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Mageia 7 Kernel Update: MGASA-2020-0140 Critical Security Fixes

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Calendar Grey March 13, 2020
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Core framework upgrade for Mageia editions tackles various vulnerabilities to bolster system security.
This update is based on upstream 5.5.9 and fixes atleast the following security vulnerabilities: In the Linux kernel 5.4.0-rc2, there is a use-after-free (read) in the __blk_add_t...

Summary

This update is based on upstream 5.5.9 and fixes atleast the following security vulnerabilities:
In the Linux kernel 5.4.0-rc2, there is a use-after-free (read) in the __blk_add_trace function in kernel/trace/blktrace.c (which is used to fill out a blk_io_trace structure and place it in a per-cpu sub-buffer) (CVE-2019-19768).
There is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel through 5.5.2 in the vc_do_resize function in drivers/tty/vt/vt.c (CVE-2020-8647).
There is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel through 5.5.2 in the n_tty_receive_buf_common function in drivers/tty/n_tty.c (CVE-2020-8648).
There is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel through 5.5.2 in the vgacon_invert_region function in drivers/video/console/vgacon.c. (CVE-2020-8649).
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.5.6. set_fdc in drivers/block/floppy.c leads to a wait_til_ready out-of-bounds read because the FDC index is not checked for errors before assigning it, ...

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References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26331

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26178

- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.5.7

- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.5.8

- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.5.9

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19768

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8647

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8648

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8649

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-9383

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-9391

Resolution

SRPMS

- 7/core/kernel-5.5.9-1.mga7

- 7/core/kmod-virtualbox-6.0.18-5.mga7

- 7/core/kmod-xtables-addons-3.8-5.mga7

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Publication date: 13 Mar 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0140.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-19768, CVE-2020-8647, CVE-2020-8648, CVE-2020-8649, CVE-2020-9383, CVE-2020-9391

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