Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 7

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:2086-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2015-7613 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/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 Live Patching 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • 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

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has two security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This kernel live patch for Linux Kernel 3.12.44-52.18.1 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 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 Live Patching 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-2015-889=1 SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-2015-888=1 SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-2015-884=1 SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-2015-883=1 SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-2015-886=1 SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-2015-885=1 SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-2015-887=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 (x86_64)
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_43-52_6-xen-3-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_36-38-xen-4-2.3
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_36-38-default-4-2.3
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_32-33-default-4-2.3
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_44-52_10-xen-2-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_44-52_18-default-2-4.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_38-44-default-3-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_39-47-xen-3-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_39-47-default-3-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_43-52_6-default-3-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_32-33-xen-4-2.3
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_44-52_10-default-2-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_44-52_18-xen-2-4.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_38-44-xen-3-2.1

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