SUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 7 for SLE 12 SP3) ______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1022-1 Rating: important References: #1073230 #1076017 #1083488 #1085114 #1085447
Cross-References: CVE-2017-13166 CVE-2018-1000004 CVE-2018-1068 CVE-2018-7566 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP3 ______________________________________________________________________________
An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available.
Description:
This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.103-6_38 fixes several issues.
The following security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2017-13166: Prevent elevation of privilege vulnerability in the v4l2 video driver (bsc#1085447). - CVE-2018-1068: A flaw in the implementation of 32-bit syscall interface for bridging allowed a privileged user to arbitrarily write to a limited range of kernel memory (bsc#1085114). - CVE-2018-7566: Prevent buffer overflow via an SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_SET_CLIENT_POOL ioctl write operation to /dev/snd/seq by a local user (bsc#1083488). - CVE-2018-1000004: Prevent race condition in the sound system that could have lead to a deadlock and denial of service condition (bsc#1076017).
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP3:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-SP3-2018-679=1
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP3 (ppc64le x86_64):
kgraft-patch-4_4_103-6_38-default-4-2.1 kgraft-patch-4_4_103-6_38-default-debuginfo-4-2.1
References:
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13166.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1000004.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1068.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7566.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1073230 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1076017 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1083488 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1085114 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1085447