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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2018-8ed5eff2c0
2018-01-04 17:09:11.911891
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Name : kernel
Product : Fedora 26
Version : 4.14.11
Release : 200.fc26
URL :
http://www.kernel.org/
Summary : The Linux kernel
Description :
The kernel meta package
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Update Information:
The 4.14.11 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the
tree. This also includes the KPTI patches to mitigate the Meltdown vulnerability
for x86 architectures
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1530274 - CVE-2017-17857 kernel: bpf/verifier.c allows local users to cause a
denial of service by leveraging mishandling of invalid variable stack read operations
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1530274
[ 2 ] Bug #1530273 - CVE-2017-17856 kernel: bpf/verifier.c allows local users to cause a
denial of service by leveraging the lack of stack-pointer alignment enforcement
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1530273
[ 3 ] Bug #1530272 - CVE-2017-17855 kernel: bpf/verifier.c allows local users to cause a
denial of service by leveraging improper use of pointers in place of scalars
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1530272
[ 4 ] Bug #1530271 - CVE-2017-17854 kernel: bpf/verifier.c allows local users to cause a
denial of service by leveraging unrestricted integer values for pointer arithmetic
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1530271
[ 5 ] Bug #1530270 - CVE-2017-17853 kernel: bpf/verifier.c allows local users to cause a
denial of service by leveraging incorrect BPF_RSH signed bounds calculations
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1530270
[ 6 ] Bug #1530269 - CVE-2017-17852 kernel: bpf/verifier.c allows local users to cause a
denial of service by leveraging mishandling of 32-bit ALU ops
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1530269
[ 7 ] Bug #1529124 - CVE-2017-17862 kernel: Improper logic pruning in bpf/verifier.c
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1529124
[ 8 ] Bug #1529123 - CVE-2017-17863 kernel: integer overflow in static int check_alu_op
function in bpf/verifier.c
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1529123
[ 9 ] Bug #1529120 - CVE-2017-17864 kernel: information disclosure via pointer leak in
kernel/bpf/verifier.c
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1529120
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade kernel' at the command line.
For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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