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Important: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (Oracle Linux 7)

Published Jan 19, 2018 · Updated Jan 19, 2018

Summary

kernel-uek
[4.1.12-94.7.8]
- x86/pti/efi: broken conversion from efi to kernel page table (Pavel Tatashin) [Orabug: 27378087] [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/spec: Always set IBRS to guest value on VMENTER and host on VMEXIT (redux) (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27378074]
- x86/IBRS: Make sure we restore MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL to a valid value (Boris Ostrovsky) [Orabug: 27378063]
- x86/IBRS/IBPB: Set sysctl_ibrs/ibpb_enabled properly (Boris Ostrovsky) [Orabug: 27378035]
- x86/spec_ctrl: Add missing 'lfence' when IBRS is not supported. (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27345388] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/entry_64: TRACE_IRQS_OFF before re-enabling. (Jamie Iles) [Orabug: 27345388] {CVE-2017-5715}
- ptrace: remove unlocked RCU dereference. (Jamie Iles) [Orabug: 27345388] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/ia32: Adds code hygiene for 32bit SYSCALL instruction entry. (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27345388] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/ia32: dont save registers on audit call (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27345388] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/spec/ia32: Sprinkle IBRS and RSB at the 32-bit SYSCALL (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27345388] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/ia32: Move STUFF_RSB And ENABLE_IBRS (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27345388] {CVE-2017-5715}

[4.1.12-94.7.7]
- x86/spec: Always set IBRS to guest value on VMENTER and host on VMEXIT. (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27365568] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/ia32: save and clear registers on syscall. (Jamie Iles) [Orabug: 27364707] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/IBRS: Save current status of MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL (Boris Ostrovsky) [Orabug: 27364720]
- pti: Rename X86_FEATURE_KAISER to X86_FEATURE_PTI (Pavel Tatashin) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/spec_ctrl: Add missing IBRS_DISABLE (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk)
- Make use of ibrs_inuse consistent. (Jun Nakajima)
- x86/kvm: Set IBRS on VMEXIT if guest disabled it. (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk)
- Re-introduce clearing of r12-15, rbp, rbx (Kris Van Hees) [Orabug: 27345388] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86: more ibrs/pti fixes (Pavel Tatashin) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/spec: Actually do the check for in_use on ENABLE_IBRS (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) {CVE-2017-5715}
- kvm: svm: Expose the CPUID.0x80000008 ebx flag. (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/spec_ctrl: Provide the sysfs version of the ibrs_enabled (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86: Use better #define for FEATURE_ENABLE_IBRS and 0 (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86: Instead of 0x2, 0x4, and 0x1 use #defines. (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) {CVE-2017-5715}
- kpti: Disable when running under Xen PV (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86: Dont ENABLE_IBRS in nmi when we are still running on user cr3 (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/enter: Use IBRS on syscall and interrupts - fix ia32 path (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86: Fix spectre/kpti integration (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- PTI: unbreak EFI old_memmap (Jiri Kosina) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- KAISER KABI tweaks. (Martin K. Petersen) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/ldt: fix crash in ldt freeing. (Jamie Iles) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/entry: Define 'cpu_current_top_of_stack' for 64-bit code (Denys Vlasenko) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/entry: Remove unused 'kernel_stack' per-cpu variable (Denys Vlasenko) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/entry: Stop using PER_CPU_VAR(kernel_stack) (Denys Vlasenko) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: Set _PAGE_NX only if supported (Guenter Roeck) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/vdso: Get pvclock data from the vvar VMA instead of the fixmap (Andy Lutomirski) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- KPTI: Report when enabled (Kees Cook) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- KPTI: Rename to PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION (Kees Cook) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/kaiser: Move feature detection up (Borislav Petkov) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/kaiser: Reenable PARAVIRT (Borislav Petkov) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/paravirt: Dont patch flush_tlb_single (Thomas Gleixner) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: kaiser_flush_tlb_on_return_to_user() check PCID (Hugh Dickins) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: asm/tlbflush.h handle noPGE at lower level (Hugh Dickins) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: drop is_atomic arg to kaiser_pagetable_walk() (Hugh Dickins) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: use ALTERNATIVE instead of x86_cr3_pcid_noflush (Hugh Dickins) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/kaiser: Check boottime cmdline params (Borislav Petkov) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/kaiser: Rename and simplify X86_FEATURE_KAISER handling (Borislav Petkov) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: add 'nokaiser' boot option, using ALTERNATIVE (Hugh Dickins) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: fix unlikely error in alloc_ldt_struct() (Hugh Dickins) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: _pgd_alloc() without __GFP_REPEAT to avoid stalls (Hugh Dickins) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: paranoid_entry pass cr3 need to paranoid_exit (Hugh Dickins) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: x86_cr3_pcid_noflush and x86_cr3_pcid_user (Hugh Dickins) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: PCID 0 for kernel and 128 for user (Hugh Dickins) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: load_new_mm_cr3() let SWITCH_USER_CR3 flush user (Hugh Dickins) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: enhanced by kernel and user PCIDs (Dave Hansen) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: vmstat show NR_KAISERTABLE as nr_overhead (Hugh Dickins) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: delete KAISER_REAL_SWITCH option (Hugh Dickins) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: name that 0x1000 KAISER_SHADOW_PGD_OFFSET (Hugh Dickins) [Orabug: 27358615] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: cleanups while trying for gold link (Hugh Dickins) [Orabu

Fixed packages 8

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 7 dtrace-modules-4.1.12-94.7.8.el6uek 0:0.6.0-4.el6
Oracle Linux · 7 dtrace-modules-4.1.12-94.7.8.el7uek 0:0.6.0-4.el7
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek 0:4.1.12-94.7.8.el7uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-debug 0:4.1.12-94.7.8.el7uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-debug-devel 0:4.1.12-94.7.8.el7uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-devel 0:4.1.12-94.7.8.el7uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-doc 0:4.1.12-94.7.8.el7uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-firmware 0:4.1.12-94.7.8.el7uek