RHSA-2019:4154: Important: kernel-alt security, bug fix, and enhancement update

First published: Tue Dec 10 2019(Updated: )

The kernel-alt packages provide the Linux kernel version 4.x.<br>Security Fix(es):<br><li> Kernel: KVM: OOB memory access via mmio ring buffer (CVE-2019-14821)</li> <li> kernel: Race condition in drivers/md/dm.c:dm_get_from_kobject() allows local users to cause a denial of service (CVE-2017-18203)</li> <li> kernel: use-after-free Read in vhost_transport_send_pkt (CVE-2018-14625)</li> <li> kernel: Information leak in cdrom_ioctl_drive_status (CVE-2018-16658)</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> IPMI use after free issue seen on Marvell ThunderX2 (BZ#1732163)</li> <li> kernel: siginfo delivers SEGV_MAPERR instead of SEGV_ACCERR [rhel-alt-7.6.z] (BZ#1757189)</li> Enhancement(s):<br><li> [Marvell 7.7 z-stream BUG] CN99xx: DIMM label not extracted in EDAC hw error log (BZ#1721427)</li>

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