SUSE Security Update: Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 20 for SLE 12 ______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1945-1 Rating: important References: #1025013 #1031660 #1039496 Cross-References: CVE-2017-1000364 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS ______________________________________________________________________________
An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available.
Description:
This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-52_69 fixes several issues.
The following security bugs were fixed:
- CVE-2017-1000364: An issue was discovered in the size of the stack guard page on Linux, specifically a 4k stack guard page is not sufficiently large and can be "jumped" over (the stack guard page is bypassed) (bsc#1039496).
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 Server for SAP 12:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2017-1205=1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-1205=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12 (x86_64):
kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_69-default-3-3.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_69-xen-3-3.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (x86_64):
kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_69-default-3-3.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_69-xen-3-3.1
References:
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000364.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1025013 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1031660 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1039496