Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis.
RHSA-2018:0151
kernel security and bug fix update
Released 2018-01-25 · Red Hat rating Important · View on Red Hat →
Fixed in
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) kernel-3.10.0-693.17.1.el7, kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-693.17.1.el7, kernel-debug-3.10.0-693.17.1.el7 +8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-693.17.1.el7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) kernel-3.10.0-693.17.1.el7, kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-693.17.1.el7, kernel-debug-3.10.0-693.17.1.el7 +8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-693.17.1.el7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) kernel-3.10.0-693.17.1.el7, kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-693.17.1.el7, kernel-bootwrapper-3.10.0-693.17.1.el7 +11
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-693.17.1.el7, kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-693.17.1.el7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) kernel-3.10.0-693.17.1.el7, kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-693.17.1.el7, kernel-debug-3.10.0-693.17.1.el7 +8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-693.17.1.el7
Fixes 6 records
net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6 allows local users to gain…
net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted system calls that trigger mishandling of packet_fanout data structures, because of a race condition (involving fa…
The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges…
The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (BUG) via crafted keyctl commands that negatively instantiate a key, related to security/keys/encrypted…
The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.10.13 allows local users to cause a…
The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.10.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a series of KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_THREAD_KEYRING keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring calls.
NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel since 3.13 up to 4.14
The assoc_array_insert_into_terminal_node function in lib/assoc_array.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.11 mishandles node splitting, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and pa…
The keyctl_read_key function in security/keys/keyctl.c in the Key Management subcomponent…
The keyctl_read_key function in security/keys/keyctl.c in the Key Management subcomponent in the Linux kernel before 4.13.5 does not properly consider that a key may be possessed but negatively instantiated, which allows…