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SUSE-SU-2019:2572-1

SUSE-SU-2019:2572-1 · Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 0 for SLE 15 SP1)

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This update for the Linux Kernel 4.12.14-195 fixes several issues. The following security issue was fixed: - CVE-2019-14835: A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way vhost functionality, that translates virtqueue buffers to IOVs, logged the buffer descriptors during migration. A privileged guest user able to pass descriptors with invalid length to the host when migration is underway, could use this flaw to increase their privileges on the host (bsc#1151021).

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