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High ELSA-2019-1167 4 CVEs

Important: kernel security and bug fix update (Oracle Linux 8)

Published Jul 30, 2019 · Updated Jul 30, 2019

Summary

[4.18.0-80.1.2_0.OL8]
- Oracle Linux certificates (Alexey Petrenko)
- Oracle Linux RHCK Module Signing Key was added to the kernel trusted keys list (olkmod_signing_key.pem) [Orabug: 29539237]
- Update x509.genkey [Orabug: 24817676]

[4.18.0-80.1.2_0]
- [arm64] arm64/speculation: Support 'mitigations=' cmdline option (Josh Poimboeuf) [1698809 1698896 1699001 1690338 1690360 1690351] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126}
- [s390] s390/speculation: Support 'mitigations=' cmdline option (Josh Poimboeuf) [1698809 1698896 1699001 1690338 1690360 1690351] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126}
- [powerpc] powerpc/speculation: Support 'mitigations=' cmdline option (Josh Poimboeuf) [1698809 1698896 1699001 1690338 1690360 1690351] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126}
- [powerpc] powerpc/64: Disable the speculation barrier from the command line (Josh Poimboeuf) [1698809 1698896 1699001 1690338 1690360 1690351] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126}
- [x86] x86/speculation/mds: Add 'mitigations=' support for MDS (Josh Poimboeuf) [1698809 1698896 1699001 1690338 1690360 1690351] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126}
- [x86] x86/speculation: Support 'mitigations=' cmdline option (Josh Poimboeuf) [1698809 1698896 1699001 1690338 1690360 1690351] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126}
- [kernel] cpu/speculation: Add 'mitigations=' cmdline option (Josh Poimboeuf) [1698809 1698896 1699001 1690338 1690360 1690351] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126}
- [x86] x86/speculation/mds: Print SMT vulnerable on MSBDS with mitigations off (Josh Poimboeuf) [1698809 1698896 1699001 1690338 1690360 1690351] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126}
- [x86] x86/speculation/mds: Fix comment (Josh Poimboeuf) [1698809 1698896 1699001 1690338 1690360 1690351] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126}
- [x86] x86/speculation/mds: Add SMT warning message (Josh Poimboeuf) [1698809 1698896 1699001 1690338 1690360 1690351] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126}
- [x86] x86/speculation: Move arch_smt_update() call to after mitigation decisions (Josh Poimboeuf) [1698809 1698896 1699001 1690338 1690360 1690351] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126}
- [x86] x86/speculation/mds: Add mds=full, nosmt cmdline option (Josh Poimboeuf) [1698809 1698896 1699001 1690338 1690360 1690351] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126}
- [documentation] Documentation: Add MDS vulnerability documentation (Josh Poimboeuf) [1698809 1698896 1699001 1690338 1690360 1690351] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126}
- [documentation] Documentation: Move L1TF to separate directory (Josh Poimboeuf) [1698809 1698896 1699001 1690338 1690360 1690351] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126}
- [x86] x86/speculation/mds: Add mitigation mode VMWERV (Josh Poimboeuf) [1698809 1698896 1699001 1690338 1690360 1690351] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126}
- [x86] x86/speculation/mds: Add sysfs reporting for MDS (Josh Poimboeuf) [1698809 1698896 1699001 1690338 1690360 1690351] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126}
- [x86] x86/speculation/mds: Add mitigation control for MDS (Josh Poimboeuf) [1698809 1698896 1699001 1690338 1690360 1690351] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126}
- [x86] x86/speculation/mds: Conditionally clear CPU buffers on idle entry (Josh Poimboeuf) [1698809 1698896 1699001 1690338 1690360 1690351] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126}
- [x86] x86/kvm/vmx: Add MDS protection when L1D Flush is not active (Josh Poimboeuf) [1698809 1698896 1699001 1690338 1690360 1690351] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126}
- [x86] x86/speculation/mds: Clear CPU buffers on exit to user (Josh Poimboeuf) [1698809 1698896 1699001 1690338 1690360 1690351] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126}
- [x86] x86/speculation/mds: Add mds_clear_cpu_buffers() (Josh Poimboeuf) [1698809 1698896 1699001 1690338 1690360 1690351] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126}
- [kvm] x86/kvm: Expose X86_FEATURE_MD_CLEAR to guests (Josh Poimboeuf) [1698809 1698896 1699001 1690338 1690360 1690351] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126}
- [x86] x86/speculation/mds: Add BUG_MSBDS_ONLY (Josh Poimboeuf) [1698809 1698896 1699001 1690338 1690360 1690351] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126}
- [x86] x86/speculation/mds: Add basic bug infrastructure for MDS (Josh Poimboeuf) [1698809 1698896 1699001 1690338 1690360 1690351] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126}
- [x86] x86/speculation: Consolidate CPU whitelists (Josh Poimboeuf) [1698809 1698896 1699001 1690338 1690360 1690351] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126}
- [x86] x86/msr-index: Cleanup bit defines (Josh Poimboeuf) [1698809 1698896 1699001 1690338 1690360 1690351] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126}
- [x86] x86/speculation: Cast ~SPEC_CTRL_STIBP atomic value to int (Josh Poimboeuf) [1698809 1698896 1699001 1690338 1690360 1690351] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126}
- [x86] x86/cpu: Sanitize FAM6_ATOM naming (Josh Poimboeuf) [1698809 1698896 1699001 1690338 1690360 1690351] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126}
file (Josh Poimboeuf) [1698809 1698896 1699001 1690338 1690360 1690351] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126}
- [tools] tools include: Adopt linux/bits.h (Josh Poimboeuf) [1698809 1698896 1699001 1690338 1690360 1690351] {CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12126}

[4.18.0-80.1.1_0]
- [zstream] switch to zstream (Frantisek Hrbata)

Fixed packages 20

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 8 bpftool 0:4.18.0-80.1.2.el8_0
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel 0:4.18.0-80.1.2.el8_0
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-abi-whitelists 0:4.18.0-80.1.2.el8_0
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-core 0:4.18.0-80.1.2.el8_0
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-cross-headers 0:4.18.0-80.1.2.el8_0
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug 0:4.18.0-80.1.2.el8_0
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-core 0:4.18.0-80.1.2.el8_0
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-devel 0:4.18.0-80.1.2.el8_0
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-modules 0:4.18.0-80.1.2.el8_0
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-80.1.2.el8_0
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-devel 0:4.18.0-80.1.2.el8_0
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-doc 0:4.18.0-80.1.2.el8_0
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-headers 0:4.18.0-80.1.2.el8_0
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-modules 0:4.18.0-80.1.2.el8_0
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-80.1.2.el8_0
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools 0:4.18.0-80.1.2.el8_0
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools-libs 0:4.18.0-80.1.2.el8_0
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools-libs-devel 0:4.18.0-80.1.2.el8_0
Oracle Linux · 8 perf 0:4.18.0-80.1.2.el8_0
Oracle Linux · 8 python3-perf 0:4.18.0-80.1.2.el8_0

Vulnerabilities 4