Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 16 for SLE 12

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1905-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-1000364 ( SUSE ): 8.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-1000364 ( NVD ): 7.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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 one vulnerability and has eight security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.60-52_57 fixes several issues.

The following security bugs were fixed:

  • CVE-2017-1000364: An issue was discovered in the size of the stack guard page on Linux, specifically a 4k stack guard page is not sufficiently large and can be "jumped" over (the stack guard page is bypassed) (bsc#1039496).

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 for SAP Applications 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2017-1178=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-1178=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (x86_64)
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_60-52_57-default-7-3.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_60-52_57-xen-7-3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (x86_64)
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_60-52_57-default-7-3.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_60-52_57-xen-7-3.1

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