RHSA-2019:3217: Important: kernel-alt security and bug fix update

First published: Tue Oct 29 2019(Updated: )

The kernel-alt packages provide the Linux kernel version 4.x.<br>Security Fix(es):<br><li> kernel: MIDI driver race condition leads to a double-free (CVE-2018-10902)</li> <li> kernel: Use-after-free in __blk_drain_queue() function in block/blk-core.c (CVE-2018-20856)</li> <li> kernel: brcmfmac heap buffer overflow in brcmf_wowl_nd_results (CVE-2019-9500)</li> <li> hardware: bluetooth: BR/EDR encryption key negotiation attacks (KNOB) (CVE-2019-9506)</li> <li> kernel: a NULL pointer dereference in drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c leading to DoS (CVE-2019-11810)</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> kernel modules pkey and paes_s390 are not available (BZ#1719192)</li> <li> pkey: Indicate old mkvp only if old and curr. mkvp are different (BZ#1720621)</li> <li> System dropped into Mon running softboots Exception: 501 (Hardware Interrupt) at c00000000000a814 replay_interrupt_return+0x0/0x4 (ipmi) (BZ#1737563)</li> <li> kernel: jump label transformation performance (BZ#1739143)</li> <li> Backport i40e MDD detection removal for PFs (BZ#1747618)</li>

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