openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2019-1923)

The openSUSE Leap 15.1 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2019-1125: Fix Spectre V1 variant memory disclosure by speculation over the SWAPGS instruction bsc1139358. - CVE-2019-10207: A NULL pointer dereference was possible i...

Medium: kernel

Issue Overview: There is a newly discovered variant side-channel attack of Spectre V1 which leverages SWAPGS instructions to bypass KPTI/KVA mitigations. This could lead to a kernel information disclosure. CVE-2019-1125 Affected Packages: kernel Note: This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2...