Kernel security update: CVE-2017-18017 and other; new kernel 2.6.32-042stab128.2, Virtuozzo 6.0 Update 12 Hotfix 22 (6.0.12-3701)

This update provides a new Virtuozzo 6.0 kernel 2.6.32-042stab128.2 that introduces security and stability fixes and is a rebase to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 kernel 2.6.32-696.23.1.el6. This kernel was recompiled by the updated gcc with retpolines support. Retpolines are a technique used b...

SUSE-SU-2018:0785-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP2 kernel was updated to 4.4.120 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2017-13166: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the v4l2 video driver was fixed. bnc1072865. - CVE-2017-15951: The KEYS subsystem did not...

Fedora 26 : kernel (2018-296bf0c332)

The 4.15.10 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without...

MGASA-2018-0172 Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel update is based on the upstream 4.14.25 and updates the KPTI mitigation for Meltdown CVE-2017-5754 on 32bit x86. It also adds ome optimizations and improvements to mitigate some of the slowdons caused by the Meltdown CVE-2017-5754 and Spectre, variant 2 CVE-2017-5715. Other security...

Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel update is based on the upstream 4.14.25 and updates the KPTI mitigation for Meltdown CVE-2017-5754 on 32bit x86. It also adds ome optimizations and improvements to mitigate some of the slowdons caused by the Meltdown CVE-2017-5754 and Spectre, variant 2 CVE-2017-5715. Other security...

[SECURITY] Fedora 26 Update: kernel-4.15.9-200.fc26

The kernel meta package...

Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2018-0512) (Meltdown) (Spectre)

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2018:0512 : An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. 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, ...

Kernel update: Virtuozzo ReadyKernel patch 46.0 for Virtuozzo 7.0.5, 7.0.6, and 7.0.6 HF3

The cumulative Virtuozzo ReadyKernel patch was updated with a stability fix. The patch applies to Virtuozzo kernels 3.10.0-514.26.1.vz7.33.22 7.0.5, 3.10.0-693.1.1.vz7.37.30 7.0.6, and 3.10.0-693.11.6.vz7.40.4 7.0.6 HF3. Vulnerability id: PSBM-82021 Potential kernel hang lockup during destruction...

SUSE-SU-2018:0664-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 32 for SLE 12)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-52122 fixes several issues. The following security issue was fixed: - CVE-2017-15649: net/packet/afpacket.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges via crafted system calls that trigger mishandling of packetfanout data structures, becaus...

Kernel update: Virtuozzo ReadyKernel patch 45.0 for Virtuozzo 7.0.5, 7.0.6, and 7.0.6 HF3

The cumulative Virtuozzo ReadyKernel patch was updated with a stability fix. The patch applies to Virtuozzo kernels 3.10.0-514.26.1.vz7.33.22 7.0.5, 3.10.0-693.1.1.vz7.37.30 7.0.6, and 3.10.0-693.11.6.vz7.40.4 7.0.6 HF3. Vulnerability id: PSBM-81939 Potential kernel hang endless loop in trycharge...

USN-3594-1 linux vulnerability

USN-3542-1 mitigated CVE-2017-5715 Spectre Variant 2 for the amd64 architecture in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This update provides the compiler-based retpoline kernel mitigation for the amd64 and i386 architectures. Original advisory details: Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative...

PT-2018-3026 · Linux +5 · Linux Kernel +5

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 4.15.8 Description: The issue is related to the fd locked ioctl function in the Linux kernel, specifically in the floppy driver. It allows an attacker to obtain a kernel pointer by sending the FDGETPRM ioctl,...

SUSE-SU-2018:0595-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 1 for SLE 12 SP3)

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.82-63 fixes one issue. The following security issue was fixed: - CVE-2017-18075: crypto/pcrypt.c in the Linux kernel mishandled freeing instances, allowing a local user able to access the AFALG-based AEAD interface CONFIGCRYPTOUSERAPIAEAD and pcrypt...

SUSE-SU-2018:0590-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 3 for SLE 12 SP3)

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.82-69 fixes one issue. The following security issue was fixed: - CVE-2017-18075: crypto/pcrypt.c in the Linux kernel mishandled freeing instances, allowing a local user able to access the AFALG-based AEAD interface CONFIGCRYPTOUSERAPIAEAD and pcrypt...

SUSE-SU-2018:0586-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 12 for SLE 12 SP2)

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.74-9235 fixes several issues. The following security issue was fixed: - CVE-2017-18075: crypto/pcrypt.c in the Linux kernel mishandled freeing instances, allowing a local user able to access the AFALG-based AEAD interface CONFIGCRYPTOUSERAPIAEAD and pcrypt...

SUSE-SU-2018:0572-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 14 for SLE 12 SP2)

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.90-9245 fixes several issues. The following security issue was fixed: - CVE-2017-18075: crypto/pcrypt.c in the Linux kernel mishandled freeing instances, allowing a local user able to access the AFALG-based AEAD interface CONFIGCRYPTOUSERAPIAEAD and pcrypt...

SUSE-SU-2018:0584-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 11 for SLE 12 SP2)

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.74-9232 fixes several issues. The following security issue was fixed: - CVE-2017-18075: crypto/pcrypt.c in the Linux kernel mishandled freeing instances, allowing a local user able to access the AFALG-based AEAD interface CONFIGCRYPTOUSERAPIAEAD and pcrypt...

SUSE-SU-2018:0575-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 10 for SLE 12 SP2)

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.74-9229 fixes several issues. The following security issue was fixed: - CVE-2017-18075: crypto/pcrypt.c in the Linux kernel mishandled freeing instances, allowing a local user able to access the AFALG-based AEAD interface CONFIGCRYPTOUSERAPIAEAD and pcrypt...

SUSE-SU-2018:0576-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 6 for SLE 12 SP2)

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.49-9214 fixes one issue. The following security issue was fixed: - CVE-2017-18075: crypto/pcrypt.c in the Linux kernel mishandled freeing instances, allowing a local user able to access the AFALG-based AEAD interface CONFIGCRYPTOUSERAPIAEAD and pcrypt...

SUSE-SU-2018:0562-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 31 for SLE 12)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-52119 fixes several issues. The following security issue was fixed: - CVE-2017-15649: net/packet/afpacket.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges via crafted system calls that trigger mishandling of packetfanout data structures, becaus...