SUSE-SU-2018:0591-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0591-1 · Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 15 for SLE 12 SP2)

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This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.90-92_50 fixes several issues. The following security issue was fixed: - CVE-2017-18075: crypto/pcrypt.c in the Linux kernel mishandled freeing instances, allowing a local user able to access the AF_ALG-based AEAD interface (CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_AEAD) and pcrypt (CONFIG_CRYPTO_PCRYPT) to cause a denial of service (kfree of an incorrect pointer) or possibly have unspecified other impact by executing a crafted sequence of system calls (bsc#1077404). Non-security issue fixed: - btrfs: account for pinned bytes in should_alloc_chunk (bsc#1077268)

Fix available

Published

2018-03-02T18:00:04Z

Updated

2026-02-04T03:41:04.842761Z

Stack: system

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