ELBA-2019-4859

ELBA-2019-4859 - binutils bug fix update

Type:	BUG
Impact:	NA
Release Date:	2019-11-22

Description

[2.27-41.base.0.3.el7_7.1]
- CVE-2018-12207 / Intel SKX102
- Introduce the following gas options:
-malign-branch
-malign-branch-boundary
-malign-branch-prefix-size
-mbranches-within-32B-boundaries
- Lessen the performance hit due to the Mitigation of Intel's JCC Erratum by
backporting the patch series that teach gas not to place various jump
instructions at the end of 32 byte boundries or across such boundaries.
- Prepatory patches:
binutils-2.31-i386-gas-01-add-.nop-assembler-directive.patch
binutils-2.31-i386-gas-02-rewrite-NOP-generation.patch
binutils-2.31-i386-gas-03-insns-exceeding-the-15-byte.patch
binutils-2.31-i386-gas-04-pass-max_bytes-to-TC_FRAG_INIT.patch
- Mitigation Patches:
binutils-2.33-i386-gas-01-add-md_cons_worker.patch
binutils-2.33-i386-gas-02-add-md_generic_table_relax_frag.patch
binutils-2.33-i386-gas-03-align-branches-within-a-fixed-boundary.patch
binutils-2.33-i386-gas-04-add-mbranches-within-32B-boundaries.patch
binutils-2.33-i386-gas-05-add-tests-for-malign-branch-boundary-and-malign.patch
- Reviewed-by: Jose E. Marchesi

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	sha256	Superseded By Advisory	Channel Label
Oracle Linux 7 (x86_64)	binutils-2.27-41.base.0.3.el7_7.1.src.rpm	f8ca4cce240a98ce01e26c0e71198ef7e134042734cead3548b381419998d25e	ELSA-2021-4033	ol7_x86_64_latest
	binutils-2.27-41.base.0.3.el7_7.1.src.rpm	f8ca4cce240a98ce01e26c0e71198ef7e134042734cead3548b381419998d25e	ELSA-2021-4033	ol7_x86_64_u7_patch
	binutils-2.27-41.base.0.3.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm	391353c89fc7065064cca098a12aad8e6575d57786259c6c68c03ba401ff4242	ELSA-2021-4033	exadata_dbserver_19.2.10.0.0_x86_64_base
	binutils-2.27-41.base.0.3.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm	391353c89fc7065064cca098a12aad8e6575d57786259c6c68c03ba401ff4242	ELSA-2021-4033	exadata_dbserver_19.2.9.0.0_x86_64_base
	binutils-2.27-41.base.0.3.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm	391353c89fc7065064cca098a12aad8e6575d57786259c6c68c03ba401ff4242	ELSA-2021-4033	exadata_dbserver_19.3.3.0.0_x86_64_base
	binutils-2.27-41.base.0.3.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm	391353c89fc7065064cca098a12aad8e6575d57786259c6c68c03ba401ff4242	ELSA-2021-4033	exadata_dbserver_19.3.4.0.0_x86_64_base
	binutils-2.27-41.base.0.3.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm	391353c89fc7065064cca098a12aad8e6575d57786259c6c68c03ba401ff4242	ELSA-2021-4033	ol7_x86_64_latest
	binutils-2.27-41.base.0.3.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm	391353c89fc7065064cca098a12aad8e6575d57786259c6c68c03ba401ff4242	ELSA-2021-4033	ol7_x86_64_u7_patch
	binutils-devel-2.27-41.base.0.3.el7_7.1.i686.rpm	2f981f40bbecbfaece6b363b6f0d7ff6b87b07e77ae1429be0096e49caf8f722	ELSA-2021-4033	ol7_x86_64_latest
	binutils-devel-2.27-41.base.0.3.el7_7.1.i686.rpm	2f981f40bbecbfaece6b363b6f0d7ff6b87b07e77ae1429be0096e49caf8f722	ELSA-2021-4033	ol7_x86_64_u7_patch
	binutils-devel-2.27-41.base.0.3.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm	9757d05e1ba187191022fe0d76ba1921de1bca81163171166f006d701d113622	ELSA-2021-4033	ol7_x86_64_latest
	binutils-devel-2.27-41.base.0.3.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm	9757d05e1ba187191022fe0d76ba1921de1bca81163171166f006d701d113622	ELSA-2021-4033	ol7_x86_64_u7_patch

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