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SUSE: 2017:1924-1 Important: Stack Guard Fix in Kernel Live Patch 19

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Calendar Grey July 21, 2017
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Update: Important fixes for Linux Kernel Live Patch 19, addressing critical issues for 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-2017-1000364: An issue was discovered in the size of the stack guard page on Linux, specifically a 4k stack guard page is not sufficiently large and can be "jumped" over (the stack guard page is bypassed) (bsc#1039496). 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-12-2017-1195=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-1195=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12 (x86_64): kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_66-default-5-3.1

References

#1025013 #1030575 #1031660 #1039496

Cross- CVE-2017-1000364

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000364.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1025013

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1030575

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1031660

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1039496

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1924-1
Rating: important

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