RHSA-2016:0046High

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Published
January 19, 2016
Last Modified
November 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2015-5307 →CVE-2015-8104 →

📋 Description

CVE-2015-5307 — virt: guest to host DoS by triggering an infinite loop in microcode via #AC exception CVE-2015-8104 — virt: guest to host DoS by triggering an infinite loop in microcode via #DB exception

🎯 Affected products23

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.2)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.2)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.2)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.2)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.2)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.2)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.2)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.2)
  • kernel-debug-devel-0:2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.2)
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.2)
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.2)
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-0:2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.2)
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-0:2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.2)
  • kernel-devel-0:2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.2)
  • kernel-doc-0:2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.2)
  • kernel-firmware-0:2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.2)
  • kernel-headers-0:2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.2)
  • perf-0:2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.2)
  • perf-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.2)
  • perf-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.2)
  • python-perf-0:2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.2)
  • python-perf-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.2)
  • python-perf-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-220.65.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.2)

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

🔗 References (5)