RHSA-2019:1973: Important: kernel-alt security and bug fix update

First published: Tue Jul 30 2019(Updated: )

The kernel-alt packages provide the Linux kernel version 4.x.<br>Security Fix(es):<br><li> Kernel: vhost_net: infinite loop while receiving packets leads to DoS (CVE-2019-3900)</li> 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.<br>Bug Fix(es):<br><li> Pegas1.1 - 7.5-alt s390x kernel oops in update_cfs_rq_h_load (BZ#1557242)</li> <li> race of lockd/nfsd inetaddr notifiers with pointers change (BZ#1637541)</li> <li> lockd: possible double unregister of inetaddr notifiers (BZ#1637542)</li> <li> [Huawei AArch64 7.6 Bug] During the virtual machine migration process, NFS may trigger a system panic. (BZ#1671943)</li> <li> RHEL-Alt-7.6 - jit'd java code on power9 ppc64le experiences stack corruption (BZ#1707630)</li> Users of kernel-alt are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.

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