Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 31 for SLE 12)

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1016-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-13166 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-13166 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-1068 ( SUSE ): 8.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-1068 ( NVD ): 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-1068 ( NVD ): 6.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-7566 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
  • CVE-2018-7566 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS 12-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3

An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-52_119 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2017-13166: An elevation of privilege vulnerability was fixed in the kernel v4l2 video driver. (bsc#1085447).
  • CVE-2018-1068: A flaw was found in the Linux kernels implementation of 32-bit syscall interface for bridging. This allowed a privileged user to arbitrarily write to a limited range of kernel memory (bsc#1085114).
  • CVE-2018-7566: The Linux kernel had a buffer overflow via an SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_SET_CLIENT_POOL ioctl write operation to /dev/snd/seq by a local user (bsc#1083488).

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-12-2018-710=1 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2018-707=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2018-695=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS 12-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-695=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-SP3-2018-677=1 SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-SP3-2018-676=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2018-673=1 SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2018-667=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-673=1 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-667=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (x86_64)
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_119-default-3-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_122-default-3-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_122-xen-3-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_119-xen-3-2.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_82-xen-2-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_82-default-2-2.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS 12-SP1 (x86_64)
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_82-xen-2-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_82-default-2-2.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • kgraft-patch-4_4_114-94_11-default-2-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-4_4_114-94_14-default-2-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-4_4_114-94_14-default-debuginfo-2-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-4_4_114-94_11-default-debuginfo-2-2.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (x86_64)
    • kgraft-patch-4_4_114-92_64-default-2-2.2
    • kgraft-patch-4_4_114-92_67-default-2-2.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS 12-SP2 (x86_64)
    • kgraft-patch-4_4_114-92_64-default-2-2.2
    • kgraft-patch-4_4_114-92_67-default-2-2.2

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