SUSE: 2018:2381-1 Important: Linux Kernel Critical Patches
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August 16, 2018
An update that solves 11 vulnerabilities and has 61 fixes is now available
Summary
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2018-3620: Local attackers on baremetal systems could use speculative code patterns on hyperthreaded processors to read data present in the L1 Datacache used by other hyperthreads on the same CPU core, potentially leaking sensitive data. (bnc#1087081). - CVE-2018-3646: Local attackers in virtualized guest systems could use speculative code patterns on hyperthreaded processors to read data present in the L1 Datacache used by other hyperthreads on the same CPU core, potentially leaking sensitive data, even from other virtual machines or the host system. (bnc#1089343). - CVE-2018-5391 aka "FragmentSmack": A flaw in the IP packet reassembly
Topics Covered
References
#1051510 #1051979 #1066110 #1077761 #1086274
#1086314 #1087081 #1089343 #1099811 #1099813
#1099844 #1099845 #1099846 #1099849 #1099858
#1099863 #1099864 #1100132 #1101116 #1101331
#1101669 #1101828 #1101832 #1101833 #1101837
#1101839 #1101841 #1101843 #1101844 #1101845
#1101847 #1101852 #1101853 #1101867 #1101872
#1101874 #1101875 #1101882 #1101883 #1101885
#1101887 #1101890 #1101891 #1101893 #1101895
#1101896 #1101900 #1101902 #1101903 #1102633
#1102658 #1103097 #1103356 #1103421 #1103517
#1103723 #1103724 #1103725 #1103726 #1103727
#1103728 #1103729 #1103730 #1103917 #1103920
#1103948 #1103949 #1104066 #1104111 #1104174
#1104211 #1104319
Cross- CVE-2018-10876 CVE-2018-10877 CVE-2018-10878
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:2381-1
Rating: important
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