Issued:
2019-12-05
Updated:
2019-12-05

RHBA-2019:4106 - kernel bug fix update


Synopsis

kernel bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory None

Topic

Updated kernel packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Applications not allowed to consume entirety of allocated cpu quota. (BZ#1770738)

  • Backport "sched: Fix race between task_group and sched_task_group" (BZ#1778545)

Users of kernel are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Virtualization Host4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions7.7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support7.7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian7ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support7.7ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian7ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support7.7ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems7s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support7.7s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions7.7ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS7.7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian7ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian7ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)7s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS7.7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node7.7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop7x86_64

Updated Packages

  • kernel-headers-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-devel-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.noarch.rpm
  • perf-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-bootwrapper-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.s390x.rpm
  • kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • bpftool-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • kernel-bootwrapper-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-tools-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • kernel-devel-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.s390x.rpm
  • python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • kernel-headers-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.s390x.rpm
  • kernel-kdump-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.s390x.rpm
  • bpftool-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • kernel-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.src.rpm
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-debug-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.s390x.rpm
  • python-perf-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-debug-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • bpftool-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.s390x.rpm
  • kernel-tools-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • bpftool-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • perf-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.s390x.rpm
  • python-perf-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • kernel-doc-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.noarch.rpm
  • kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • python-perf-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.s390x.rpm
  • kernel-headers-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.s390x.rpm
  • kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • perf-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • python-perf-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-debug-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • perf-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-kdump-devel-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.s390x.rpm
  • kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.s390x.rpm
  • kernel-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • bpftool-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • bpftool-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.s390x.rpm
  • kernel-debug-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.s390x.rpm
  • kernel-kdump-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.s390x.rpm
  • bpftool-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.s390x.rpm
  • bpftool-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-devel-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • kernel-devel-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-tools-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-headers-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.s390x.rpm
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.s390x.rpm
  • python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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