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Red Hat and CentOS Fix Kernel Bug in Latest OS Versions, Urge Users to Update

By Marius Nestor

It would appear the there was a bug in the previous Linux kernel update for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 and CentOS Linux 7.5 releases, which was released to address the Spectre V4 security vulnerability, making connection tracking information to not function correctly, which could lead to connectivity loss and leaking of configuration properties related to the respective connection tracking into other namespaces. The issue has been fixed by Red Hat in the latest version of its Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and CentOS Linux 7.5 operating system series.

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