardware issue. To be fully functional, up-to-date CPU microcode applied on the system might be required. Please refer to References section for further information about this issue, CPU microcode requirements and the potential performance impact.
In this update, mitigation for PowerPC architecture is provided.
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 Ken Johnson (Microsoft Security Response Center) and Jann Horn (Google Project Zero) for reporting CVE-2018-3639.
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/3461451
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
RedHat | 7 | ppc64 | kernel | < 3.10.0-514.51.1.el7 | kernel-3.10.0-514.51.1.el7.ppc64.rpm |
RedHat | 7 | x86_64 | kernel-tools-libs-devel | < 3.10.0-514.51.1.el7 | kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-514.51.1.el7.x86_64.rpm |
RedHat | 7 | ppc64le | kernel-tools-libs | < 3.10.0-514.51.1.el7 | kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-514.51.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm |
RedHat | 7 | ppc64le | kernel-headers | < 3.10.0-514.51.1.el7 | kernel-headers-3.10.0-514.51.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm |
RedHat | 7 | ppc64 | python-perf | < 3.10.0-514.51.1.el7 | python-perf-3.10.0-514.51.1.el7.ppc64.rpm |
RedHat | 7 | x86_64 | perf | < 3.10.0-514.51.1.el7 | perf-3.10.0-514.51.1.el7.x86_64.rpm |
RedHat | 7 | ppc64le | python-perf | < 3.10.0-514.51.1.el7 | python-perf-3.10.0-514.51.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm |
RedHat | 7 | x86_64 | kernel-debug | < 3.10.0-514.51.1.el7 | kernel-debug-3.10.0-514.51.1.el7.x86_64.rpm |
RedHat | 7 | s390x | perf | < 3.10.0-514.51.1.el7 | perf-3.10.0-514.51.1.el7.s390x.rpm |
RedHat | 7 | ppc64 | kernel-devel | < 3.10.0-514.51.1.el7 | kernel-devel-3.10.0-514.51.1.el7.ppc64.rpm |
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
10 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.954 High
EPSS
Percentile
99.3%