mga5  x86_64  Mate

sudo urpmi kernel-linus-latest
Package kernel-linus-latest-4.1.12-1.mga5.x86_64 is already installed

Hardware:
Gigabyte Sniper.Z97 
16 GB RAM
Killer E220x Gigabit Ethernet
nvidia GeForce GTX 770/PCIe/SSE2
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz

graphics driver NVIDIA 346.96

Updated to kernel-linus-4.1.15-1.mga5-1-1

Built against virtualbox 5.0.10-1.mga5.
nvidia-current and xtables-addons (2.7-1.mga5) modules built successfully.

Back after reboot.

CC: (none) => tarazed25

Rebooted to the Mate desktop on a UEFI system.  All normal functions OK, sound, graphics, video, bluetooth, TV, networking, web browsing, virtualbox, LibreOffice, command-line operations, printing, font control, etc.  glmark2 returned the expected score.  Leaving this running for the time being.

Not in a position to test wireless networking yet.  My LAN works for wired connections only.

mga5  x86_64 CSM  Mate

nVidia GeForce 8700M GT : driver 340.93
Intel Core2 Duo T9300 @ 2.5GHz
5G wifi on PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan]

Installed kernel-linus-latest and updated to 4.1.15-1.mga5-1-1

Rebooted cleanly.  wi-fi enabled.  Normal updates working.
All desktop applications appear to be OK.
On-board sound via SoX.  vlc runs fine.

In VirtualBox, M5, KDE, 32-bit

Package(s) under test:
kernel-linus-latest

default install of kernel-linus-latest

[root@localhost wilcal]# uname -a
Linux localhost 4.1.12-1.mga5 #1 SMP Wed Oct 28 06:50:47 UTC 2015 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
[root@localhost wilcal]# urpmi kernel-linus-latest
Package kernel-linus-latest-4.1.12-1.mga5.i586 is already installed

System boots to a working desktop. Common apps work. Screen dimensions are correct.

install kernel-linus-latest from updates_testing

[root@localhost wilcal]# uname -a
Linux localhost 4.1.15-1.mga5 #1 SMP Thu Dec 24 17:34:43 UTC 2015 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
[root@localhost wilcal]# urpmi kernel-linus-latest
Package kernel-linus-latest-4.1.15-1.mga5.i586 is already installed

System boots to a working desktop. Common apps work. Screen dimensions can be set to 1920x1080.

CC: (none) => wilcal.int

In VirtualBox, M5, KDE, 64-bit

Package(s) under test:
kernel-linus-latest

default install of kernel-linus-latest

[root@localhost wilcal]# uname -a
Linux localhost 4.1.12-desktop-1.mga5 #1 SMP Wed Oct 28 10:10:38 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root@localhost wilcal]# urpmi kernel-linus-latest
Package kernel-linus-latest-4.1.12-1.mga5.x86_64 is already installed

System boots to a working desktop. Common apps work. Screen dimensions are correct.

install kernel-linus-latest from updates_testing

[root@localhost wilcal]# uname -a
Linux localhost 4.1.15-1.mga5 #1 SMP Thu Dec 24 17:44:01 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root@localhost wilcal]# urpmi kernel-linus-latest
Package kernel-linus-latest-4.1.15-1.mga5.x86_64 is already installed

System boots to a working desktop. Common apps work. Screen dimensions can be set to 1920x1080.

Advisory (also added to svn):

  This kernel-linus update is based on upstream 4.1.15 longterm kernel and
  fixes the following security issues:

  The virtnet_probe function in drivers/net/virtio_net.c in the Linux kernel
  before 4.2 attempts to support a FRAGLIST feature without proper memory
  allocation, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (buffer
  overflow and memory corruption) via a crafted sequence of fragmented packets
  (CVE-2015-5156).

  The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.2.6, and Xen 4.3.x through
  4.6.x, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS panic
  or hang) by triggering many #AC (aka Alignment Check) exceptions, related
  to svm.c and vmx.c (CVE-2015-5307).

  The __rds_conn_create function in net/rds/connection.c in the Linux kernel
  through 4.2.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer
  dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by
  using a socket that was not properly bound (CVE-2015-6937).

  The key_gc_unused_keys function in security/keys/gc.c in the Linux kernel
  through 4.2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via
  crafted keyctl commands (CVE-2015-7872).

  The vivid_fb_ioctl function in drivers/media/platform/vivid/vivid-osd.c in
  the Linux kernel through 4.3.3 does not initialize a certain structure
  member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from
  kernel memory via a crafted application (CVE-2015-7884).

  The dgnc_mgmt_ioctl function in drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_mgmt.c in the
  Linux kernel through 4.3.3 does not initialize a certain structure member,
  which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory
  via a crafted application (CVE-2015-7885).

  Felix Wilhelm discovered a race condition in the Xen paravirtualized
  drivers which can cause double fetch vulnerabilities. An attacker in the
  paravirtualized guest could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service
  (crash the host) or potentially execute arbitrary code on the host
  (CVE-2015-8550 / XSA-155).

  Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk discovered the Xen PCI backend driver does not
  perform sanity checks on the device's state. An attacker could exploit
  this flaw to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference) on the host
  (CVE-2015-8551 / XSA-157).

  Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk discovered the Xen PCI backend driver does not
  perform sanity checks on the device's state. An attacker could exploit
  this flaw to cause a denial of service by flooding the logging system
  with WARN() messages causing the initial domain to exhaust disk space
  (CVE-2015-8552 / XSA-157).

  The ovl_setattr function in fs/overlayfs/inode.c in the Linux kernel
  through 4.3.3 attempts to merge distinct setattr operations, which allows
  local users to bypass intended access restrictions and modify the
  attributes of arbitrary overlay files via a crafted application
  (CVE-2015-8660).

  For other fixes in this update, see the referenced changelogs.
references:
 - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17396
 - https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.13
 - https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.14
 - https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.15

Whiteboard: (none) => advisory

An update for this issue has been pushed to Mageia Updates repository.

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0014.html

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED