Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 17 for SLE 12 SP1)
This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.74-60_64_48 fixes several issues.
The following security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2017-13166: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel v4l2 video driver was fixed. (bsc#1085447).
- CVE-2018-8897: A statement in the System Programming Guide of the Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual (SDM) was mishandled in the development of some or all operating-system kernels, resulting in unexpected behavior for #DB exceptions that are deferred by MOV SS or POP SS, as demonstrated by (for example) privilege escalation in Windows, macOS, some Xen configurations, or FreeBSD, or a Li
Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 17 for SLE 12 SP1)
This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.74-60_64_48 fixes several issues.
The following security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2018-1000199: A bug in x86 debug register handling of ptrace() could lead to memory corruption, possibly a denial of service or privilege escalation (bsc#1090036).
- CVE-2017-0861: Use-after-free vulnerability in the snd_pcm_info function in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors (bsc#1088268).
Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 17 for SLE 12 SP1)
This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.74-60_64_48 fixes several issues.
The following security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2017-13166: An elevation of privilege vulnerability was fixed in the kernel v4l2 video driver. (bsc#1085447).
- CVE-2018-1068: A flaw was found in the Linux kernels implementation of 32-bit syscall interface for bridging. This allowed a privileged user to arbitrarily write to a limited range of kernel memory (bsc#1085114).
- CVE-2018-1000004: A race condition vulnerability existed in the sound system, which could lead to a deadlock and denial of service condition (bsc#1076017)
Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 17 for SLE 12 SP1)
This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.74-60_64_48 fixes several issues.
The following security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2017-15868: The bnep_add_connection function in net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c in did not ensure that an l2cap socket is available, which allowed local users to gain privileges via a crafted application (bsc#1071471).
Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 17 for SLE 12 SP1)
This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.74-60_64_48 fixes several issues.
The following security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2017-16939: The XFRM dump policy implementation in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted SO_RCVBUF setsockopt system call in conjunction with XFRM_MSG_GETPOLICY Netlink messages (bsc#1069708).
- CVE-2017-10661: Race condition in fs/timerfd.c allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (list corruption or use-after-free) via simultaneous file-descriptor operations that leverage improper might_cancel queueing (bsc#105315
Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 17 for SLE 12 SP1)
This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.74-60_64_48 fixes several issues.
The following security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2017-15649: net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges via crafted system calls that trigger mishandling of packet_fanout data structures, because of a race condition (involving fanout_add and packet_do_bind) that leads to a use-after-free, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-6346 (bsc#1064392)
- CVE-2017-13080: Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA and WPA2) allowed reinstallation of the Group Temporal Key (GTK) during the group key handshake, allowing an attacker within radio range to rep
Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 17 for SLE 12 SP1
This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.74-60_64_48 fixes one issue.
The following security bugs were fixed:
- CVE-2017-15274: security/keys/keyctl.c in the Linux kernel did not consider the case of a NULL payload in conjunction with a nonzero length value, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted add_key or keyctl system call (bsc#1045327).
- CVE-2017-1000251: The native Bluetooth stack in the Linux Kernel (BlueZ) was vulnerable to a stack overflow vulnerability in the processing of L2CAP configuration responses resulting in Remote code execution in kernel space (bsc#1057950).
Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 17 for SLE 12 SP1
This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.74-60_64_48 fixes several issues.
The following security bugs were fixed:
- CVE-2017-1000112: Prevent a race condition in net-packet code that could have been exploited by unprivileged users to gain root access (bsc#1052368).
Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 17 for SLE 12 SP1
This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.74-60_64_48 fixes several issues.
The following security bugs were fixed:
- CVE-2017-7533: A bug in inotify code allowed local users to escalate privilege (bsc#1050751).
- CVE-2017-9242: The __ip6_append_data function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel is too late in checking whether an overwrite of an skb data structure may occur, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted system calls (bsc#1042892).
- CVE-2017-8890: The inet_csk_clone_lock function in net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c in the Linux kernel allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (dou
This Linux kernel update for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 fixes the following issues:
- A previous security update to address CVE-2017-1000364 caused unintended
side-effects in several other tools, most notably Java. These issues have
been remedied. [bsc#1045340]