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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2018-19407) ELSA-2019-4509: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2018-19407) ELSA-2019-4509: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
11/20/2018
Created
07/23/2020
Added
07/21/2020
Modified
11/23/2022

Description

The vcpu_scan_ioapic function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel through 4.19.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and BUG) via crafted system calls that reach a situation where ioapic is uninitialized.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-debug
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-debug-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-doc
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-headers
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-tools
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-tools-libs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-tools-libs-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-perf
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python-perf

References

  • ELSA-2019-4509
  • USN-3871-1
  • USN-3871-2
  • USN-3871-3
  • USN-3871-4
  • USN-3871-5
  • USN-3872-1
  • USN-3878-1
  • USN-3878-2
  • USN-3878-3
  • USN-3879-1
  • USN-3879-2
  • CVE-2018-19407
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