[USN-3541-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity Medium

CVEs 3

Several security issues were addressed in the Linux kernel.

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 (CVE-2017-5753 only), amd64, ppc64el, and s390x architectures.
(CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5753)

USN-3523-1 mitigated CVE-2017-5754 (Meltdown) for the amd64
architecture in Ubuntu 17.10. This update provides the corresponding
mitigations for the ppc64el architecture. Original advisory details:

Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative
execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory
reads via sidechannel attacks. This flaw is known as Meltdown. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including
kernel memory. (CVE-2017-5754)

ID

USN-3541-1

Severity

medium

Severity from

CVE-2017-5715

URL

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3541-1

Published