MGASA-2020-0162 - Updated kernel packages fix security issues

Publication date: 05 Apr 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0162.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7

This update is based on upstream 5.5.15 and fixes some security related
issues related to use after free and null pointer dereferences and also
some other bugfixes.

Other fixes in this update:
- WireGuard module has been updated to v1.0.20200401
- ndiswrapper has been fixed and re-enabled (mga#26430)
- udisks2 has been fixed to properly automount exfat partitions using
  the in-kernel exfat driver (mga#26396)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26434
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26430
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26396
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.5.15

SRPMS:
- 7/core/kernel-5.5.15-3.mga7
- 7/core/kmod-virtualbox-6.0.18-11.mga7
- 7/core/kmod-xtables-addons-3.8-11.mga7
- 7/core/ndiswrapper-1.62-3.mga7
- 7/core/udisks2-2.8.2-1.1.mga7

Mageia 2020-0162: kernel security update

This update is based on upstream 5.5.15 and fixes some security related issues related to use after free and null pointer dereferences and also some other bugfixes

Summary

This update is based on upstream 5.5.15 and fixes some security related issues related to use after free and null pointer dereferences and also some other bugfixes. Other fixes in this update:

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26434

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26430

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26396

- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.5.15

Resolution

MGASA-2020-0162 - Updated kernel packages fix security issues

SRPMS

- 7/core/kernel-5.5.15-3.mga7

- 7/core/kmod-virtualbox-6.0.18-11.mga7

- 7/core/kmod-xtables-addons-3.8-11.mga7

- 7/core/ndiswrapper-1.62-3.mga7

- 7/core/udisks2-2.8.2-1.1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 05 Apr 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0162.html
Type: security

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