Updated kernel-linus packages fix security vulnerability

This kernel-linus update is based on the upstream 4.14.127 and fixes at least the following security issues: Jonathan Looney discovered that it is possible to send a crafted sequence of SACKs which will fragment the RACK send map. An attacker may be able to further exploit the fragmented send map...

Updated kernel-linus packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-linus update is based on the upstream 4.14.100 and fixes at least the following security issues: Cross-hyperthread Spectre v2 mitigation is now provided by the Single Thread Indirect Branch Predictors STIBP support. Note that STIBP also requires the functionality be supported by the...

Updated kernel-linus packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-linus update is based on the upstream 4.14.78 and adds additional fixes for the L1TF security issues. It also fixes at least the following security issues: Linux kernel from versions 3.9 and up, is vulnerable to a denial of service attack with low rates of specially modified packets...

MGASA-2018-0375 Updated kernel-linus packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-linus update is based on the upstream 4.14.69 and adds additional fixes for the L1TF and Spectre security issues. Other fixes in this update: all SPIINTELSPI config options have been disable to prevent a potential bios corrupting bug mga23560 For other changes in this update, see the...

PT-2018-19281

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions kernel-linus versions prior to the version based on upstream 4.14.69 Description The issue concerns security fixes for L1TF and Spectre. Additional fixes include disabling all SPI INTEL SPI config options to prevent a potential BIOS corrupting...

Updated kernel-linus packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-linus update is based on the upstream 4.14.65 and adds fixes and mitigations for the now publically known security issue affecting Intel processors called L1 Terminal Fault L1TF: Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and Intel Software Guard Extensions Intel SGX...

Updated kernel-linus packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-linus update is based on the upstream 4.14.62 and fixes at least the following security issues: kernel KVM before versions kernel 4.16, kernel 4.16-rc7, kernel 4.17-rc1, kernel 4.17-rc2 and kernel 4.17-rc3 is vulnerable to a flaw in the way the Linux kernel's KVM hypervisor handled...

Updated kernel-linus packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-linus update is based on the upstream 4.14.44 and fixes at least the following security issues: The netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.15.7 mishandles the case of a rule blob that contains a jump but lacks a user-defined chain, which allows local users to cause a denial...

Updated kernel-linus packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-linus update provides the upstream 4.4.111 and fixes several security issues. The most important fix in this update is for the security issue named "Meltdown" that is fixed in theese kernels by enabling kernel Page Table Isolation KTPI. Note that according to AMD, this issue does not...

Updated kernel-linus packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-linus update is based on upstream 4.4.105 and fixes at least the following security issues: A security flaw was discovered in nl80211setrekeydata function in the Linux kernel since v3.1-rc1 through v4.13. This function does not check whether the required attributes are present in a...

Updated kernel-linus packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-linus update is based on upstream 4.4.92 and fixes at least the following security issues: A security flaw was discovered in nl80211setrekeydata function in the Linux kernel since v3.1-rc1 through v4.13. This function does not check whether the required attributes are present in a...

Updated kernel-linus packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-linus update is based on upstream 4.9.56 and fixes at least the following security issues: A flaw was found in the way the Linux KVM module processed the trap flagTF bit in EFLAGS during emulation of the syscall instruction, which leads to a debug exceptionDB being raised in the guest...

Updated kernel-linus packages fixes security and other bugs

This kernel-linus update is based on upstream 4.4.82 and fixes at least the following security issues: The curseg-segno call in f2fs driver can be malformed so that it will have a value that triggers an out of boundary write that could cause memory corruption on the affected devices, leading to...

Updated kernel-linus packages fixes security and other bugs

This kernel-linus update is based on upstream 4.9.43 and fixes at least the following security issues: The curseg-segno call in f2fs driver can be malformed so that it will have a value that triggers an out of boundary write that could cause memory corruption on the affected devices, leading to...

Updated kernel-linus packages fixes security and other bugs

This kernel-linus update is based on upstream 4.4.79 and fixes at least the following security issues: Linux kernel built with the VirtIO GPU driverCONFIGDRMVIRTIOGPU support is vulnerable to a memory leakage issue. It could occur while creating a virtio gpu object in virtiogpuobjectcreate. A...

Updated kernel-linus packages fixes security and other bugs

This kernel-linus update is based on upstream 4.9.40 and fixes at least the following security issues: Linux kernel built with the VirtIO GPU driverCONFIGDRMVIRTIOGPU support is vulnerable to a memory leakage issue. It could occur while creating a virtio gpu object in virtiogpuobjectcreate. A...

Updated kernel-linus packages fixes critical security vulnerabilities

This kernel-linus update is based on upstream 4.4.74 and fixes at least the following security issues: The ipxitfioctl function in net/ipx/afipx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 mishandles reference counts, which allows local users to cause a denial of service use-after-free or possibly have...

MGASA-2017-0188 Updated kernel-linus packages fixes critical security vulnerabilities

This kernel-linus update is based on upstream 4.4.74 and fixes at least the following security issues: The ipxitfioctl function in net/ipx/afipx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 mishandles reference counts, which allows local users to cause a denial of service use-after-free or possibly have...

MGASA-2017-0099 Updated kernel-linus packages fixes security vulnerability

This kernel-linus update is based on upstream 4.4.59 and fixes at least the following security issue: The xfrmreplayverifylen function in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.6 does not validate certain size data after an XFRMMSGNEWAE update, which allows local users to obtain roo...

Updated kernel-linus packages fixes security vulnerabilities

This kernel-linus update is based on upstream 4.4.55 and fixes at least the following security issues: Race condition in drivers/tty/nhdlc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.1 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service double free by setting the HDLC line discipline...