Security update for the Linux Kernel

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2017:0517-1
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#1020048 bsc#1024938
Cross-References:	CVE-2017-5970
CVSS scores:	CVE-2017-5970 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:	Public Cloud Module 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 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 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Bootstrap Kit 12 12-SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1

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

Description:

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel was updated to fix the following two issues:

• CVE-2017-5970: Remote attackers could have potentially caused a denial of service by sending bad IP options on a socket (bsc#1024938)
• Fix a regression in MD RAID1 which could have caused wrong data to be read (bsc#1020048)

Special Instructions and Notes:

• Please reboot the system after installing this update.

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 Software Bootstrap Kit 12 12-SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-BSK-12-SP1-2017-267=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2017-267=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-2017-267=1
• Public Cloud Module 12
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-12-2017-267=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2017-267=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-267=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-267=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP1-2017-267=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Bootstrap Kit 12 12-SP1 (nosrc s390x)
  • kernel-zfcpdump-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Bootstrap Kit 12 12-SP1 (s390x)
  • kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (nosrc x86_64)
  • kernel-xen-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-default-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (x86_64)
  • kernel-xen-debugsource-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-xen-debuginfo-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-xen-devel-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-default-devel-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-syms-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-default-extra-debuginfo-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-default-debuginfo-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-default-extra-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-default-debugsource-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (noarch)
  • kernel-devel-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-macros-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-source-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 (x86_64)
  • kgraft-patch-3_12_69-60_64_32-default-1-2.1
  • kgraft-patch-3_12_69-60_64_32-xen-1-2.1
• Public Cloud Module 12 (nosrc x86_64)
  • kernel-ec2-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
• Public Cloud Module 12 (x86_64)
  • kernel-ec2-debugsource-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-ec2-devel-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-ec2-extra-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-ec2-debuginfo-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-ec2-extra-debuginfo-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 (noarch)
  • kernel-docs-3.12.69-60.64.32.3
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kernel-obs-build-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-obs-build-debugsource-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (nosrc ppc64le x86_64)
  • kernel-default-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • kernel-default-base-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-default-devel-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-syms-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-default-base-debuginfo-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-default-debuginfo-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-default-debugsource-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (noarch)
  • kernel-devel-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-macros-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-source-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (nosrc x86_64)
  • kernel-xen-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (x86_64)
  • kernel-xen-debugsource-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-xen-debuginfo-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-xen-devel-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-xen-base-debuginfo-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-xen-base-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (nosrc ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kernel-default-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kernel-default-base-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-default-devel-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-syms-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-default-base-debuginfo-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-default-debuginfo-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-default-debugsource-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (noarch)
  • kernel-devel-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-macros-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-source-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (s390x)
  • kernel-default-man-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (nosrc x86_64)
  • kernel-xen-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (x86_64)
  • kernel-xen-debugsource-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-xen-debuginfo-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-xen-devel-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-xen-base-debuginfo-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-xen-base-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1 (nosrc)
  • kernel-default-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1 (x86_64)
  • kernel-default-extra-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-default-extra-debuginfo-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-default-debugsource-3.12.69-60.64.32.1
  • kernel-default-debuginfo-3.12.69-60.64.32.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5970.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1020048
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1024938