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HistoryMay 08, 2018 - 8:17 p.m.

(RHSA-2018:1346) Important: kernel security and bug fix update

2018-05-0820:17:11
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The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

  • hw: cpu: speculative execution permission faults handling (CVE-2017-5754, x86 32-bit)

  • Kernel: error in exception handling leads to DoS (CVE-2018-8897)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Red Hat would like to thank Google Project Zero for reporting CVE-2017-5754 and Nick Peterson (Everdox Tech LLC) and Andy Lutomirski for reporting CVE-2018-8897.

Bug Fix(es):

  • The kernel build requirements have been updated to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) compiler version that has the support for Retpolines. The Retpolines mechanism is a software construct that leverages specific knowledge of the underlying hardware to mitigate the branch target injection, also known as Spectre variant 2 vulnerability described in CVE-2017-5715. (BZ#1554253)