SUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel ______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:2074-1 Rating: important References: #1049483 Cross-References: CVE-2017-7533 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12 ______________________________________________________________________________
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 kernel was updated to 3.12.61 to receive the following security update:
- CVE-2017-7533: Bug in inotify code allowed privilege escalation (bnc#1049483).
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-12-2017-1277=1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-1277=1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-12-2017-1277=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12 (noarch):
kernel-devel-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-macros-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-source-3.12.61-52.83.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12 (x86_64):
kernel-default-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-default-base-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-default-base-debuginfo-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-default-debuginfo-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-default-debugsource-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-default-devel-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-syms-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-xen-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-xen-base-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-xen-base-debuginfo-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-xen-debuginfo-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-xen-debugsource-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-xen-devel-3.12.61-52.83.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_83-default-1-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_83-xen-1-2.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
kernel-default-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-default-base-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-default-base-debuginfo-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-default-debuginfo-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-default-debugsource-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-default-devel-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-syms-3.12.61-52.83.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (noarch):
kernel-devel-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-macros-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-source-3.12.61-52.83.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (x86_64):
kernel-xen-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-xen-base-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-xen-base-debuginfo-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-xen-debuginfo-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-xen-debugsource-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-xen-devel-3.12.61-52.83.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_83-default-1-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_83-xen-1-2.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (s390x):
kernel-default-man-3.12.61-52.83.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12 (x86_64):
kernel-ec2-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-ec2-debuginfo-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-ec2-debugsource-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-ec2-devel-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-ec2-extra-3.12.61-52.83.1 kernel-ec2-extra-debuginfo-3.12.61-52.83.1
References:
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7533.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1049483