ID

VAR-201808-1002

CVE

CVE-2018-5390

TITLE

TCP implementations vulnerable to Denial of Service

DESCRIPTION

Linux kernel versions 4.9+ can be forced to make very expensive calls to tcp_collapse_ofo_queue() and tcp_prune_ofo_queue() for every incoming packet which can lead to a denial of service. 7) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le 3. Security Fix(es): * An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of Load & Store instructions (a commonly used performance optimization). It relies on the presence of a precisely-defined instruction sequence in the privileged code as well as the fact that memory read from address to which a recent memory write has occurred may see an older value and subsequently cause an update into the microprocessor's data cache even for speculatively executed instructions that never actually commit (retire). As a result, an unprivileged attacker could use this flaw to read privileged memory by conducting targeted cache side-channel attacks. (CVE-2018-5391) Space precludes documenting all of the security fixes in this advisory. 1623067 - CVE-2018-9363 kernel: Buffer overflow in hidp_process_report 1629636 - CVE-2018-14641 kernel: a bug in ip_frag_reasm() can cause a crash in ip_do_fragment() 6. These packages include redhat-release-virtualization-host, ovirt-node, and rhev-hypervisor. RHVH features a Cockpit user interface for monitoring the host's resources and performing administrative tasks. Security Fix(es): * Modern operating systems implement virtualization of physical memory to efficiently use available system resources and provide inter-domain protection through access control and isolation. Bug Fix(es): * The kernel-rt packages have been upgraded to the 3.10.0-693.39.1 source tree, which provides a number of bug fixes over the previous version. (BZ#1616431) * Previously, preemption was enabled too early after a context switch. If a task was migrated to another CPU after a context switch, a mismatch between CPU and runqueue during load balancing sometimes occurred. Consequently, a runnable task on an idle CPU failed to run, and the operating system became unresponsive. As a result, CPU migration during post-schedule processing no longer occurs, which prevents the above mismatch. (BZ#1618466) 4. As a consequence, the virtualized guests sometimes mishandled the request to perform the microcode update and became unresponsive in the early boot stage. (BZ#1618386) 4. ========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3742-3 August 21, 2018 linux-lts-trusty regressions ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 12.04 ESM Summary: USN-3742-2 introduced regressions in the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Software Description: - linux-lts-trusty: Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty for Precise ESM Details: USN-3742-2 introduced mitigations in the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM to address L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF) vulnerabilities (CVE-2018-3620, CVE-2018-3646). Unfortunately, the update introduced regressions that caused kernel panics when booting in some environments as well as preventing Java applications from starting. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that memory present in the L1 data cache of an Intel CPU core may be exposed to a malicious process that is executing on the CPU core. This vulnerability is also known as L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF). A local attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to expose sensitive information (memory from other guests or the host OS). (CVE-2018-3646) It was discovered that memory present in the L1 data cache of an Intel CPU core may be exposed to a malicious process that is executing on the CPU core. This vulnerability is also known as L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF). (CVE-2018-3620) Andrey Konovalov discovered an out-of-bounds read in the POSIX timers subsystem in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or expose sensitive information. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-5391) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 ESM: linux-image-3.13.0-156-generic 3.13.0-156.206~precise1 linux-image-3.13.0-156-generic-lpae 3.13.0-156.206~precise1 linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-trusty 3.13.0.156.146 linux-image-generic-lts-trusty 3.13.0.156.146 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes. ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates have been given a new version number, which requires you to recompile and reinstall all third party kernel modules you might have installed. Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages (e.g. linux-generic, linux-generic-lts-RELEASE, linux-virtual, linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform this as well. 6.5) - x86_64 3. Bug Fix(es): * Previously, invalid headers in the sk_buff struct led to an indefinite loop in the tcp_collapse() function. (BZ#1629632) 4. 6.6) - noarch, x86_64 3. Bug Fix(es): * After updating the system to prevent the L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF) vulnerability, only one thread was detected on systems that offer processing of two threads on a single processor core. With this update, the "__max_smt_threads()" function has been fixed. (BZ#1625334) * Previously, a kernel panic occurred when the kernel tried to make an out of bound access to the array that describes the L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF) mitigation state on systems without Extended Page Tables (EPT) support. This update extends the array of mitigation states to cover all the states, which effectively prevents out of bound array access. Also, this update enables rejecting invalid, irrelevant values, that might be erroneously provided by the userspace. (BZ#1629633) 4. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 ==================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: kernel security and bug fix update Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:2785-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2785 Issue date: 2018-09-25 CVE Names: CVE-2018-5390 CVE-2018-5391 CVE-2018-10675 ==================================================================== 1. Summary: An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 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 ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.3) - noarch, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.3) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.3) - ppc64, ppc64le, x86_64 3. Description: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * A flaw named SegmentSmack was found in the way the Linux kernel handled specially crafted TCP packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to trigger time and calculation expensive calls to tcp_collapse_ofo_queue() and tcp_prune_ofo_queue() functions by sending specially modified packets within ongoing TCP sessions which could lead to a CPU saturation and hence a denial of service on the system. Maintaining the denial of service condition requires continuous two-way TCP sessions to a reachable open port, thus the attacks cannot be performed using spoofed IP addresses. (CVE-2018-5390) * A flaw named FragmentSmack was found in the way the Linux kernel handled reassembly of fragmented IPv4 and IPv6 packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to trigger time and calculation expensive fragment reassembly algorithm by sending specially crafted packets which could lead to a CPU saturation and hence a denial of service on the system. (CVE-2018-5391) * kernel: mm: use-after-free in do_get_mempolicy function allows local DoS or other unspecified impact (CVE-2018-10675) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Red Hat would like to thank Juha-Matti Tilli (Aalto University - Department of Communications and Networking and Nokia Bell Labs) for reporting CVE-2018-5390 and CVE-2018-5391. Bug Fix(es): * On systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 with Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.5, a node sometimes got into "NodeNotReady" state after a CPU softlockup. Consequently, the node was not available. This update fixes an irq latency source in memory compaction. As a result, nodes no longer get into "NodeNotReady" state under the described circumstances. (BZ#1596281) * Previously, the kernel source code was missing support to report the Speculative Store Bypass Disable (SSBD) vulnerability status on IBM Power Systems and the little-endian variants of IBM Power Systems. As a consequence, the /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spec_store_bypass file incorrectly reported "Not affected" on both CPU architectures. This fix updates the kernel source code to properly report the SSBD status either as "Vulnerable" or "Mitigation: Kernel entry/exit barrier (TYPE)" where TYPE is one of "eieio", "hwsync", "fallback", or "unknown". (BZ#1612351) * The hypervisors of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 virtual machines (VMs) in certain circumstances mishandled the microcode update in the kernel. As a consequence, the VMs sometimes became unresponsive when booting. This update applies an upstream patch to avoid early microcode update when running under a hypervisor. As a result, kernel hangs no longer occur in the described scenario. (BZ#1618388) 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/): 1575065 - CVE-2018-10675 kernel: mm: use-after-free in do_get_mempolicy function allows local DoS or other unspecified impact 1601704 - CVE-2018-5390 kernel: TCP segments with random offsets allow a remote denial of service (SegmentSmack) 1609664 - CVE-2018-5391 kernel: IP fragments with random offsets allow a remote denial of service (FragmentSmack) 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.3): Source: kernel-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.src.rpm noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.noarch.rpm x86_64: kernel-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm python-perf-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.3): x86_64: kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3): Source: kernel-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.src.rpm noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.noarch.rpm ppc64: kernel-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64.rpm kernel-bootwrapper-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64.rpm kernel-debug-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64.rpm kernel-devel-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64.rpm kernel-headers-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64.rpm kernel-tools-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64.rpm perf-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64.rpm perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64.rpm python-perf-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64.rpm ppc64le: kernel-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm kernel-bootwrapper-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debug-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm kernel-devel-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm kernel-headers-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm kernel-tools-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm perf-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm python-perf-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm s390x: kernel-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.s390x.rpm kernel-debug-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.s390x.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.s390x.rpm kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.s390x.rpm kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.s390x.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.s390x.rpm kernel-devel-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.s390x.rpm kernel-headers-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.s390x.rpm kernel-kdump-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.s390x.rpm kernel-kdump-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.s390x.rpm kernel-kdump-devel-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.s390x.rpm perf-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.s390x.rpm perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.s390x.rpm python-perf-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.s390x.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.s390x.rpm x86_64: kernel-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm python-perf-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.3): ppc64: kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64.rpm perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64.rpm ppc64le: kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm x86_64: kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-514.58.1.el7.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/ 7. References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5390 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5391 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10675 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. 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resource management error

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