SUSE-SU-2015:2084-1
SUSE-SU-2015:2084-1 · Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 5
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This kernel live patch for Linux Kernel 3.12.43-52.6.1 fixes two security issues: - CVE-2015-7613: A race condition in the IPC object implementation in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges by triggering an ipc_addid call that leads to uid and gid comparisons against uninitialized data, related to msg.c, shm.c, and util.c. (bsc#948701 bsc#948536) - CVE-2015-5707: Integer overflow in the sg_start_req function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large iov_count value in a write request. (bsc#940342 bsc#940338)
Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
kgraft-patch-sle12_update_5 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 3-2.1
Update to 3-2.1
Original sources
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2015/suse-su-20152084-1/
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/940338
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/940342
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/948536
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/948701
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5707
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7613
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2015:2084-1