kernel (SL6)

Synopsis: Important: kernel security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2018:2846-1
Issue Date: 2018-10-09
CVE Numbers: CVE-2018-14634
CVE-2018-5391

Security Fix(es):

* 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: Integer overflow in Linux’s create_elf_tables function
(CVE-2018-14634)

SL6
x86_64
kernel-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
i386
kernel-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.i686.rpm
perf-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.i686.rpm
noarch
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-754.6.3.el6.noarch.rpm

– Scientific Linux Development Team