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SUSE: 2017:1302-1 Important: Kernel Live Patch 19 Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey May 15, 2017
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Attention: Kernel Live Patch 20 now released to resolve significant vulnerabilities in SUSE SLE 12 systems.
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Summary

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-52_66 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 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-12-2017-764=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-764=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List:

References

#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/1030575

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1031660

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1302-1
Rating: important

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