Advisories » MGASA-2019-0295

Updated kernel packages fix various issues

Publication date: 16 Oct 2019
Modification date: 16 Oct 2019
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 7

Description

This kernel update is based on the upstream 5.3.6 and fixes several issues.

* a potential kernel crash by using suppress-prefix rule in ipv6 
* 3rdparty rtl8723/rtl8821ce drivers have been fixed to work with kernel
  5.3 series
* rtl8xxxu: Fix wifi low signal strength issue of RTL8723BU
* rtw88 and exfat drivers have been updated
* amdgpu: re-enable bulk moves

WireGuard has been updated to 0.0.20191012.

For other uptstream fixes in this update, see the referenced changelogs.
                

References

• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25561
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24605
• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.4
• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.5
• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.6

SRPMS

7/core

• kernel-5.3.6-2.mga7
• kmod-virtualbox-6.0.12-4.mga7
• kmod-xtables-addons-3.5-4.mga7
• wireguard-tools-0.0.20191012-1.mga7