Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2018-939) (Meltdown) (Spectre)

An updated kernel release for Amazon Linux has been made available which prevents speculative execution of indirect branches within the kernel. This release incorporates latest stable open source Linux security improvements to address CVE-2017-5715 within the kernel and builds upon previously...

Critical: kernel

Issue Overview: An updated kernel release for Amazon Linux has been made available which prevents speculative execution of indirect branches within the kernel. This release incorporates latest stable open source Linux security improvements to address CVE-2017-5715 within the kernel and builds upo...

Linux kernel denial of service vulnerability (CNVD-2017-30421)

The Linux kernel is a computer operating system kernel written in C and assembly language, compliant with the POSIX standard, and distributed under the GNU General Public License. arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c in the Linux kernel fails to properly traverse client-side page table entries to resolve client-si...

CVE-2017-12188

arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.5, when nested virtualisation is used, does not properly traverse guest pagetable entries to resolve a guest virtual address, which allows L1 guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS or cause a denial of service incorrect index...

Stack overflow

arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.5, when nested virtualisation is used, does not properly traverse guest pagetable entries to resolve a guest virtual address, which allows L1 guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS or cause a denial of service incorrect index...

CVE-2017-12188

arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.5, when nested virtualisation is used, does not properly traverse guest pagetable entries to resolve a guest virtual address, which allows L1 guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS or cause a denial of service incorrect index...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12188

arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.5, when nested virtualisation is used, does not properly traverse guest pagetable entries to resolve a guest virtual address, which allows L1 guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS or cause a denial of service incorrect index...

kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

3.10.0-514.21.1.OL7 - Oracle Linux certificates Alexey Petrenko - Oracle Linux RHCK Module Signing Key was compiled into kernel [email protected] - Update x509.genkey bug 24817676 3.10.0-514.21.1 - kernel sched/core: Fix an SMP ordering race in trytowakeup vs...

Design/Logic Flaw

Page table walks conducted by the MMU during virtual to physical address translation leave a trace in the last level cache of modern ARM processors. By performing a side-channel attack on the MMU operations, it is possible to leak data and code pointers from JavaScript, breaking ASLR...

CVE-2017-5927

Page table walks conducted by the MMU during virtual to physical address translation leave a trace in the last level cache of modern ARM processors. By performing a side-channel attack on the MMU operations, it is possible to leak data and code pointers from JavaScript, breaking ASLR...

CVE-2017-5925

Page table walks conducted by the MMU during virtual to physical address translation leave a trace in the last level cache of modern Intel processors. By performing a side-channel attack on the MMU operations, it is possible to leak data and code pointers from JavaScript, breaking ASLR...

Code injection

Page table walks conducted by the MMU during virtual to physical address translation leave a trace in the last level cache of modern Intel processors. By performing a side-channel attack on the MMU operations, it is possible to leak data and code pointers from JavaScript, breaking ASLR...

CVE-2017-5926

Page table walks conducted by the MMU during virtual to physical address translation leave a trace in the last level cache of modern AMD processors. By performing a side-channel attack on the MMU operations, it is possible to leak data and code pointers from JavaScript, breaking ASLR...

CVE-2017-5925

CVE-2017-5925 describes an Intel MMU page-table walk side-channel vulnerability where, during virtual-to-physical address translation, the MMU leaves traces in the last-level cache, enabling a JavaScript-based attack to leak data and code pointers and break ASLR. Connected sources note that the A...

CVE-2017-5925

Page table walks conducted by the MMU during virtual to physical address translation leave a trace in the last level cache of modern Intel processors. By performing a side-channel attack on the MMU operations, it is possible to leak data and code pointers from JavaScript, breaking ASLR...

CVE-2017-5926

CVE-2017-5926 describes a side-channel vulnerability affecting AMD processors where page table walks by the MMU leave traces in the last-level cache. A JavaScript-based attack can leak data and code pointers, effectively breaking ASLR. The connected documents confirm the issue is tied to AMD MMU/...

CVE-2017-5927

CVE-2017-5927 affects ARM processors where page table walks by the MMU during virtual-to-physical address translation leave traces in the last-level cache. A side-channel attack via JavaScript can infer memory and code pointers, breaking ASLR. The linked SUSE entry and related coverage confirm th...

CVE-2017-5926

Page table walks conducted by the MMU during virtual to physical address translation leave a trace in the last level cache of modern AMD processors. By performing a side-channel attack on the MMU operations, it is possible to leak data and code pointers from JavaScript, breaking ASLR...

CVE-2017-5927

Page table walks conducted by the MMU during virtual to physical address translation leave a trace in the last level cache of modern ARM processors. By performing a side-channel attack on the MMU operations, it is possible to leak data and code pointers from JavaScript, breaking ASLR...

CVE-2017-5925: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Page table walks conducted by the MMU during virtual to physical address translation leave a trace in the last level cache of modern Intel processors. By performing a side-channel attack on the MMU operations, it is possible to leak data and code pointers from JavaScript, breaking ASLR...