USN-3469-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities | Cloud Foundry

Severity Medium Vendor Canonical Ubuntu Versions Affected Canonical Ubuntu 14.04 Description USN-3469-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.0...

CVE-2017-15537

The CVE-2017-15537 issue affects the x86 FPU state handling in the Linux kernel prior to 4.13.5. If a CPU supports xsave but not xsaves, ptrace() or rt_sigreturn() mishandles reserved xstate header bits, enabling local users to read other processes’ FPU registers. A fix is provided in Linux kerne...