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USN-4185-3: Linux kernel vulnerability and regression

2019-11-14 KENNETH 0

USN-4185-3: Linux kernel vulnerability and regression linux, linux-hwe, linux-oem vulnerability and regression A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Several issues were fixed in the Linux kernel. Software Description linux – Linux kernel linux-oem – Linux kernel for OEM processors linux-hwe – Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel Details USN-4185-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. It was discovered that the kernel fix for CVE-2019-0155 (i915 missing Blitter Command Streamer check) was incomplete on 64-bit Intel x86 systems. Also, the update introduced a regression that broke KVM guests where extended page tables (EPT) are disabled or not supported. This update addresses both issues. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Stephan van Schaik, Alyssa Milburn, Sebastian Österlund, Pietro Frigo, Kaveh Razavi, Herbert Bos, Cristiano Giuffrida, Giorgi Maisuradze, Moritz Lipp, [ more… ]

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USN-4183-2: Linux kernel vulnerability

2019-11-14 KENNETH 0

USN-4183-2: Linux kernel vulnerability linux vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 19.10 Summary Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel. Software Description linux – Linux kernel Details USN-4183-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. It was discovered that the kernel fix for CVE-2019-0155 (i915 missing Blitter Command Streamer check) was incomplete on 64-bit Intel x86 systems. This update addresses the issue. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Stephan van Schaik, Alyssa Milburn, Sebastian Österlund, Pietro Frigo, Kaveh Razavi, Herbert Bos, Cristiano Giuffrida, Giorgi Maisuradze, Moritz Lipp, Michael Schwarz, Daniel Gruss, and Jo Van Bulck discovered that Intel processors using Transactional Synchronization Extensions (TSX) could expose memory contents previously stored in microarchitectural buffers to a malicious process that is executing on the same CPU core. A local attacker could use [ more… ]

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USN-4184-2: Linux kernel vulnerability and regression

2019-11-14 KENNETH 0

USN-4184-2: Linux kernel vulnerability and regression linux, linux-hwe, linux-oem-osp1 vulnerability and regression A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 19.04 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary Several issues were fixed in the Linux kernel. Software Description linux – Linux kernel linux-hwe – Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel linux-oem-osp1 – Linux kernel for OEM processors Details USN-4184-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. It was discovered that the kernel fix for CVE-2019-0155 (i915 missing Blitter Command Streamer check) was incomplete on 64-bit Intel x86 systems. Also, the update introduced a regression that broke KVM guests where extended page tables (EPT) are disabled or not supported. This update addresses both issues. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Stephan van Schaik, Alyssa Milburn, Sebastian Österlund, Pietro Frigo, Kaveh Razavi, Herbert Bos, Cristiano Giuffrida, Giorgi Maisuradze, Moritz Lipp, Michael [ more… ]

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BlueHat Seattle videos are online!

2019-11-14 KENNETH 0

BlueHat Seattle videos are online! Were you unable to attend BlueHat Seattle, or wanted to see a session again? We have good news. If you have been waiting for the videos from BlueHat Seattle last month, the wait is over. All videos which the presenter authorized to be recorded are now online and available to anyone. We are also happy … BlueHat Seattle videos are online! Read More » The post BlueHat Seattle videos are online! appeared first on Microsoft Security Response Center. Source: BlueHat Seattle videos are online!

Announcing Windows Community Toolkit v6.0

2019-11-14 KENNETH 0

Announcing Windows Community Toolkit v6.0 We’re thrilled to announce today the next update to the Windows Community Toolkit, version 6.0, made possible with help and contributions from our developer community. This release brings ARM64 support to the toolkit as well as an update to XAML Islands for .NET Core 3 support. In addition, we have new features like the EyeDropper control and new Win32 notification helpers. We also have an update to our preview of Microsoft Graph enabled XAML controls. See more details on these features below. XAML Islands brings UWP to WPF, WinForms, and Win32 XAML Islands enables a developer to enhance the look, feel, and functionality of an existing WPF, Windows Forms, or C++ Win32 application and make use of the latest Windows 10 UI features that are only available via UWP controls like inking: This release improves [ more… ]