This update is based on upstream 5.5.15 and fixes some security related issues related to use after free and null pointer dereferences and also some other bugfixes. Other fixes in this update: . MGASA-2020-0162 - Updated kernel packages fix security issues Publication date: 05 Apr 2020 URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0162.html Type: security Affected Mageia releases: 7 This update is based on upstream 5.5.15 and fixes some security related issues related to use after free and null pointer dereferences and also some other bugfixes. Other fixes in this update: - WireGuard module has been updated to v1.0.20200401 - ndiswrapper has been fixed and re-enabled (mga#26430) - udisks2 has been fixed to properly automount exfat partitions using the in-kernel exfat driver (mga#26396) References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26434 - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26430 - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26396 - https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.5.15 SRPMS: - 7/core/kernel-5.5.15-3.mga7 - 7/core/kmod-virtualbox-6.0.18-11.mga7 - 7/core/kmod-xtables-addons-3.8-11.mga7 - 7/core/ndiswrapper-1.62-3.mga7 - 7/core/udisks2-2.8.2-1.1.mga7 . Mageia 7 kernel updates rectify both use-after-free vulnerabilities and null pointer dereference problems along with several other bug corrections.. Mageia Kernel Update, Security Issues Fixes, Linux Kernel Security, Bug Fixes, WireGuard Update. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
This kernel update is based on the upstream 5.3.6 and fixes several issues. * a potential kernel crash by using suppress-prefix rule in ipv6 * 3rdparty rtl8723/rtl8821ce drivers have been fixed to work with kernel 5.3 series . MGASA-2019-0295 - Updated kernel packages fix various issues Publication date: 16 Oct 2019 URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0295.html Type: security Affected Mageia releases: 7 This kernel update is based on the upstream 5.3.6 and fixes several issues. * a potential kernel crash by using suppress-prefix rule in ipv6 * 3rdparty rtl8723/rtl8821ce drivers have been fixed to work with kernel 5.3 series * rtl8xxxu: Fix wifi low signal strength issue of RTL8723BU * rtw88 and exfat drivers have been updated * amdgpu: re-enable bulk moves WireGuard has been updated to 0.0.20191012. For other uptstream fixes in this update, see the referenced changelogs. References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25561 - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24605 - https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.4 - https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.5 - https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.6 SRPMS: - 7/core/kernel-5.3.6-2.mga7 - 7/core/kmod-virtualbox-6.0.12-4.mga7 - 7/core/kmod-xtables-addons-3.5-4.mga7 - 7/core/wireguard-tools-0.0.20191012-1.mga7 . The kernel security patch MGASA-2019-0295 resolves multiple vulnerabilities, including a crash related to ipv6 and improvements in driver stability.. kernel update, Mageia security, driver fix, wireguard patch. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team
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