Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 16 for SLE 12

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1291-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-7308 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-7308 ( 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 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 one security fix 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-2017-7308: The packet_set_ring function in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel did not properly validate certain block-size data, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls (bsc#1030575, bsc#1031660).

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-12-2017-764=1 SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2017-767=1 SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2017-766=1 SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2017-765=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-764=1 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-767=1 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-766=1 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-765=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (x86_64)
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_60-52_63-default-5-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_60-52_60-default-5-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_60-52_57-default-6-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_60-52_63-xen-5-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_60-52_60-xen-5-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_66-xen-4-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_60-52_57-xen-6-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_66-default-4-2.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (x86_64)
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_60-52_63-default-5-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_60-52_60-default-5-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_60-52_57-default-6-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_60-52_63-xen-5-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_60-52_60-xen-5-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_66-xen-4-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_60-52_57-xen-6-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_66-default-4-2.1

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