SUSE Security Update: Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 2 ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:2091-1 Rating: important References: #940338 #940342 #948536 #948701 Cross-References: CVE-2015-5707 CVE-2015-7613 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now available. Description: This kernel live patch for Linux Kernel 3.12.36-38.1 fixes two security issues: - CVE-2015-7613: A race condition in the IPC object implementation in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges by triggering an ipc_addid call that leads to uid and gid comparisons against uninitialized data, related to msg.c, shm.c, and util.c. (bsc#948701 bsc#948536) - CVE-2015-5707: Integer overflow in the sg_start_req function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large iov_count value in a write request. (bsc#940342 bsc#940338) 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 Live Patching 12: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-2015-884=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 (x86_64): kgraft-patch-3_12_36-38-default-4-2.3 kgraft-patch-3_12_36-38-xen-4-2.3 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5707.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7613.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/940338 https://bugzilla.suse.com/940342 https://bugzilla.suse.com/948536 https://bugzilla.suse.com/948701 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+help@opensuse.org