Mageia 2019-0388: kernel security update
Summary
This update provides an update to 5.4 series kernels, currently based on
upstream 5.4.2, adding support for new hardware and features, and fixing
atleast the following security issue:
KVM: x86: fix out-of-bounds write in KVM_GET_EMULATED_CPUID
(CVE-2019-19332)
WireGuard has been updated to 0.0.20191205.
xtables-addons have been updated to 3.7 for kernel 5.4 support.
For other fixes and features in this update, see the referenced changelogs.
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25834
- https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.4
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.1
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.2
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-19332
Resolution
MGASA-2019-0388 - Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerability
SRPMS
- 7/core/kernel-5.4.2-1.mga7
- 7/core/wireguard-tools-0.0.20191205-1.mga7
- 7/core/kmod-virtualbox-6.0.14-10.mga7
- 7/core/xtables-addons-3.7-1.mga7
- 7/core/kmod-xtables-addons-3.7-1.mga7
- 7/core/ldetect-lst-0.6.7-1.mga7