openSUSE Leap 42.3: 2017:2112-1 critical: kernel denial of service
opensuse
August 9, 2017
An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has 61 fixes is now available.
Description
The openSUSE Leap 42.3 kernel was updated to 4.4.79 to receive various
security and bugfixes.
The following security bugs were fixed:
- CVE-2017-7542: The ip6_find_1stfragopt function in
net/ipv6/output_core.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause
a denial of service (integer overflow and infinite loop) by leveraging
the ability to open a raw socket (bnc#1049882).
- CVE-2017-11473: Buffer overflow in the mp_override_legacy_irq() function
in arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges via a crafted ACPI table (bnc#1049603).
- CVE-2017-7533: A bug in inotify code allowed local users to escalate
privilege (bnc#1049483).
- CVE-2017-7541: The brcmf_cfg80211_mgmt_tx function in
drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c in the Linux
kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow
and system crash) or possibly gain privileges...
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Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 42.3:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-890=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (noarch):
kernel-devel-4.4.79-4.2
kernel-docs-4.4.79-4.2
kernel-docs-html-4.4.79-4.2
kernel-docs-pdf-4.4.79-4.2
kernel-macros-4.4.79-4.2
kernel-source-4.4.79-4.2
kernel-source-vanilla-4.4.79-4.2
- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64):
kernel-debug-4.4.79-4.2
kernel-debug-base-4.4.79-4.2
kernel-debug-base-debuginfo-4.4.79-4.2
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.4.79-4.2
kernel-debug-debugsource-4.4.79-4.2
kernel-debug-devel-4.4.79-4.2
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo-4.4.79-4.2
kernel-default-4.4.79-4.2
kernel-default-base-4.4.79-4.2
kernel-default-base-debuginfo-4.4.79-4.2
kernel-default-debuginfo-4.4.79-4.2
kernel-default-debugsource-4.4.79-4.2
kernel-default-devel-4.4.79-4.2
kernel-obs-build-4.4.79-4.2
kernel-obs-build-debugsource-4.4.79-4.2
kernel-obs-qa-4.4.79-4.2
kernel-syms-4.4.79-4.2
kernel-vanilla-4.4.79-4.2
kernel-vanilla-base-4.4.79-4.2
kernel-vanilla-base-debuginfo-4.4.79-4.2
kernel-vanilla-debuginfo-4.4.79-4.2
kernel-vanilla-debugsource-4.4.79-4.2
kernel-vanilla-devel-4.4.79-4.2
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11473.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7533.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7541.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7542.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1005778
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1011913
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1012829
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1013887
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1016119
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1019695
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1022476
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1022600
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1022604
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1028286
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1030552
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1031717
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1033587
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1036215
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1036632
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1037838
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1039153
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1040347
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1042257
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1042286
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1042422
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1043598
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1044443
https://bugzilla.suse.com/104462...
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2017:2112-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 42.3
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