MGASA-2018-0125

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    MGASA-2018-0125

    Published: 11 Feb 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities

    Details: This kernel update is based on the upstream 4.14.18 and adds some support for mitigating Spectre, variant 1 (CVE-2017-5753) and as it is built with the retpoline-aware gcc-5.5.0-1.mga6, it now provides full retpoline mitigation for Spectre, variant 2 (CVE-2017-5715). WireGuard has been updated to 0.0.20180202 This update also fixes the rtl8812au driver that got broken/missing in the upgrade to 4.14 series kernels (mga#22524). For other fixes in this update, read the referenced changelogs.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0125.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22533, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22524, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.17, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.18

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kernel

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/kernel?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.14.18-1.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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