Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 2 for SLE 12 SP3)
This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.82-6_6 fixes several issues.
The following security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2018-5390: Prevent very expensive calls to tcp_collapse_ofo_queue() and tcp_prune_ofo_queue() for every incoming TCP packet which can lead to a denial of service (bsc#1102682).
- CVE-2018-1000026: Fixed an insufficient input validation in bnx2x network card driver that can result in DoS via very large, specially crafted packet to the bnx2x card due to a network card firmware assertion that will take the card offline (bsc#1096723).
- CVE-2018-10938: Fixed an infinite loop in the cipso_v4_optptr() function leading to a denial-of-s
Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 2 for SLE 12 SP3)
This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.82-6_6 fixes several issues.
The following security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2018-3646: Local attackers in virtualized guest systems could use speculative code patterns on hyperthreaded processors to read data present in the L1 Datacache used by other hyperthreads on the same CPU core, potentially leaking sensitive data, even from other virtual machines or the host system (bsc#1099306).
- CVE-2017-18344: The timer_create syscall implementation in kernel/time/posix-timers.c didn't properly validate the sigevent->sigev_notify field, which lead to out-of-bounds access in the show_timer function (called when
Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 2 for SLE 12 SP3)
This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.82-6_6 fixes several issues.
The following security issue was fixed:
- CVE-2018-3665: System software utilizing Lazy FP state restore technique on systems using Intel Core-based microprocessors may potentially have allowed a local process to infer data from another process via a speculative execution side channel (bsc#1090338, bsc#1096740).
Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 2 for SLE 12 SP3)
This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.82-6_6 fixes several issues.
The following security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2017-13166: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel v4l2 video driver was fixed. (bsc#1085447).
- CVE-2018-8897: A statement in the System Programming Guide of the Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual (SDM) was mishandled in the development of some or all operating-system kernels, resulting in unexpected behavior for #DB exceptions that are deferred by MOV SS or POP SS, as demonstrated by (for example) privilege escalation in Windows, macOS, some Xen configurations, or FreeBSD, or a Linux ke
Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 2 for SLE 12 SP3)
This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.82-6_6 fixes several issues.
The following security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2018-1000199: A bug in x86 debug register handling of ptrace() could lead to memory corruption, possibly a denial of service or privilege escalation (bsc#1090036).
- CVE-2017-0861: Use-after-free vulnerability in the snd_pcm_info function in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors (bsc#1088268).
Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 2 for SLE 12 SP3)
This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.82-6_6 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 d
Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 2 for SLE 12 SP3)
This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.82-6_6 fixes one issue.
The following security issue was fixed:
- CVE-2017-18075: crypto/pcrypt.c in the Linux kernel mishandled freeing instances, allowing a local user able to access the AF_ALG-based AEAD interface (CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_AEAD) and pcrypt (CONFIG_CRYPTO_PCRYPT) to cause a denial of service (kfree of an incorrect pointer) or possibly have unspecified other impact by executing a crafted sequence of system calls (bsc#1077404).
Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 2 for SLE 12 SP3)
This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.82-6_6 fixes several issues.
The following security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2017-17712: The raw_sendmsg() function had a race condition that lead to uninitialized stack pointer usage. This allowed a local user to execute code and gain privileges (bsc#1073230).
- CVE-2017-16939: The XFRM dump policy implementation allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted SO_RCVBUF setsockopt system call in conjunction with XFRM_MSG_GETPOLICY Netlink messages (bsc#1069708).
Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 2 for SLE 12 SP3)
This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.82-6_6 fixes several issues.
The following security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2017-1000405: Problematic use of pmd_mkdirty() in the touch_pmd() function allowed users to overwrite read-only huge pages (e.g. the zero huge page and sealed shmem files) (bsc#1070307).
- CVE-2017-16939: The XFRM dump policy implementation in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted SO_RCVBUF setsockopt system call in conjunction with XFRM_MSG_GETPOLICY Netlink messages (bsc#1069708).
This non-security issue was fixed:
- bsc#1062847: Enable
Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 2 for SLE 12 SP3)
This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.82-6_6 fixes several issues.
The following security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2017-15649: net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges via crafted system calls that trigger mishandling of packet_fanout data structures, because of a race condition (involving fanout_add and packet_do_bind) that leads to a use-after-free, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-6346 (bsc#1064392)
- CVE-2017-13080: Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA and WPA2) allowed reinstallation of the Group Temporal Key (GTK) during the group key handshake, allowing an attacker within radio range to replay fr
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 kernel was updated to receive the following security fixes:
- CVE-2017-1000251: The native Bluetooth stack in the Linux Kernel was
vulnerable to a stack overflow while processing L2CAP configuration
responses, resulting in a potential remote denial-of-service vulnerability
but no remote code execution due to use of CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR.
[bnc#1057389]