Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities (USN-7865-1)

"The remote Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7865-1 advisory. Jean-Claude Graf, Sandro Regge, Ali Hajiabadi, and Kaveh Razavi discovered that the Linux kernel contained insufficient branch predictor...

USN-7853-2 linux-fips, linux-aws-fips, linux-gcp-fips vulnerabilities

Jean-Claude Graf, Sandro Rüegge, Ali Hajiabadi, and Kaveh Razavi discovered that the Linux kernel contained insufficient branch predictor isolation between a guest and a userspace hypervisor for certain processors. This flaw is known as VMSCAPE. An attacker in a guest VM could possibly use this t...