MGASA-2015-0435
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Summary: Updated kernel packages fixes security vulnerability
Details: This kernel update is based on the upstream 4.1.12 longterm kernel and fixes at least the following security issue: Moein Ghasemzadeh discovered that the USB WhiteHEAT serial driver contained hardcoded attributes about the USB devices. An attacker could construct a fake WhiteHEAT USB device that, when inserted, causes a denial of service (system crash) (CVE-2015-5257). It also fixes various upstream bugs, for more info see the referenced changelogs. Other fixes in this update: * improve ath10k (QCA99X0, QCA988X, QCA6174) support (mga#16915) * silence a harmless warning on 32bit non-dt hardware (mga#17010) * fix regression with AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad of a Dell Latitude D600 (mga#17034) * kernel-firmware-nonfee: - Add firmware for mwlwifi - add firmware for QCA99X0 hw2.0, QCA988X hw2.0, QCA6174 hw2.1/3.0 (ath10k) - brcmfmac: firmware refresh for BCM43602 PCIE devices * iwlwifi-agn-ucode: - Add firmware for Intel Bluetooth 7265 (D1) - Update firmware for Intel Bluetooth 7265 (C0/D0) - Update firmware for Intel Bluetooth 7260 (B3/B4/B5/B6)
References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0435.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17067, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16915, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17010, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17034, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.9, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.10, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.11, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.12
Affected packages
Package
Name: kernel
Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/kernel?arch=source&distro=mageia-5
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
