RHSA-2020:0339: Important: kernel security and bug fix update

First published: Tue Feb 04 2020(Updated: )

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.<br>Security Fix(es):<br><li> kernel: heap overflow in mwifiex_update_vs_ie() function of Marvell WiFi driver (CVE-2019-14816)</li> <li> kernel: heap-based buffer overflow in mwifiex_process_country_ie() function in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c (CVE-2019-14895)</li> <li> kernel: heap overflow in marvell/mwifiex/tdls.c (CVE-2019-14901)</li> <li> kernel: rtl_p2p_noa_ie in drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/ps.c in the Linux kernel lacks a certain upper-bound check, leading to a buffer overflow (CVE-2019-17666)</li> <li> kernel: heap overflow in mwifiex_set_uap_rates() function of Marvell Wifi Driver leading to DoS (CVE-2019-14814)</li> <li> kernel: heap-overflow in mwifiex_set_wmm_params() function of Marvell WiFi driver leading to DoS (CVE-2019-14815)</li> <li> kernel: incomplete fix for race condition between mmget_not_zero()/get_task_mm() and core dumping in CVE-2019-11599 (CVE-2019-14898)</li> <li> Kernel: KVM: export MSR_IA32_TSX_CTRL to guest - incomplete fix for TAA (CVE-2019-11135) (CVE-2019-19338)</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> [Azure][8.1] Include patch "PCI: hv: Avoid use of hv_pci_dev-&gt;pci_slot after freeing it" (BZ#1764635)</li> <li> block layer: update to v5.3 (BZ#1777766)</li> <li> backport xfs: fix missing ILOCK unlock when xfs_setattr_nonsize fails due to EDQUOT (BZ#1778692)</li> <li> Backport important bugfixes from upstream post 5.3 (BZ#1778693)</li> <li> LUN path recovery issue with Emulex LPe32002 HBA in RHEL 8.0 Server during storage side cable pull testing (BZ#1781108)</li> <li> cifs tasks enter D state and error out with "CIFS VFS: SMB signature verification returned error = -5" (BZ#1781110)</li> <li> Update CIFS to linux 5.3 (except RDMA and conflicts) (BZ#1781113)</li> <li> RHEL8.0 - Regression to RHEL7.6 by changing force_latency found during RHEL8.0 validation for SAP HANA on POWER (BZ#1781114)</li> <li> blk-mq: overwirte performance drops on real MQ device (BZ#1782181)</li>

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