SUSE: 2019:14218-1 Important: Linux Kernel Critical Security Fixes
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November 13, 2019
An update that solves 29 vulnerabilities and has 7 fixes is now available
Summary
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11-SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2019-11135: Aborting an asynchronous TSX operation on Intel CPUs with Transactional Memory support could be used to facilitate sidechannel information leaks out of microarchitectural buffers, similar to the previously described "Microarchitectural Data Sampling" attack. The Linux kernel was supplemented with the option to disable TSX operation altogether (requiring CPU Microcode updates on older systems) and better flushing of microarchitectural buffers (VERW). The set of options available is described in our TID at https://support.scc.suse.com/s/kb?language=en_US - CVE-2018-12207: Untrusted virtual machines on Intel CPUs could exploit a
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#1101061 #1113201 #1117665 #1131107 #1143327
#1144903 #1145477 #1145922 #1146163 #1146285
#1146361 #1146391 #1146524 #1146540 #1146547
#1146678 #1147122 #1148938 #1149376 #1149522
#1150025 #1150112 #1150452 #1150457 #1150465
#1150599 #1151347 #1151350 #1152779 #1152782
#1152786 #1152789 #1153158 #1155671 #802154
#936875
Cross- CVE-2017-18509 CVE-2017-18551 CVE-2018-12207
CVE-2018-20976 CVE-2019-10220 CVE-2019-11135
CVE-2019-14821 CVE-2019-14835 CVE-2019-15118
CVE-2019-15212 CVE-2019-15216 CVE-2019-15217
CVE-2019-15219 CVE-2019-15291 CVE-2019-15292
CVE-2019-15505 CVE-2019-15807 CVE-2019-15902
CVE-2019-15927 CVE-2019-16232 CVE-2019-16233
CVE-2019-16234 CVE-2019-16413 CVE-2019-17052
CVE-2...
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:14218-1
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