SUSE Security Update: Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 19 for SLE 12 ______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1302-1 Rating: important References: #1030575 #1031660 Cross-References: CVE-2017-7308 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS ______________________________________________________________________________
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available.
Description:
This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-52_66 fixes several issues.
The following security bugs were fixed:
- CVE-2017-7308: The packet_set_ring function in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel did not properly validate certain block-size data, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls (bsc#1030575, bsc#1031660).
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-12-2017-764=1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-764=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_66-default-4-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_66-xen-4-2.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (x86_64):
kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_66-default-4-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_66-xen-4-2.1
References:
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7308.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1030575 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1031660