RHSA-2020:1493: Important: kernel-alt security and bug fix update

First published: Thu Apr 16 2020(Updated: )

The kernel-alt packages provide the Linux kernel version 4.x.<br>Security Fix(es):<br><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: triggering AP to send IAPP location updates for stations before the required authentication process has completed can lead to DoS (CVE-2019-5108)</li> <li> kernel: powerpc: local user can read vector registers of other users' processes via an interrupt (CVE-2019-15031)</li> <li> kernel: out-of-bounds array access in __xfrm_policy_unlink (CVE-2019-15666)</li> <li> kernel: a NULL pointer dereference in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/usb.c leads to a crash (CVE-2019-15099)</li> <li> kernel: when cpu.cfs_quota_us is used allows attackers to cause a denial of service against non-cpu-bound applications (CVE-2019-19922)</li> <li> kernel: Null pointer dereference in drop_sysctl_table() in fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c (CVE-2019-20054)</li> <li> kernel: memory leak in mwifiex_tm_cmd in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c (CVE-2019-20095)</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> rhel-alt-76z bsd process accounting(acct(2)) does not work (BZ#1763618)</li>

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