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SUSE: 2014:1698-1 Important: Linux Kernel Update for Security Issues

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Calendar Grey December 24, 2014
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Addresses various vulnerabilities in the Linux Kernel for SUSE, featuring critical patches ready to be deployed on server systems.
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 2 LTSS kernel has been updated to fix security issues on kernels on the x86_64 architecture. The following security bugs have been fixed: * CVE-2014-9322: A local privilege escalation in the x86_64 32bit compatibility signal handling was fixed, which could have been used by local attackers to crash the machine or execute code. * CVE-2014-9090: The do_double_fault function in arch/x86/kernel/traps.c in the Linux kernel did not properly handle faults associated with the Stack Segment (SS) segment register, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a modify_ldt system call, as demonstrated by sigreturn_32 in the 1 -clock-tests test suite. * CVE-2014-8133: Insufficient validation of TLS register usage could

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service local privilege escalation important kernel security issues SUSE Linux

References

#907818 #909077 #910251

Cross- CVE-2014-8133 CVE-2014-9090 CVE-2014-9322

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS

SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8133.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9090.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9322.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907818

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909077

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=910251

https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/

https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/

https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/

https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1698-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service local privilege escalation important kernel security issues SUSE Linux

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