Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 27 for SLE 12 SP2)
This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.121-92_101 fixes several issues.
The following security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2019-3846: A flaw that allowed an attacker to corrupt memory and possibly escalate privileges was found in the mwifiex kernel module while connecting to a malicious wireless network (bsc#1136446).
- CVE-2019-11477: A sequence of SACKs may have been crafted by a remote attacker such that one can trigger an integer overflow, leading to a kernel panic. (bsc#1137586).
- CVE-2019-11478: It was possible to send a crafted sequence of SACKs which would fragment the TCP retransmission queue. A remote attacker may have been able to fu
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 kernel was updated to 4.4.178 to receive various security and bugfixes.
Four new speculative execution issues have been identified in Intel CPUs. (bsc#1111331)
- CVE-2018-12126: Microarchitectural Store Buffer Data Sampling (MSBDS)
- CVE-2018-12127: Microarchitectural Fill Buffer Data Sampling (MFBDS)
- CVE-2018-12130: Microarchitectural Load Port Data Samling (MLPDS)
- CVE-2019-11091: Microarchitectural Data Sampling Uncacheable Memory (MDSUM)
This kernel update contains software mitigations, utilizing CPU microcode updates shipped in parallel.
For more information on this set of information leaks, chec