RHSA-2020:0831 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · March 17, 2020
Updated · November 2, 2026
Topic
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
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kernel: heap-based buffer overflow in mwifiex_process_country_ie() function in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c (CVE-2019-14895)
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kernel: rtl_p2p_noa_ie in drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/ps.c in the Linux kernel lacks a certain upper-bound check, leading to a buffer overflow (CVE-2019-17666)
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.