Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 0 for SLE 12 SP4)

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:3252-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-16871 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2018-16871 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2018-16871 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2018-20856 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-20856 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2019-10220 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2019-10220 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2019-13272 ( SUSE ): 7.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2019-13272 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2019-13272 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2019-15917 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2019-15917 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2019-15917 ( 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 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4

An update that solves five vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.12.14-94_41 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2019-15917: Fixed a use-after-free when hci_uart_register_dev() fails in hci_uart_set_proto() (bsc#1156334).
  • CVE-2018-20856: Fixed a use-after-free in block/blk-core.c due to improper error handling (bsc#1156331).
  • CVE-2019-13272: Fixed a privilege escalation from user to root due to improper handling of credentials by leveraging certain scenarios with a parent-child process relationship (bsc#1156321).
  • CVE-2018-16871: Fixed an issue where an attacker, who could mount an exported NFS filesystem, was able to trigger a null pointer dereference by using an invalid NFS sequence leading to kernel panic and deny of access to the NFS server (bsc#1156320).
  • CVE-2019-10220: Fixed an issue where samba servers could inject relative paths in directory entry lists (bsc#1153108).

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-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-SP4-2019-3252=1 SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-SP4-2019-3253=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • kgraft-patch-4_12_14-94_41-default-9-2.25.1
    • kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP4_Update_0-debugsource-9-2.25.1
    • kgraft-patch-4_12_14-94_41-default-debuginfo-9-2.25.1
    • kgraft-patch-4_12_14-95_3-default-8-2.5

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