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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: kernel security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:1939-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1939.html
Issue date: 2016-09-27
CVE Names: CVE-2016-5696
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1. Summary:
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6
Extended Update Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.6) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional EUS (v. 6.6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6) - i386, noarch, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux
operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* It was found that the RFC 5961 challenge ACK rate limiting as implemented
in the Linux kernel's networking subsystem allowed an off-path attacker to
leak certain information about a given connection by creating congestion on
the global challenge ACK rate limit counter and then measuring the changes
by probing packets. An off-path attacker could use this flaw to either
terminate TCP connection and/or inject payload into non-secured TCP
connection between two endpoints on the network. (CVE-2016-5696, Important)
Red Hat would like to thank Yue Cao (Cyber Security Group of the CS
department of University of California in Riverside) for reporting this
issue.
Bug Fix(es):
* Previously, the BUG_ON() signal appeared in the fs_clear_inode() function
where the nfs_have_writebacks() function reported a positive value for
nfs_inode->npages. As a consequence, a kernel panic occurred. The provided
patch performs a serialization by holding the inode i_lock over the check
of PagePrivate and locking the request, which fixes this bug. (BZ#1365163)
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1354708 - CVE-2016-5696 kernel: challenge ACK counter information disclosure.
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.6):
Source:
kernel-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.src.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional EUS (v. 6.6):
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6):
Source:
kernel-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.src.rpm
i386:
kernel-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.i686.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.noarch.rpm
ppc64:
kernel-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-bootwrapper-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
kernel-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.s390x.rpm
perf-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.s390x.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.6):
i386:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.i686.rpm
ppc64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.s390x.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.s390x.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.52.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
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7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5696
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <[email protected]>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
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