SUSE CVE-2014-8134

The paravirtopssetup function in arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c in the Linux kernel through 3.18 uses an improper paravirtenabled setting for KVM guest kernels, which makes it easier for guest OS users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application that reads a 16-bit value...

Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel update is based on upstream -longterm 3.14.27 and fixes the following security issues: arch/x86/kernel/tls.c in the Thread Local Storage TLS implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.18.1 allows local users to bypass the espfix protection mechanism, and consequently makes it easier...