Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 27 for SLE 12

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:2775-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-1000112 ( SUSE ): 7.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-1000112 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-1000112 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-15274 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2017-15274 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2017-7645 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2017-7645 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2017-7645 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2017-9242 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-9242 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12

An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-52_92 fixes several issues.

The following security bugs were fixed:

  • CVE-2017-15274: security/keys/keyctl.c in the Linux kernel did not consider the case of a NULL payload in conjunction with a nonzero length value, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted add_key or keyctl system call (bsc#1045327).
  • CVE-2017-1000112: Updated patch for this issue to be in sync with the other livepatches. Description of the issue: Prevent race condition in net-packet code that could have been exploited by unprivileged users to gain root access (bsc#1052368, bsc#1052311).
  • CVE-2017-9242: The __ip6_append_data function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c was too late in checking whether an overwrite of an skb data structure may occur, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted system calls (bsc#1042892).
  • CVE-2017-7645: The NFSv2/NFSv3 server in the nfsd subsystem allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a long RPC reply (bsc#1046191).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE 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 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-1716=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (x86_64)
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_92-xen-2-4.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_92-default-2-4.1

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