ELBA-2019-4861

ELBA-2019-4861 - binutils bug fix update

Type:	BUG
Impact:	NA
Release Date:	2019-11-23

Description

[2.20.51.0.2-5.48.0.1.el6_10.1]
- 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-2.25-i386-gas-01-limit-nop-instructions-to-10-bytes.patch
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

[2.20.51.0.2-5.48.1]
- Backport patch to stop strip from corrupting unrecognised relocs.
(#1653798)

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	sha256	Superseded By Advisory	Channel Label
Oracle Linux 6 (i386)	binutils-2.20.51.0.2-5.48.0.1.el6_10.1.src.rpm	85c1a43ffaaff777f7373bd4f1320e497096e1a5619c7406d98b7eed21aa4ad2	ELBA-2020-5506	ol6_i386_latest
	binutils-2.20.51.0.2-5.48.0.1.el6_10.1.src.rpm	85c1a43ffaaff777f7373bd4f1320e497096e1a5619c7406d98b7eed21aa4ad2	ELBA-2020-5506	ol6_u10_i386_patch
	binutils-2.20.51.0.2-5.48.0.1.el6_10.1.i686.rpm	e9ba403c8d1e5972aac264930bbff30e9b2e7a44b7abc528e7e70b2ca0458e4a	ELBA-2020-5506	ol6_i386_latest
	binutils-2.20.51.0.2-5.48.0.1.el6_10.1.i686.rpm	e9ba403c8d1e5972aac264930bbff30e9b2e7a44b7abc528e7e70b2ca0458e4a	ELBA-2020-5506	ol6_u10_i386_patch
	binutils-devel-2.20.51.0.2-5.48.0.1.el6_10.1.i686.rpm	6b1f0aac6f209a7e37424d3d493f1f6c7bc195dbf53bbe0ee3ca102ec4c70ad5	ELBA-2020-5506	ol6_i386_latest
	binutils-devel-2.20.51.0.2-5.48.0.1.el6_10.1.i686.rpm	6b1f0aac6f209a7e37424d3d493f1f6c7bc195dbf53bbe0ee3ca102ec4c70ad5	ELBA-2020-5506	ol6_u10_i386_patch
Oracle Linux 6 (x86_64)	binutils-2.20.51.0.2-5.48.0.1.el6_10.1.src.rpm	85c1a43ffaaff777f7373bd4f1320e497096e1a5619c7406d98b7eed21aa4ad2	ELBA-2020-5506	ol6_u10_x86_64_patch
	binutils-2.20.51.0.2-5.48.0.1.el6_10.1.src.rpm	85c1a43ffaaff777f7373bd4f1320e497096e1a5619c7406d98b7eed21aa4ad2	ELBA-2020-5506	ol6_x86_64_latest
	binutils-2.20.51.0.2-5.48.0.1.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm	f43cfad57c73eba959ea7ab593e34ec322c9161f49cf7c2a4c2ae4b45d401d8d	ELBA-2020-5506	exadata_dbserver_18.1.23.0.0_x86_64_base
	binutils-2.20.51.0.2-5.48.0.1.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm	f43cfad57c73eba959ea7ab593e34ec322c9161f49cf7c2a4c2ae4b45d401d8d	ELBA-2020-5506	ol6_u10_x86_64_patch
	binutils-2.20.51.0.2-5.48.0.1.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm	f43cfad57c73eba959ea7ab593e34ec322c9161f49cf7c2a4c2ae4b45d401d8d	ELBA-2020-5506	ol6_x86_64_latest
	binutils-devel-2.20.51.0.2-5.48.0.1.el6_10.1.i686.rpm	6b1f0aac6f209a7e37424d3d493f1f6c7bc195dbf53bbe0ee3ca102ec4c70ad5	ELBA-2020-5506	ol6_u10_x86_64_patch
	binutils-devel-2.20.51.0.2-5.48.0.1.el6_10.1.i686.rpm	6b1f0aac6f209a7e37424d3d493f1f6c7bc195dbf53bbe0ee3ca102ec4c70ad5	ELBA-2020-5506	ol6_x86_64_latest
	binutils-devel-2.20.51.0.2-5.48.0.1.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm	74703ad25a3a81150552b1fa1880a5f10614ce91ab5079945af792c1d2404d10	ELBA-2020-5506	ol6_u10_x86_64_patch
	binutils-devel-2.20.51.0.2-5.48.0.1.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm	74703ad25a3a81150552b1fa1880a5f10614ce91ab5079945af792c1d2404d10	ELBA-2020-5506	ol6_x86_64_latest

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