Kernel Updates for Oracle Linux

Oracle Linux 6255 Published by

Updated Linux Kernels are available for Oracle Linux 6 and 7:

ELSA-2018-4004 Important: Oracle Linux 6 Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update
ELSA-2018-4004 Important: Oracle Linux 7 Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update
ELSA-2018-4006 Important: Oracle Linux 6 Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update
ELSA-2018-4006 Important: Oracle Linux 7 Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update



ELSA-2018-4004 Important: Oracle Linux 6 Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2018-4004

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2018-4004.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 6 have been uploaded to the
Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
kernel-uek-4.1.12-112.14.5.el6uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-doc-4.1.12-112.14.5.el6uek.noarch.rpm
kernel-uek-firmware-4.1.12-112.14.5.el6uek.noarch.rpm
kernel-uek-devel-4.1.12-112.14.5.el6uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-debug-4.1.12-112.14.5.el6uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-debug-devel-4.1.12-112.14.5.el6uek.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/SRPMS-updates/kernel-uek-4.1.12-112.14.5.el6uek.src.rpm



Description of changes:

[4.1.12-112.14.5.el6uek]
- x86/ibrs: Remove 'ibrs_dump' and remove the pr_debug (Konrad Rzeszutek
Wilk) [Orabug: 27350825]

[4.1.12-112.14.4.el6uek]
- kABI: Revert kABI: Make the boot_cpu_data look normal (Konrad
Rzeszutek Wilk) {CVE-2017-5715}

[4.1.12-112.14.3.el6uek]
- userns: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug:
27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- udf: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug:
27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- net: mpls: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug:
27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- fs: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug:
27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- ipv6: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug:
27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- ipv4: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug:
27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- Thermal/int340x: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova)
[Orabug: 27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- cw1200: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug:
27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- qla2xxx: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug:
27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- p54: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug:
27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- carl9170: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug:
27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- uvcvideo: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug:
27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- bpf: prevent speculative execution in eBPF interpreter (Elena
Reshetova) [Orabug: 27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- locking/barriers: introduce new observable speculation barrier (Elena
Reshetova) [Orabug: 27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- x86/cpu/AMD: Remove now unused definition of MFENCE_RDTSC feature
(Elena Reshetova) [Orabug: 27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- x86/cpu/AMD: Make the LFENCE instruction serialized (Elena Reshetova)
[Orabug: 27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- kABI: Make the boot_cpu_data look normal. (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk)
[Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- kernel.spec: Require the new microcode_ctl. (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk)
[Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715} {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/microcode/AMD: Add support for fam17h microcode loading (Tom
Lendacky) [Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/spec_ctrl: Disable if running as Xen PV guest. (Konrad Rzeszutek
Wilk) [Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- Set IBPB when running a different VCPU (Dave Hansen) [Orabug:
27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- Clear the host registers after setbe (Jun Nakajima) [Orabug:
27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- Use the ibpb_inuse variable. (Jun Nakajima) [Orabug: 27339995]
{CVE-2017-5715}
- KVM: x86: add SPEC_CTRL to MSR and CPUID lists (Andrea Arcangeli)
[Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- kvm: vmx: add MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL and MSR_IA32_PRED_CMD (Paolo Bonzini)
[Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- Use the "ibrs_inuse" variable. (Jun Nakajima) [Orabug: 27339995]
{CVE-2017-5715}
- kvm: svm: add MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL and MSR_IA32_PRED_CMD (Andrea
Arcangeli) [Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/svm: Set IBPB when running a different VCPU (Paolo Bonzini)
[Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/kvm: Pad RSB on VM transition (Tim Chen) [Orabug: 27339995]
{CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/cpu/AMD: Add speculative control support for AMD (Tom Lendacky)
[Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/microcode: Recheck IBRS and IBPB feature on microcode reload (Tim
Chen) [Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86: Move IBRS/IBPB feature detection to scattered.c (Tim Chen)
[Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/spec_ctrl: Add lock to serialize changes to ibrs and ibpb control
(Tim Chen) [Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/spec_ctrl: Add sysctl knobs to enable/disable SPEC_CTRL feature
(Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/kvm: clear registers on VM exit (Tom Lendacky) [Orabug: 27339995]
{CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/kvm: Set IBPB when switching VM (Tim Chen) [Orabug: 27339995]
{CVE-2017-5715}
- *INCOMPLETE* x86/syscall: Clear unused extra registers on syscall
entrance (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/entry: Stuff RSB for entry to kernel for non-SMEP platform (Konrad
Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/mm: Only set IBPB when the new thread cannot ptrace current thread
(Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/mm: Set IBPB upon context switch (Tim Chen) [Orabug: 27339995]
{CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/idle: Disable IBRS when offlining cpu and re-enable on wakeup (Tim
Chen) [Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/idle: Disable IBRS entering idle and enable it on wakeup (Tim
Chen) [Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/spec_ctrl: save IBRS MSR value in paranoid_entry (Andrea
Arcangeli) [Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- *Scaffolding* x86/spec_ctrl: Add sysctl knobs to enable/disable
SPEC_CTRL feature (Tim Chen) [Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/enter: Use IBRS on syscall and interrupts (Tim Chen) [Orabug:
27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86: Add macro that does not save rax, rcx, rdx on stack to disable
IBRS (Tim Chen) [Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/enter: MACROS to set/clear IBRS and set IBP (Tim Chen) [Orabug:
27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/feature: Report presence of IBPB and IBRS control (Tim Chen)
[Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86: Add STIBP feature enumeration (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug:
27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/cpufeature: Add X86_FEATURE_IA32_ARCH_CAPS and
X86_FEATURE_IBRS_ATT (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27339995]
{CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/feature: Enable the x86 feature to control (Tim Chen) [Orabug:
27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}

ELSA-2018-4004 Important: Oracle Linux 7 Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2018-4004

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2018-4004.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 7 have been uploaded to the
Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
kernel-uek-doc-4.1.12-112.14.5.el7uek.noarch.rpm
kernel-uek-firmware-4.1.12-112.14.5.el7uek.noarch.rpm
kernel-uek-4.1.12-112.14.5.el7uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-devel-4.1.12-112.14.5.el7uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-debug-4.1.12-112.14.5.el7uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-debug-devel-4.1.12-112.14.5.el7uek.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol7/SRPMS-updates/kernel-uek-4.1.12-112.14.5.el7uek.src.rpm



Description of changes:

[4.1.12-112.14.5.el7uek]
- x86/ibrs: Remove 'ibrs_dump' and remove the pr_debug (Konrad Rzeszutek
Wilk) [Orabug: 27350825]

[4.1.12-112.14.4.el7uek]
- kABI: Revert kABI: Make the boot_cpu_data look normal (Konrad
Rzeszutek Wilk) {CVE-2017-5715}

[4.1.12-112.14.3.el7uek]
- userns: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug:
27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- udf: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug:
27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- net: mpls: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug:
27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- fs: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug:
27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- ipv6: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug:
27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- ipv4: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug:
27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- Thermal/int340x: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova)
[Orabug: 27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- cw1200: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug:
27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- qla2xxx: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug:
27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- p54: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug:
27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- carl9170: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug:
27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- uvcvideo: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug:
27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- bpf: prevent speculative execution in eBPF interpreter (Elena
Reshetova) [Orabug: 27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- locking/barriers: introduce new observable speculation barrier (Elena
Reshetova) [Orabug: 27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- x86/cpu/AMD: Remove now unused definition of MFENCE_RDTSC feature
(Elena Reshetova) [Orabug: 27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- x86/cpu/AMD: Make the LFENCE instruction serialized (Elena Reshetova)
[Orabug: 27340459] {CVE-2017-5753}
- kABI: Make the boot_cpu_data look normal. (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk)
[Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- kernel.spec: Require the new microcode_ctl. (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk)
[Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715} {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/microcode/AMD: Add support for fam17h microcode loading (Tom
Lendacky) [Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/spec_ctrl: Disable if running as Xen PV guest. (Konrad Rzeszutek
Wilk) [Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- Set IBPB when running a different VCPU (Dave Hansen) [Orabug:
27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- Clear the host registers after setbe (Jun Nakajima) [Orabug:
27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- Use the ibpb_inuse variable. (Jun Nakajima) [Orabug: 27339995]
{CVE-2017-5715}
- KVM: x86: add SPEC_CTRL to MSR and CPUID lists (Andrea Arcangeli)
[Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- kvm: vmx: add MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL and MSR_IA32_PRED_CMD (Paolo Bonzini)
[Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- Use the "ibrs_inuse" variable. (Jun Nakajima) [Orabug: 27339995]
{CVE-2017-5715}
- kvm: svm: add MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL and MSR_IA32_PRED_CMD (Andrea
Arcangeli) [Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/svm: Set IBPB when running a different VCPU (Paolo Bonzini)
[Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/kvm: Pad RSB on VM transition (Tim Chen) [Orabug: 27339995]
{CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/cpu/AMD: Add speculative control support for AMD (Tom Lendacky)
[Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/microcode: Recheck IBRS and IBPB feature on microcode reload (Tim
Chen) [Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86: Move IBRS/IBPB feature detection to scattered.c (Tim Chen)
[Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/spec_ctrl: Add lock to serialize changes to ibrs and ibpb control
(Tim Chen) [Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/spec_ctrl: Add sysctl knobs to enable/disable SPEC_CTRL feature
(Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/kvm: clear registers on VM exit (Tom Lendacky) [Orabug: 27339995]
{CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/kvm: Set IBPB when switching VM (Tim Chen) [Orabug: 27339995]
{CVE-2017-5715}
- *INCOMPLETE* x86/syscall: Clear unused extra registers on syscall
entrance (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/entry: Stuff RSB for entry to kernel for non-SMEP platform (Konrad
Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/mm: Only set IBPB when the new thread cannot ptrace current thread
(Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/mm: Set IBPB upon context switch (Tim Chen) [Orabug: 27339995]
{CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/idle: Disable IBRS when offlining cpu and re-enable on wakeup (Tim
Chen) [Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/idle: Disable IBRS entering idle and enable it on wakeup (Tim
Chen) [Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/spec_ctrl: save IBRS MSR value in paranoid_entry (Andrea
Arcangeli) [Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- *Scaffolding* x86/spec_ctrl: Add sysctl knobs to enable/disable
SPEC_CTRL feature (Tim Chen) [Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/enter: Use IBRS on syscall and interrupts (Tim Chen) [Orabug:
27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86: Add macro that does not save rax, rcx, rdx on stack to disable
IBRS (Tim Chen) [Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/enter: MACROS to set/clear IBRS and set IBP (Tim Chen) [Orabug:
27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/feature: Report presence of IBPB and IBRS control (Tim Chen)
[Orabug: 27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86: Add STIBP feature enumeration (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug:
27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/cpufeature: Add X86_FEATURE_IA32_ARCH_CAPS and
X86_FEATURE_IBRS_ATT (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27339995]
{CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/feature: Enable the x86 feature to control (Tim Chen) [Orabug:
27339995] {CVE-2017-5715}

ELSA-2018-4006 Important: Oracle Linux 6 Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2018-4006

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2018-4006.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 6 have been uploaded to the
Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
kernel-uek-4.1.12-112.14.10.el6uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-doc-4.1.12-112.14.10.el6uek.noarch.rpm
kernel-uek-firmware-4.1.12-112.14.10.el6uek.noarch.rpm
kernel-uek-devel-4.1.12-112.14.10.el6uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-debug-4.1.12-112.14.10.el6uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-debug-devel-4.1.12-112.14.10.el6uek.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/SRPMS-updates/kernel-uek-4.1.12-112.14.10.el6uek.src.rpm



Description of changes:

[4.1.12-112.14.10.el6uek]
- x86/ia32: save and clear registers on syscall. (Jamie Iles) [Orabug:
27355759] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/IBRS: Save current status of MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL (Boris Ostrovsky)
[Orabug: 27355887]
- pti: Rename X86_FEATURE_KAISER to X86_FEATURE_PTI (Pavel Tatashin)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- usb/core: usb_alloc_dev(): fix setting of ->portnum (Nicolai Stange)
[Orabug: 27356522]
- x86/spec_ctrl: Add missing IBRS_DISABLE (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk)
- Make use of ibrs_inuse consistent. (Jun Nakajima)

[4.1.12-112.14.8.el6uek]
- x86/kvm: Set IBRS on VMEXIT if guest disabled it. (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk)

[4.1.12-112.14.7.el6uek]
- Re-introduce clearing of r12-15, rbp, rbx (Kris Van Hees) [Orabug:
27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86: more ibrs/pti fixes (Pavel Tatashin) [Orabug: 27352353]
{CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/spec: Actually do the check for in_use on ENABLE_IBRS (Konrad
Rzeszutek Wilk) {CVE-2017-5715}
- kvm: svm: Expose the CPUID.0x80000008 ebx flag. (Konrad Rzeszutek
Wilk) {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/spec_ctrl: Provide the sysfs version of the ibrs_enabled (Konrad
Rzeszutek Wilk) {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86: Use better #define for FEATURE_ENABLE_IBRS and 0 (Konrad
Rzeszutek Wilk) {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86: Instead of 0x2, 0x4, and 0x1 use #defines. (Konrad Rzeszutek
Wilk) {CVE-2017-5715}
- kpti: Disable when running under Xen PV (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86: Don't ENABLE_IBRS in nmi when we are still running on user cr3
(Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/enter: Use IBRS on syscall and interrupts - fix ia32 path (Konrad
Rzeszutek Wilk) {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86: Fix spectre/kpti integration (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug:
27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- PTI: unbreak EFI old_memmap (Jiri Kosina) [Orabug: 27352353]
{CVE-2017-5754}
- KAISER KABI tweaks. (Martin K. Petersen) [Orabug: 27352353]
{CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/ldt: fix crash in ldt freeing. (Jamie Iles) [Orabug: 27352353]
{CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/entry: Define 'cpu_current_top_of_stack' for 64-bit code (Denys
Vlasenko) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/entry: Remove unused 'kernel_stack' per-cpu variable (Denys
Vlasenko) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/entry: Stop using PER_CPU_VAR(kernel_stack) (Denys Vlasenko)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: Set _PAGE_NX only if supported (Guenter Roeck) [Orabug:
27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/vdso: Get pvclock data from the vvar VMA instead of the fixmap
(Andy Lutomirski) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- KPTI: Report when enabled (Kees Cook) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- KPTI: Rename to PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION (Kees Cook) [Orabug: 27352353]
{CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/kaiser: Move feature detection up (Borislav Petkov) [Orabug:
27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/kaiser: Reenable PARAVIRT (Borislav Petkov) [Orabug: 27352353]
{CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/paravirt: Dont patch flush_tlb_single (Thomas Gleixner) [Orabug:
27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: kaiser_flush_tlb_on_return_to_user() check PCID (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: asm/tlbflush.h handle noPGE at lower level (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: drop is_atomic arg to kaiser_pagetable_walk() (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: use ALTERNATIVE instead of x86_cr3_pcid_noflush (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/kaiser: Check boottime cmdline params (Borislav Petkov) [Orabug:
27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/kaiser: Rename and simplify X86_FEATURE_KAISER handling (Borislav
Petkov) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: add "nokaiser" boot option, using ALTERNATIVE (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: fix unlikely error in alloc_ldt_struct() (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: _pgd_alloc() without __GFP_REPEAT to avoid stalls (Hugh
Dickins) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: paranoid_entry pass cr3 need to paranoid_exit (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: x86_cr3_pcid_noflush and x86_cr3_pcid_user (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: PCID 0 for kernel and 128 for user (Hugh Dickins) [Orabug:
27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: load_new_mm_cr3() let SWITCH_USER_CR3 flush user (Hugh
Dickins) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: enhanced by kernel and user PCIDs (Dave Hansen) [Orabug:
27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: vmstat show NR_KAISERTABLE as nr_overhead (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: delete KAISER_REAL_SWITCH option (Hugh Dickins) [Orabug:
27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: name that 0x1000 KAISER_SHADOW_PGD_OFFSET (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: cleanups while trying for gold link (Hugh Dickins) [Orabug:
27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: kaiser_remove_mapping() move along the pgd (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: tidied up kaiser_add/remove_mapping slightly (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: tidied up asm/kaiser.h somewhat (Hugh Dickins) [Orabug:
27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: ENOMEM if kaiser_pagetable_walk() NULL (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: fix perf crashes (Hugh Dickins) [Orabug: 27352353]
{CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: fix regs to do_nmi() ifndef CONFIG_KAISER (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: KAISER depends on SMP (Hugh Dickins) [Orabug: 27352353]
{CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: fix build and FIXME in alloc_ldt_struct() (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: stack map PAGE_SIZE at THREAD_SIZE-PAGE_SIZE (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: do not set _PAGE_NX on pgd_none (Hugh Dickins) [Orabug:
27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: merged update (Dave Hansen) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- KAISER: Kernel Address Isolation (Richard Fellner) [Orabug: 27352353]
{CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/boot: Add early cmdline parsing for options with arguments (Tom
Lendacky) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/mm/64: Fix reboot interaction with CR4.PCIDE (Andy Lutomirski)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/mm: Enable CR4.PCIDE on supported systems (Andy Lutomirski)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/mm: Add the 'nopcid' boot option to turn off PCID (Andy
Lutomirski) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/mm: Disable PCID on 32-bit kernels (Andy Lutomirski) [Orabug:
27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/mm: Remove the UP asm/tlbflush.h code, always use the (formerly)
SMP code (Andy Lutomirski) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/mm: Reimplement flush_tlb_page() using flush_tlb_mm_range() (Andy
Lutomirski) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/mm: Make flush_tlb_mm_range() more predictable (Andy Lutomirski)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/mm: Remove flush_tlb() and flush_tlb_current_task() (Andy
Lutomirski) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/vm86/32: Switch to flush_tlb_mm_range() in mark_screen_rdonly()
(Andy Lutomirski) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/irq: Do not substract irq_tlb_count from irq_call_count (Aaron Lu)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- sched/core: Idle_task_exit() shouldn't use switch_mm_irqs_off() (Andy
Lutomirski) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- ARM: Hide finish_arch_post_lock_switch() from modules (Steven Rostedt)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/mm, sched/core: Turn off IRQs in switch_mm() (Andy Lutomirski)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/mm, sched/core: Uninline switch_mm() (Andy Lutomirski) [Orabug:
27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/mm: Build arch/x86/mm/tlb.c even on !SMP (Andy Lutomirski)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- sched/core: Add switch_mm_irqs_off() and use it in the scheduler (Andy
Lutomirski) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- mm/mmu_context, sched/core: Fix mmu_context.h assumption (Ingo Molnar)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/mm: If INVPCID is available, use it to flush global mappings (Andy
Lutomirski) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/mm: Add a 'noinvpcid' boot option to turn off INVPCID (Andy
Lutomirski) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/mm: Fix INVPCID asm constraint (Borislav Petkov) [Orabug:
27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/mm: Add INVPCID helpers (Andy Lutomirski) [Orabug: 27352353]
{CVE-2017-5754}

ELSA-2018-4006 Important: Oracle Linux 7 Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2018-4006

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2018-4006.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 7 have been uploaded to the
Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
kernel-uek-doc-4.1.12-112.14.10.el7uek.noarch.rpm
kernel-uek-firmware-4.1.12-112.14.10.el7uek.noarch.rpm
kernel-uek-4.1.12-112.14.10.el7uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-devel-4.1.12-112.14.10.el7uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-debug-4.1.12-112.14.10.el7uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-debug-devel-4.1.12-112.14.10.el7uek.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol7/SRPMS-updates/kernel-uek-4.1.12-112.14.10.el7uek.src.rpm



Description of changes:

[4.1.12-112.14.10.el7uek]
- x86/ia32: save and clear registers on syscall. (Jamie Iles) [Orabug:
27355759] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/IBRS: Save current status of MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL (Boris Ostrovsky)
[Orabug: 27355887]
- pti: Rename X86_FEATURE_KAISER to X86_FEATURE_PTI (Pavel Tatashin)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- usb/core: usb_alloc_dev(): fix setting of ->portnum (Nicolai Stange)
[Orabug: 27356522]
- x86/spec_ctrl: Add missing IBRS_DISABLE (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk)
- Make use of ibrs_inuse consistent. (Jun Nakajima)

[4.1.12-112.14.8.el7uek]
- x86/kvm: Set IBRS on VMEXIT if guest disabled it. (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk)

[4.1.12-112.14.7.el7uek]
- Re-introduce clearing of r12-15, rbp, rbx (Kris Van Hees) [Orabug:
27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86: more ibrs/pti fixes (Pavel Tatashin) [Orabug: 27352353]
{CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/spec: Actually do the check for in_use on ENABLE_IBRS (Konrad
Rzeszutek Wilk) {CVE-2017-5715}
- kvm: svm: Expose the CPUID.0x80000008 ebx flag. (Konrad Rzeszutek
Wilk) {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/spec_ctrl: Provide the sysfs version of the ibrs_enabled (Konrad
Rzeszutek Wilk) {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86: Use better #define for FEATURE_ENABLE_IBRS and 0 (Konrad
Rzeszutek Wilk) {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86: Instead of 0x2, 0x4, and 0x1 use #defines. (Konrad Rzeszutek
Wilk) {CVE-2017-5715}
- kpti: Disable when running under Xen PV (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86: Don't ENABLE_IBRS in nmi when we are still running on user cr3
(Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86/enter: Use IBRS on syscall and interrupts - fix ia32 path (Konrad
Rzeszutek Wilk) {CVE-2017-5715}
- x86: Fix spectre/kpti integration (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug:
27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- PTI: unbreak EFI old_memmap (Jiri Kosina) [Orabug: 27352353]
{CVE-2017-5754}
- KAISER KABI tweaks. (Martin K. Petersen) [Orabug: 27352353]
{CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/ldt: fix crash in ldt freeing. (Jamie Iles) [Orabug: 27352353]
{CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/entry: Define 'cpu_current_top_of_stack' for 64-bit code (Denys
Vlasenko) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/entry: Remove unused 'kernel_stack' per-cpu variable (Denys
Vlasenko) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/entry: Stop using PER_CPU_VAR(kernel_stack) (Denys Vlasenko)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: Set _PAGE_NX only if supported (Guenter Roeck) [Orabug:
27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/vdso: Get pvclock data from the vvar VMA instead of the fixmap
(Andy Lutomirski) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- KPTI: Report when enabled (Kees Cook) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- KPTI: Rename to PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION (Kees Cook) [Orabug: 27352353]
{CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/kaiser: Move feature detection up (Borislav Petkov) [Orabug:
27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/kaiser: Reenable PARAVIRT (Borislav Petkov) [Orabug: 27352353]
{CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/paravirt: Dont patch flush_tlb_single (Thomas Gleixner) [Orabug:
27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: kaiser_flush_tlb_on_return_to_user() check PCID (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: asm/tlbflush.h handle noPGE at lower level (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: drop is_atomic arg to kaiser_pagetable_walk() (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: use ALTERNATIVE instead of x86_cr3_pcid_noflush (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/kaiser: Check boottime cmdline params (Borislav Petkov) [Orabug:
27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/kaiser: Rename and simplify X86_FEATURE_KAISER handling (Borislav
Petkov) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: add "nokaiser" boot option, using ALTERNATIVE (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: fix unlikely error in alloc_ldt_struct() (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: _pgd_alloc() without __GFP_REPEAT to avoid stalls (Hugh
Dickins) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: paranoid_entry pass cr3 need to paranoid_exit (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: x86_cr3_pcid_noflush and x86_cr3_pcid_user (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: PCID 0 for kernel and 128 for user (Hugh Dickins) [Orabug:
27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: load_new_mm_cr3() let SWITCH_USER_CR3 flush user (Hugh
Dickins) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: enhanced by kernel and user PCIDs (Dave Hansen) [Orabug:
27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: vmstat show NR_KAISERTABLE as nr_overhead (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: delete KAISER_REAL_SWITCH option (Hugh Dickins) [Orabug:
27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: name that 0x1000 KAISER_SHADOW_PGD_OFFSET (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: cleanups while trying for gold link (Hugh Dickins) [Orabug:
27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: kaiser_remove_mapping() move along the pgd (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: tidied up kaiser_add/remove_mapping slightly (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: tidied up asm/kaiser.h somewhat (Hugh Dickins) [Orabug:
27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: ENOMEM if kaiser_pagetable_walk() NULL (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: fix perf crashes (Hugh Dickins) [Orabug: 27352353]
{CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: fix regs to do_nmi() ifndef CONFIG_KAISER (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: KAISER depends on SMP (Hugh Dickins) [Orabug: 27352353]
{CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: fix build and FIXME in alloc_ldt_struct() (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: stack map PAGE_SIZE at THREAD_SIZE-PAGE_SIZE (Hugh Dickins)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: do not set _PAGE_NX on pgd_none (Hugh Dickins) [Orabug:
27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- kaiser: merged update (Dave Hansen) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- KAISER: Kernel Address Isolation (Richard Fellner) [Orabug: 27352353]
{CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/boot: Add early cmdline parsing for options with arguments (Tom
Lendacky) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/mm/64: Fix reboot interaction with CR4.PCIDE (Andy Lutomirski)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/mm: Enable CR4.PCIDE on supported systems (Andy Lutomirski)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/mm: Add the 'nopcid' boot option to turn off PCID (Andy
Lutomirski) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/mm: Disable PCID on 32-bit kernels (Andy Lutomirski) [Orabug:
27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/mm: Remove the UP asm/tlbflush.h code, always use the (formerly)
SMP code (Andy Lutomirski) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/mm: Reimplement flush_tlb_page() using flush_tlb_mm_range() (Andy
Lutomirski) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/mm: Make flush_tlb_mm_range() more predictable (Andy Lutomirski)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/mm: Remove flush_tlb() and flush_tlb_current_task() (Andy
Lutomirski) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/vm86/32: Switch to flush_tlb_mm_range() in mark_screen_rdonly()
(Andy Lutomirski) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/irq: Do not substract irq_tlb_count from irq_call_count (Aaron Lu)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- sched/core: Idle_task_exit() shouldn't use switch_mm_irqs_off() (Andy
Lutomirski) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- ARM: Hide finish_arch_post_lock_switch() from modules (Steven Rostedt)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/mm, sched/core: Turn off IRQs in switch_mm() (Andy Lutomirski)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/mm, sched/core: Uninline switch_mm() (Andy Lutomirski) [Orabug:
27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/mm: Build arch/x86/mm/tlb.c even on !SMP (Andy Lutomirski)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- sched/core: Add switch_mm_irqs_off() and use it in the scheduler (Andy
Lutomirski) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- mm/mmu_context, sched/core: Fix mmu_context.h assumption (Ingo Molnar)
[Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/mm: If INVPCID is available, use it to flush global mappings (Andy
Lutomirski) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/mm: Add a 'noinvpcid' boot option to turn off INVPCID (Andy
Lutomirski) [Orabug: 27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/mm: Fix INVPCID asm constraint (Borislav Petkov) [Orabug:
27352353] {CVE-2017-5754}
- x86/mm: Add INVPCID helpers (Andy Lutomirski) [Orabug: 27352353]
{CVE-2017-5754}

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