SUSE Security Update: Live patch for the Linux Kernel ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:1490-1 Rating: important References: #939044 #939270 #939273 #939276 Cross-References: CVE-2015-1805 CVE-2015-4700 CVE-2015-5364 CVE-2015-5366 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available. Description: This update contains a kernel live patch for the 3.12.43-52.6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Kernel, fixing following security issues. - CVE-2015-5364/CVE-2015-5366: Two denial of service attacks via a flood of UDP packets with invalid checksums were fixed that could be used by remote attackers to delay execution. (bsc#939276) - CVE-2015-1805: The (1) pipe_read and (2) pipe_write implementations in fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel did not properly consider the side effects of failed __copy_to_user_inatomic and __copy_from_user_inatomic calls, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application, aka an "I/O vector array overrun." (bsc#939270) - CVE-2015-4700: A BPF Jit optimization flaw could allow local users to panic the kernel. (bsc#939273) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-2015-488=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 (x86_64): kgraft-patch-3_12_43-52_6-default-2-6.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_43-52_6-xen-2-6.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1805.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4700.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5364.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5366.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/939044 https://bugzilla.suse.com/939270 https://bugzilla.suse.com/939273 https://bugzilla.suse.com/939276 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+help@opensuse.org