A backporting error was discovered in the Linux stable/longterm kernel 4.4.x through 4.4.190, 4.9.x through 4.9.190, 4.14.x through 4.14.141, 4.19.x through 4.19.69, and 5.2.x through 5.2.11. Misuse of the upstream "x86/ptrace: Fix possible spectre-v1 in ptrace_get_debugreg()" commit reintroduced the Spectre vulnerability that it aimed to eliminate. This occurred because the backport process depends on cherry picking specific commits, and because two (correctly ordered) code lines were swapped.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade kernel | Sep 19, 2019 | Sep 4, 2019 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Sep 26, 2019 | Sep 4, 2019 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade kernel-ec2-extraUpgrade kernel-docsUpgrade kernel-azure-baseUpgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade kernel-default-manUpgrade kernel-devel-azureUpgrade kernel-ec2-develUpgrade kernel-ec2Upgrade kernel-default-extraUpgrade kernel-source-azure | Sep 21, 2019 | Sep 4, 2019 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-5.0.0-1020-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-gke-5.0Upgrade linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1048-kvmUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1096-awsUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-66-genericUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-1023-gkeUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-1023-azureUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-166-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1047-gcpUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-166-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1128-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1060-kvmUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-166-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-gke-4.15Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1052-awsUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-1020-kvmUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-66-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1049-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1056-awsUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-166-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1124-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-oemUpgrade linux-image-virtual-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-166-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-1019-awsUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1061-azureUpgrade linux-image-generic-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-166-genericUpgrade linux-image-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1046-gkeUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-1021-gcpUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-5.0.0-32-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1027-oracleUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-166-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1059-oemUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-32-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-5.0.0-1024-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-5.0.0-32-genericUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1066-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-66-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-aws-hwe | Oct 18, 2019 | Sep 4, 2019 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Sep 4, 2019 |
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