Issued:

2019-12-17

Updated:

2019-12-17

RHBA-2019:4282 - kernel bug fix update

Synopsis

kernel bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory None

Topic

Updated kernel packages that fix various bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Description

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

This update fixes the following bugs:

• [Azure][RHEL8.0] hv_vmbus probe pass-through GPU card failed (BZ#1764634)

• RHEL8.1 Beta - mm: Fix modifying of page protection by insert_pfn_pmd() (SCM/pmem) (BZ#1764825)

• RHEL8.1 Snapshot1 - 'flush_(inval_)dcache_range' ignores range beyond 4GB (SCM/pmem) (BZ#1764826)

• s390/setup: Fix kernel lock down for s390 (BZ#1764827)

• RHEL8.1 Snapshot4 - net/ibmvnic: unlock rtnl_lock in reset so linkwatch_event can run / net/ibmvnic: prevent more than one thread from running in reset (BZ#1764830)

• kvm: backport cpuidle-haltpoll driver (BZ#1764831)

• RHEL8.1 Beta (kernel -107.el8.rhel81_lpmfixes_20190723) - ISST-LTE:PowerVM: VNIC: dlpar vnic causing the kernel panic (BZ#1764832)

• crash in is_size_safe_to_change in 4.18.0-147.el8 kernel as a result of another condition / race similar to earlier bug 1712197 (BZ#1767357)

• [FJ8.1 Bug]: arm64/sve: System crashes because task->thread.sve_state is destroyed (BZ#1767358)

• [SR-IOV] Failed to hotplug SR-IOV VF right after live migration (BZ#1770177)

• lockup reports, rcu stalls during post-LPM device tree updates on large system (BZ#1772109)

• RHEL8.1 Snapshot1 - STC940:ZZ:RHEL8.1(4.18.0-128.el8.ppc64le) crash during DLPAR and LPM (p8/p9):LPM (BZ#1772110)

• Applications not allowed to consume entirety of allocated cpu quota. (BZ#1773568)

• Taint message for Nested Virtualization gets unconditionally printed for kvm_amd (BZ#1776114)

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

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

Solution

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

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-modules-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-core-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-devel-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
• perf-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
• perf-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-modules-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
• python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
• python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
• kernel-modules-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
• kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-core-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
• kernel-tools-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-zfcpdump-core-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
• perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
• perf-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
• perf-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-headers-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
• python3-perf-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
• bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
• kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
• kernel-tools-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
• python3-perf-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
• bpftool-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-devel-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
• bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-doc-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.noarch.rpm
• kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
• kernel-devel-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-headers-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
• bpftool-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
• kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
• perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
• python3-perf-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
• python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
• kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-debug-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.src.rpm
• kernel-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
• bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
• bpftool-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-devel-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-modules-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-core-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debug-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-core-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-headers-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-zfcpdump-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-zfcpdump-devel-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
• bpftool-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-zfcpdump-modules-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
• kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
• perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-debug-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-abi-whitelists-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.noarch.rpm
• kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-tools-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
• perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
• bpftool-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-tools-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-headers-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
• kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
• kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
• kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
• kernel-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
• kernel-debug-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
• python3-perf-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.s390x.rpm
• python3-perf-debuginfo-4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.aarch64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

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