[ol8_baseos_latest] kernel-core-4.18.0-193.13.2.el8_2.x86_64

The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any
Linux operating system.  The kernel handles the basic functions
of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device
input and output, etc.

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• Wed Jul 22 2020 Alan Steinberg <alan.steinberg@oracle.com> [4.18.0-193.13.2.el8_2.OL8]

  - Oracle Linux certificates (Alexey Petrenko)
  - Oracle Linux RHCK Module Signing Key was added to the kernel trusted keys list (olkmod_signing_key.pem) [Orabug: 29539237]
  - Update x509.genkey [Orabug: 24817676]

• Mon Jul 13 2020 Bruno Meneguele <bmeneg@redhat.com> [4.18.0-193.13.2.el8_2]

  - Rebuild to get kernel image properly signed (Bruno Meneguele)

• Tue Jul 07 2020 Bruno Meneguele <bmeneg@redhat.com> [4.18.0-193.13.1.el8_2]

  - [x86] x86/efi: Allocate e820 buffer before calling efi_exit_boot_service (Lenny Szubowicz) [1846180 1824005]

• Thu Jul 02 2020 Bruno Meneguele <bmeneg@redhat.com> [4.18.0-193.12.1.el8_2]

  - [net] openvswitch: simplify the ovs_dp_cmd_new (Eelco Chaudron) [1851235 1819202]
  - [net] openvswitch: fix possible memleak on destroy flow-table (Eelco Chaudron) [1851235 1819202]
  - [net] openvswitch: add likely in flow_lookup (Eelco Chaudron) [1851235 1819202]
  - [net] openvswitch: simplify the flow_hash (Eelco Chaudron) [1851235 1819202]
  - [net] openvswitch: optimize flow-mask looking up (Eelco Chaudron) [1851235 1819202]
  - [net] openvswitch: optimize flow mask cache hash collision (Eelco Chaudron) [1851235 1819202]
  - [net] openvswitch: shrink the mask array if necessary (Eelco Chaudron) [1851235 1819202]
  - [net] openvswitch: convert mask list in mask array (Eelco Chaudron) [1851235 1819202]
  - [net] openvswitch: add flow-mask cache for performance (Eelco Chaudron) [1851235 1819202]
  - [net] netfilter: nf_tables: use-after-free in dynamic operations (Phil Sutter) [1845164 1757933]
  - [net] netfilter: nf_tables: add missing ->release_ops() in error path of newrule() (Phil Sutter) [1845164 1757933]
  - [net] netfilter: nft_compat: use .release_ops and remove list of extension (Phil Sutter) [1845164 1757933]
  - [vfio] vfio/pci: Fix SR-IOV VF handling with MMIO blocking (Alex Williamson) [1837309 1837310] {CVE-2020-12888}
  - [pci] PCI: pciehp: Fix MSI interrupt race (Myron Stowe) [1852045 1779610]
  - [kernel] smp: Allow smp_call_function_single_async() to insert locked csd (Peter Xu) [1851406 1830014]
  - [x86] kvm: Clean up host's steal time structure (Jon Maloy) [1795128 1813987] {CVE-2019-3016}
  - [x86] kvm: Make sure KVM_VCPU_FLUSH_TLB flag is not missed (Jon Maloy) [1795128 1813987] {CVE-2019-3016}
  - [virt] x86/kvm: Cache gfn to pfn translation (Jon Maloy) [1795128 1813987] {CVE-2019-3016}
  - [virt] x86/kvm: Introduce kvm_(un)map_gfn() (Jon Maloy) [1795128 1813987] {CVE-2019-3016}
  - [x86] kvm: Be careful not to clear KVM_VCPU_FLUSH_TLB bit (Jon Maloy) [1795128 1813987] {CVE-2019-3016}

• Fri Jun 26 2020 Bruno Meneguele <bmeneg@redhat.com> [4.18.0-193.11.1.el8_2]

  - [net] netfilter: conntrack: fix infinite loop on rmmod (Florian Westphal) [1851005 1832381]
  - [net] netfilter: conntrack: allow insertion of clashing entries (Florian Westphal) [1851003 1821404]
  - [net] netfilter: conntrack: split resolve_clash function (Florian Westphal) [1851003 1821404]
  - [net] netfilter: conntrack: place confirm-bit setting in a helper (Florian Westphal) [1851003 1821404]
  - [net] netfilter: never get/set skb->tstamp (Florian Westphal) [1851003 1821404]
  - [net] netfilter: conntrack: remove two args from resolve_clash (Florian Westphal) [1851003 1821404]
  - [net] netfilter: conntrack: tell compiler to not inline nf_ct_resolve_clash (Florian Westphal) [1851003 1821404]
  - [x86] mm: Fix mremap not considering huge pmd devmap (Rafael Aquini) [1843440 1843441] {CVE-2020-10757}
  - [x86] x86/vector: Remove warning on managed interrupt migration (Peter Xu) [1848545 1812331]
  - [s390] s390/cio: fix virtio-ccw DMA without PV (Philipp Rudo) [1842620 1814787]

• Fri Jun 19 2020 Bruno Meneguele <bmeneg@redhat.com> [4.18.0-193.10.1.el8_2]

  - [misc] dma-mapping: zero memory returned from dma_alloc_* (Philipp Rudo) [1847453 1788928]
  - [nvme] nvme-multipath: fix crash in nvme_mpath_clear_ctrl_paths (Gopal Tiwari) [1846405 1781927]
  - [net] netfilter: nf_tables: fix infinite loop when expr is not available (Phil Sutter) [1845164 1757933]
  - [net] netfilter: nf_tables: autoload modules from the abort path (Phil Sutter) [1845164 1757933]
  - [net] netfilter: nf_tables: remove WARN and add NLA_STRING upper limits (Phil Sutter) [1845164 1757933]
  - [net] netfilter: nf_tables: store transaction list locally while requesting module (Phil Sutter) [1845164 1757933]
  - [net] netfilter: nf_tables: use-after-free in failing rule with bound set (Phil Sutter) [1845164 1757933]
  - [net] netfilter: nft_meta: skip EAGAIN if nft_meta_bridge is not a module (Phil Sutter) [1845164 1757933]
  - [net] netfilter: nf_tables: force module load in case select_ops() returns -EAGAIN (Phil Sutter) [1845164 1757933]
  - [net] netfilter: nf_tables: add nft_expr_type_request_module() (Phil Sutter) [1845164 1757933]
  - [net] netfilter: nf_tables: bogus EBUSY in helper removal from transaction (Phil Sutter) [1845164 1757933]
  - [net] netfilter: nf_tables: fix set double-free in abort path (Phil Sutter) [1845164 1757933]
  - [net] netfilter: nft_compat: don't use refcount_inc on newly allocated entry (Phil Sutter) [1845164 1757933]
  - [net] netfilter: nf_tables: unbind set in rule from commit path (Phil Sutter) [1845164 1757933]
  - [net] netfilter: nft_compat: destroy function must not have side effects (Phil Sutter) [1845164 1757933]
  - [net] netfilter: nft_compat: make lists per netns (Phil Sutter) [1845164 1757933]
  - [net] netfilter: nft_compat: use refcnt_t type for nft_xt reference count (Phil Sutter) [1845164 1757933]
  - [net] netfilter: nf_tables: fix suspicious RCU usage in nft_chain_stats_replace() (Phil Sutter) [1845164 1757933]
  - [net] netfilter: nf_tables: asynchronous release (Phil Sutter) [1845164 1757933]
  - [net] netfilter: nf_tables: split set destruction in deactivate and destroy phase (Phil Sutter) [1845164 1757933]
  - [net] netfilter: nf_tables: flow event notifier must use transaction mutex (Phil Sutter) [1845164 1757933]
  - [net] netfilter: nf_tables: use dedicated mutex to guard transactions (Phil Sutter) [1845164 1757933]
  - [net] netfilter: nf_tables: avoid global info storage (Phil Sutter) [1845164 1757933]
  - [net] netfilter: nf_tables: take module reference when starting a batch (Phil Sutter) [1845164 1757933]
  - [net] netfilter: nf_tables: make valid_genid callback mandatory (Phil Sutter) [1845164 1757933]
  - [net] netfilter: nf_tables: add and use helper for module autoload (Phil Sutter) [1845164 1757933]
  - [net] netfilter: nat: never update the UDP checksum when it's 0 (Guillaume Nault) [1847128 1794714]
  - [x86] x86/speculation: PR_SPEC_FORCE_DISABLE enforcement for indirect branches (Waiman Long) [1847395 1847396] {CVE-2020-10768}
  - [x86] x86/speculation: Prevent rogue cross-process SSBD shutdown (Waiman Long) [1847357 1847358] {CVE-2020-10766}
  - [x86] x86/speculation: Avoid force-disabling IBPB based on STIBP and enhanced IBRS (Waiman Long) [1847378 1847379] {CVE-2020-10767}
  - [x86] x86/speculation: Add support for STIBP always-on preferred mode (Waiman Long) [1847378 1847379] {CVE-2020-10767}
  - [x86] x86/speculation: Change misspelled STIPB to STIBP (Waiman Long) [1847378 1847379] {CVE-2020-10767}
  - [powerpc] powerpc/pseries/ddw: Extend upper limit for huge DMA window for persistent memory (Steve Best) [1842406 1817596]

• Sun Jun 14 2020 Bruno Meneguele <bmeneg@redhat.com> [4.18.0-193.9.1.el8_2]

  - [wireless] mwifiex: Fix possible buffer overflows in mwifiex_ret_wmm_get_status() (Jarod Wilson) [1844073 1844031] {CVE-2020-12654}
  - [wireless] mwifiex: Fix possible buffer overflows in mwifiex_cmd_append_vsie_tlv() (Jarod Wilson) [1844049 1844039] {CVE-2020-12653}
  - [netdrv] net/mlx5: FPGA, support network cards with standalone FPGA (Alaa Hleihel) [1843544 1789380]
  - [mm] hugetlbfs: don't retry when pool page allocations start to fail (Rafael Aquini) [1835789 1727288]
  - [mm] mm, compaction: raise compaction priority after it withdrawns (Rafael Aquini) [1835789 1727288]
  - [mm] mm, reclaim: cleanup should_continue_reclaim() (Rafael Aquini) [1835789 1727288]
  - [mm] mm, reclaim: make should_continue_reclaim perform dryrun detection (Rafael Aquini) [1835789 1727288]
  - [kernel] exit: panic before exit_mm() on global init exit (Oleg Nesterov) [1821378 1808944]
  - [documentation] x86/speculation: Add Ivy Bridge to affected list (Josh Poimboeuf) [1827191 1827192] {CVE-2020-0543}
  - [documentation] x86/speculation: Add SRBDS vulnerability and mitigation documentation (Josh Poimboeuf) [1827191 1827192] {CVE-2020-0543}
  - [x86] x86/speculation: Add Special Register Buffer Data Sampling (SRBDS) mitigation (Josh Poimboeuf) [1827191 1827192] {CVE-2020-0543}
  - [x86] x86/cpu: Add 'table' argument to cpu_matches() (Josh Poimboeuf) [1827191 1827192] {CVE-2020-0543}
  - [x86] x86/cpu: Add a steppings field to struct x86_cpu_id (Josh Poimboeuf) [1827191 1827192] {CVE-2020-0543}

• Mon Jun 08 2020 Bruno Meneguele <bmeneg@redhat.com> [4.18.0-193.8.1.el8_2]

  - [vfio] vfio-pci: Invalidate mmaps and block MMIO access on disabled memory (Alex Williamson) [1837309 1837310] {CVE-2020-12888}
  - [vfio] vfio-pci: Fault mmaps to enable vma tracking (Alex Williamson) [1837309 1837310] {CVE-2020-12888}
  - [vfio] vfio/type1: Support faulting PFNMAP vmas (Alex Williamson) [1837309 1837310] {CVE-2020-12888}
  - [vfio] vfio/type1: Fix VA->PA translation for PFNMAP VMAs in vaddr_get_pfn() (Alex Williamson) [1837309 1837310] {CVE-2020-12888}
  - [vfio] vfio/pci: call irq_bypass_unregister_producer() before freeing irq (Alex Williamson) [1837309 1837310] {CVE-2020-12888}
  - [vfio] vfio_pci: Enable memory accesses before calling pci_map_rom (Alex Williamson) [1837309 1837310] {CVE-2020-12888}

• Mon Jun 01 2020 Bruno Meneguele <bmeneg@redhat.com> [4.18.0-193.7.1.el8_2]

  - [sound] ALSA: timer: Fix incorrectly assigned timer instance (Jaroslav Kysela) [1821714 1798468] {CVE-2019-19807}
  - [netdrv] ibmvnic: Do not process device remove during device reset (Steve Best) [1836229 1813223]
  - [net] ipv4: really enforce backoff for redirects (Paolo Abeni) [1836302 1834184]

• Fri May 22 2020 Bruno Meneguele <bmeneg@redhat.com> [4.18.0-193.6.1.el8_2]

  - [char] tpm: ibmvtpm: retry on H_CLOSED in tpm_ibmvtpm_send() (Steve Best) [1827632 1808048]
  - [netdrv] bonding: fix active-backup transition after link failure (Jarod Wilson) [1838477 1819408]
  - [netdrv] bonding: fix state transition issue in link monitoring (Jarod Wilson) [1838477 1819408]
  - [kernel] sched/fair: Allow a per-CPU kthread waking a task to stack on the same CPU, to fix XFS performance regression (Phil Auld) [1834517 1745111]
  - [block] block, bfq: fix use-after-free in bfq_idle_slice_timer_body (Ming Lei) [1835531 1835532] {CVE-2020-12657}
  - [kvm] KVM: x86: use raw clock values consistently (Marcelo Tosatti) [1822498 1768622]
  - [kvm] KVM: x86: reorganize pvclock_gtod_data members (Marcelo Tosatti) [1822498 1768622]
  - [kvm] KVM: x86: switch KVMCLOCK base to monotonic raw clock (Marcelo Tosatti) [1822498 1768622]