SUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 31 for SLE 12) ______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1016-1 Rating: important References: #1083488 #1085114 #1085447 Cross-References: CVE-2017-13166 CVE-2018-1068 CVE-2018-7566
Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS ______________________________________________________________________________
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.
Description:
This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-52_119 fixes several issues.
The following security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2017-13166: An elevation of privilege vulnerability was fixed in the kernel v4l2 video driver. (bsc#1085447). - CVE-2018-1068: A flaw was found in the Linux kernels implementation of 32-bit syscall interface for bridging. This allowed a privileged user to arbitrarily write to a limited range of kernel memory (bsc#1085114). - CVE-2018-7566: The Linux kernel had a buffer overflow via an SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_SET_CLIENT_POOL ioctl write operation to /dev/snd/seq by a local user (bsc#1083488).
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 Server 12-LTSS:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2018-710=1
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (x86_64):
kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_119-default-3-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_119-xen-3-2.1
References:
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13166.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/1083488 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1085114 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1085447