USN-3540-1 -- linux-imageID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:703958 | Date: (C)2018-01-30 (M)2024-02-19 |
Class: PATCH | Family: unix |
linux: Linux kernel - linux-aws: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services systems - linux-euclid: Linux kernel for Intel Euclid systems Details: Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. This flaw is known as Spectre. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory. This update provides mitigations for the i386 , amd64, ppc64el, and s390x architectures. USN-3522-1 mitigated CVE-2017-5754 for the amd64 architecture in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding mitigations for the ppc64el architecture. Original advisory Several security issues were addressed in the Linux kernel.
Product: |
linux-image |
linux-image-4.4 |
linux-image-generic-4.4 |
linux-image-aws-4.4 |
linux-image-lowlatency-4.4 |