Security Vulnerabilities fixed in kernel RHSA-2019:2600

Description

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * kernel: hw: Spectre SWAPGS gadget vulnerability (CVE-2019-1125) * kernel: brcmfmac heap buffer overflow in brcmf_wowl_nd_results (CVE-2019-9500) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Bug Fix(es): * [mlx4] VXLAN over VLAN TCP segmentation (BZ#1734333) * Race condition in /dev/sg due to missing synchronization causes corruption in RHV (BZ#1737380) * panic handing smb2_reconnect due to a use after free (BZ#1737382) * NFSv4.1 client stuck in infinite loop when received NFS4ERR_SEQ_MISORDERED error (BZ#1739077) * Backport TCP follow-up for small buffers (BZ#1739130)

Affected Applications

kernel

CVE References

CVE-2019-1125 CVE-2019-9500

Other References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2600