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Mageia 7 Advisory MGASA-2019-0220 Moderate: Spectre And Bluetooth Issues

This kernel update provides an update to the kernel 5.2 series, currently based on 5.2.7 adding support for newer hardware and other new features. It also fixes atleast the following security issues: A Spectre SWAPGS gadget was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of . MGASA-2019-0220 - Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities Publication date: 12 Aug 2019 URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0220.html Type: security Affected Mageia releases: 7 CVE: CVE-2019-1125, CVE-2019-10207 This kernel update provides an update to the kernel 5.2 series, currently based on 5.2.7 adding support for newer hardware and other new features. It also fixes atleast the following security issues: A Spectre SWAPGS gadget was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of system interrupts. An attacker with local access could use this information to reveal private data through a Spectre like side channel (CVE-2019-1125). A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s Bluetooth implementation of UART. An attacker with local access and write permissions to the Bluetooth hardware could use this flaw to issue a specially crafted ioctl function call and cause the system to crash (CVE-2019-10207). It also fixes an issue with newer Intel Wireless cards having firmware crashes with newer iwlwifi firmwares (mga#25143) For other uptstream features, changes and fixes in this update, see the referenced changelogs. References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25240 - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25143 - https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.2 - - - - - - - - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-1125 - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-10207 SRPMS: - 7/core/kernel-5.2.7-1.mga7 - 7/core/kernel-userspace-headers-5.2.7-1.mga7 - 7/core/kmod-virtualbox-6.0.10-3.mga7 - 7/core/kmod-xtables-addons-3.3-57.mga7 - 7/core/xtables-addons-3.3-2.mga7 - 7/core/ldetect-lst-0.6.3-1.mga7 . MGASA-2023-0451 kernel patch addresses vulnerabilities such as Meltdown and Wi-Fi complications for Mageia 8..kernel Update, Security Fixes, Mageia Threats. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Aug 12, 2019 Mageia