-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: kernel security and bug fix update Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:1366-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1366.html Issue date: 2012-10-16 CVE Names: CVE-2012-3412 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - noarch, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, noarch, ppc64, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 3. Description: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issue: * A flaw was found in the way socket buffers (skb) requiring TSO (TCP segment offloading) were handled by the sfc driver. If the skb did not fit within the minimum-size of the transmission queue, the network card could repeatedly reset itself. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2012-3412, Important) Red Hat would like to thank Ben Hutchings of Solarflare (tm) for reporting this issue. This update also fixes several bugs. Documentation for these changes will be available shortly from the Technical Notes document linked to in the References section. Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct this issue, and fix the bugs noted in the Technical Notes. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258 To install kernel packages manually, use "rpm -ivh [package]". Do not use "rpm -Uvh" as that will remove the running kernel binaries from your system. You may use "rpm -e" to remove old kernels after determining that the new kernel functions properly on your system. 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 844714 - CVE-2012-3412 kernel: sfc: potential remote denial of service through TCP MSS option 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Client/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.src.rpm i386: kernel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm perf-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm noarch: kernel-doc-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-firmware-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.noarch.rpm x86_64: kernel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm perf-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Client/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.src.rpm i386: kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm python-perf-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm x86_64: kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6ComputeNode/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.src.rpm noarch: kernel-doc-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-firmware-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.noarch.rpm x86_64: kernel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm perf-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6ComputeNode/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.src.rpm x86_64: kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.src.rpm i386: kernel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm perf-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm noarch: kernel-doc-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-firmware-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.noarch.rpm ppc64: kernel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.ppc64.rpm kernel-bootwrapper-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.ppc64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.ppc64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.ppc64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.ppc64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.ppc64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.ppc64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.ppc64.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.ppc64.rpm perf-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.ppc64.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.ppc64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.ppc64.rpm s390x: kernel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.s390x.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.s390x.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.s390x.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.s390x.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.s390x.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.s390x.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.s390x.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.s390x.rpm kernel-kdump-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.s390x.rpm kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.s390x.rpm kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.s390x.rpm perf-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.s390x.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.s390x.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.s390x.rpm x86_64: kernel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm perf-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.src.rpm i386: kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm python-perf-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm ppc64: kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.ppc64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.ppc64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.ppc64.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.ppc64.rpm python-perf-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.ppc64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.ppc64.rpm s390x: kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.s390x.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.s390x.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.s390x.rpm kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.s390x.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.s390x.rpm python-perf-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.s390x.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.s390x.rpm x86_64: kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Workstation/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.src.rpm i386: kernel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm perf-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm noarch: kernel-doc-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-firmware-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.noarch.rpm x86_64: kernel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm perf-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Workstation/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.src.rpm i386: kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm python-perf-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.i686.rpm x86_64: kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-279.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. 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