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High ELSA-2019-1168 4 CVEs

Important: kernel security update (Oracle Linux 7)

Published May 15, 2019 · Updated May 15, 2019

Summary

[3.10.0-957.12.2.OL7]
- Oracle Linux certificates (Alexey Petrenko)
- Oracle Linux RHCK Module Signing Key was compiled into kernel (olkmod_signing_key.x509)(alexey.petrenko@oracle.com)
- Update x509.genkey [bug 24817676]

[3.10.0-957.12.2]
- [x86] x86/speculation/mds: Add SMT warning message (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12130}
- [x86] x86/speculation: Move arch_smt_update() call to after mitigation decisions (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12130}
- [documentation] x86/speculation/mds: Add mds=full,nosmt cmdline option (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12130}
- [kernel] x86/speculation: Remove redundant arch_smt_update() invocation (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12130}
- [x86] x86/spec_ctrl: Update MDS mitigation status after late microcode load (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12130}
- [x86] x86/spec_ctrl: Add debugfs x86/smt_present file (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12130}
- [x86] x86/spec_ctrl: Disable automatic enabling of STIBP with SMT on (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12130}
- [documentation] Documentation: Add MDS vulnerability documentation (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12130}
- [documentation] Documentation: Move L1TF to separate directory (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12130}
- [x86] x86/speculation/mds: Add mitigation mode VMWERV (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12130}
- [base] x86/speculation/mds: Add sysfs reporting for MDS (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12130}
- [x86] x86/speculation/mds: Add mitigation control for MDS (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12130}
- [x86] x86/speculation/mds: Conditionally clear CPU buffers on idle entry (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12130}
- [kvm] x86/kvm/vmx: Add MDS protection when L1D Flush is not active (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12130}
- [x86] x86/speculation/mds: Clear CPU buffers on exit to user (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12130}
- [x86] x86/speculation/mds: Add mds_clear_cpu_buffers() (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127}
- [kvm] x86/kvm: Expose X86_FEATURE_MD_CLEAR to guests (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12130}
- [x86] x86/speculation/mds: Add BUG_MSBDS_ONLY (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12130}
- [x86] x86/speculation/mds: Add basic bug infrastructure for MDS (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127}
- [x86] x86/speculation: Consolidate CPU whitelists (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12130}
- [x86] x86/msr-index: Cleanup bit defines (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127}
- [x86] x86/l1tf: Show actual SMT state (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127}
- [x86] x86/speculation: Simplify sysfs report of VMX L1TF vulnerability (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127}
- [x86] x86/speculation: Rework SMT state change (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127}
- [kernel] sched/smt: Expose sched_smt_present static key (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127}
- [kernel] sched/smt: Make sched_smt_present track topology (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127}
- [x86] x86/speculation: Disable STIBP when enhanced IBRS is in use (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127}
- [x86] x86/speculation: Move STIPB/IBPB string conditionals out of cpu_show_common() (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12130}
- [x86] x86/speculation: Enable cross-hyperthread spectre v2 STIBP mitigation (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12130}
- [x86] x86/spectre_v2: Make spectre_v2_mitigation mode available (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12130}
- [x86] x86/spec_ctrl: Add X86_FEATURE_USE_IBPB (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12130}
- [x86] x86/spec_ctrl: Add casting to fix compilation error (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127}
- [x86] x86/cpu: Sanitize FAM6_ATOM naming (Waiman Long) [1692597 1692598 1692599 1690335 1690348 1690358] {CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127}
- [x86] x86/cpufeatures: Add Intel PCONFIG

Fixed packages 13

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 7 bpftool 0:3.10.0-957.12.2.el7
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel 0:3.10.0-957.12.2.el7
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-abi-whitelists 0:3.10.0-957.12.2.el7
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-debug 0:3.10.0-957.12.2.el7
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-debug-devel 0:3.10.0-957.12.2.el7
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-devel 0:3.10.0-957.12.2.el7
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-doc 0:3.10.0-957.12.2.el7
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-headers 0:3.10.0-957.12.2.el7
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-tools 0:3.10.0-957.12.2.el7
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-tools-libs 0:3.10.0-957.12.2.el7
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-tools-libs-devel 0:3.10.0-957.12.2.el7
Oracle Linux · 7 perf 0:3.10.0-957.12.2.el7
Oracle Linux · 7 python-perf 0:3.10.0-957.12.2.el7

Vulnerabilities 4