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...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:0555-1) (Meltdown) (Spectre)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2017-5715: Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to a...

SUSE-SU-2018:0555-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2017-5715: Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an...

MGASA-2018-0134 Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel update is based on the upstream 4.14.20 and adds KPTI mitigation for Meltdown CVE-2017-5754 on 32bit x86. Arm platorm has now also addedmitigations for Meltdown CVE-2017-5754 and Spectre, variant 2 CVE-2017-5715. For other fixes in this update, read the referenced changelogs...