Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 5 for SLE 12 SP2
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2017:1911-1 |
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| Rating: | important |
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An update that solves one vulnerability and has three security fixes can now be installed.
Description:
This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.49-92_11 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:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-2017-1186=1 -
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2017-1208=1 -
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS 12-SP1
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-1208=1
Package List:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 (x86_64)
- kgraft-patch-4_4_49-92_11-default-4-3.1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (x86_64)
- kgraft-patch-3_12_69-60_64_32-default-4-3.1
- kgraft-patch-3_12_69-60_64_32-xen-4-3.1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS 12-SP1 (x86_64)
- kgraft-patch-3_12_69-60_64_32-default-4-3.1
- kgraft-patch-3_12_69-60_64_32-xen-4-3.1