The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
Kernel: NetLabel: null pointer dereference while receiving CIPSO packet with null category may cause kernel panic (CVE-2020-10711)
Kernel: s390: page table upgrade in secondary address mode may lead to privilege escalation (CVE-2020-11884)
kernel: use-after-free in block/bfq-iosched.c related to bfq_idle_slice_timer_body (CVE-2020-12657)
kernel: powerpc: incomplete Spectre-RSB mitigation leads to information exposure (CVE-2019-18660)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Bug Fix(es):
kernel: hw: provide reporting and microcode mitigation toggle for CVE-2020-0543 / Special Register Buffer Data Sampling (SRBDS) (BZ#1840684)
missing version.h dependency for modpost may cause build to fail (BZ#1828227)
efi: kernel panic during ltp fs test - read_all -d /sys -q -r 10 (BZ#1829525)