SUSE: 2017:1300-1 Important: Kernel Live Patch 15 Denial Of Service
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May 15, 2017
An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now...
Summary
This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.60-52_54 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). - bsc#1030467: Updated Dirty COW fix. The former patch caused some apps to freeze in rare circumstances Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2017-768=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS:
References
#1030467 #1030575 #1031660
Cross- CVE-2017-7308
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7308.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1030467
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1030575
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1031660
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1300-1
Rating: important
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