OVMSA-2018-0254

OVMSA-2018-0254 - Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

Type:SECURITY
Impact:IMPORTANT
Release Date:2018-09-07

Description


[4.1.12-124.19.1]
- x86/entry/64: Ensure %ebx handling correct in xen_failsafe_callback (George Kennedy) [Orabug: 28402927] {CVE-2018-14678}
- x86/speculation/l1tf: Increase l1tf memory limit for Nehalem+ (Andi Kleen) [Orabug: 28488808] {CVE-2018-3620}
- x86/speculation/l1tf: Suggest what to do on systems with too much RAM (Vlastimil Babka) [Orabug: 28488808] {CVE-2018-3620}
- x86/speculation/l1tf: Fix off-by-one error when warning that system has too much RAM (Vlastimil Babka) [Orabug: 28488808] {CVE-2018-3620}
- x86/speculation/l1tf: Fix overflow in l1tf_pfn_limit() on 32bit (Vlastimil Babka) [Orabug: 28488808] {CVE-2018-3620}
- x86/speculation/l1tf: Exempt zeroed PTEs from inversion (Sean Christopherson) [Orabug: 28488808] {CVE-2018-3620}
- x86/l1tf: Fix build error seen if CONFIG_KVM_INTEL is disabled (Guenter Roeck) [Orabug: 28488808] {CVE-2018-3620}
- x86/spectre: Add missing family 6 check to microcode check (Andi Kleen) [Orabug: 28488808] {CVE-2018-3620}
- KVM: x86: SVM: Call x86_spec_ctrl_set_guest/host() with interrupts disabled (Thomas Gleixner) [Orabug: 28488808] {CVE-2018-3646}
- x86/microcode: Allow late microcode loading with SMT disabled (Josh Poimboeuf) [Orabug: 28488808] {CVE-2018-3620}
- x86/microcode: Do not upload microcode if CPUs are offline (Ashok Raj) [Orabug: 28488808] {CVE-2018-3620}


Related CVEs


CVE-2018-14678

Updated Packages


Release/ArchitectureFilenamesha256Superseded By AdvisoryChannel Label
Oracle VM 3.4 (x86_64) kernel-uek-4.1.12-124.19.1.el6uek.src.rpma33363bd49513b32d9c45fa4974cdab94ebe5964da2496727da9c5263125fafcOVMSA-2025-0001ovm34_x86_64_latest
kernel-uek-4.1.12-124.19.1.el6uek.x86_64.rpmb4138094ab7247ccda5593c799869ac832b25c0b6c508e4d6e4c95387cb48dbcOVMSA-2025-0001ovm34_x86_64_latest
kernel-uek-firmware-4.1.12-124.19.1.el6uek.noarch.rpm94aa33bdc5d54695ad8b89f40229366542c8534413897b0009a5f4e77bf9331fOVMSA-2025-0001ovm34_x86_64_latest



This page is generated automatically and has not been checked for errors or omissions. For clarification or corrections please contact the Oracle Linux ULN team

software.hardware.complete