RHSA-2016:0103High

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published
February 2, 2016
Last Modified
November 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (3)

CVE-2015-8104 →CVE-2016-0728 →CVE-2016-0774 →

📋 Description

CVE-2015-8104 — virt: guest to host DoS by triggering an infinite loop in microcode via #DB exception CVE-2016-0728 — kernel: Possible use-after-free vulnerability in keyring facility CVE-2016-0774 — kernel: pipe buffer state corruption after unsuccessful atomic read from pipe

🎯 Affected products124

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.1)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.1)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-229.26.2.ael7b.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-229.26.2.ael7b.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-229.26.2.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-229.26.2.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-229.26.2.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-229.26.2.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-229.26.2.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-229.26.2.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-abi-whitelists-0:3.10.0-229.26.2.ael7b.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-abi-whitelists-0:3.10.0-229.26.2.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-abi-whitelists-0:3.10.0-229.26.2.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-bootwrapper-0:3.10.0-229.26.2.ael7b.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-bootwrapper-0:3.10.0-229.26.2.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-debug-0:3.10.0-229.26.2.ael7b.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-debug-0:3.10.0-229.26.2.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-debug-0:3.10.0-229.26.2.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-debug-0:3.10.0-229.26.2.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-debug-0:3.10.0-229.26.2.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-229.26.2.ael7b.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-229.26.2.ael7b.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-229.26.2.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-229.26.2.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-229.26.2.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-229.26.2.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-229.26.2.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-229.26.2.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.1)
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✅ Remediation

All kernel users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues and add this enhancement. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. 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 (6)