MGASA-2019-0107

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    MGASA-2019-0107

    Published: 13 Mar 2019Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: This kernel update is based on the upstream 4.14.104 and fixes at least the following security issue: Linux kernel version at least v4.8 onwards, probably well before contains a Insufficient input validation vulnerability in bnx2x network card driver that can result in DoS: Network card firmware assertion takes card off-line. This attack appear to be exploitable via An attacker on a must pass a very large, specially crafted packet to the bnx2x card. This can be done from an untrusted guest VM (CVE-2018-1000026). It also fixes signal handling issues causing powertop to crash and some tracing tools to fail on execve tests. For other uptstream fixes in this update, see the referenced changelogs.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0107.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24440, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.101, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.102, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.103, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.104

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kernel

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.14.104-2.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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    Low
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    Availability
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    High