Security Vulnerabilities fixed in kernel RHSA-2019:2609

Description

The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements. Security Fix(es): * kernel: hw: Spectre SWAPGS gadget vulnerability (CVE-2019-1125) * kernel: brcmfmac heap buffer overflow in brcmf_wowl_nd_results (CVE-2019-9500) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Bug Fix(es): * BUG: scheduling while atomic in zswap (BZ#1737372) * kernel-rt: update to the RHEL7.7.z batch#1 source tree (BZ#1740918)

Affected Applications

kernel

CVE References

CVE-2019-1125 CVE-2019-9500

Other References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2609