RHSA-2018:1826: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

First published: Tue Jun 12 2018(Updated: )

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.<br>Security Fix(es):<br><li> An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of Load &amp; Store instructions (a commonly used performance optimization). It relies on the presence of a precisely-defined instruction sequence in the privileged code as well as the fact that memory read from address to which a recent memory write has occurred may see an older value and subsequently cause an update into the microprocessor's data cache even for speculatively executed instructions that never actually commit (retire). As a result, an unprivileged attacker could use this flaw to read privileged memory by conducting targeted cache side-channel attacks. (CVE-2018-3639, PowerPC)</li> Red Hat would like to thank Ken Johnson (Microsoft Security Response Center) and Jann Horn (Google Project Zero) for reporting this issue.<br>Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):<br>These updated kernel packages include also numerous bug fixes and enhancements. Space precludes documenting all of the bug fixes and enhancements in this advisory. See the descriptions in the related Knowledge Article:<br><a href="https://access.redhat.com/articles/3483021" target="_blank">https://access.redhat.com/articles/3483021</a>

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