SUSE: 2017:2089-1 Critical: Kernel Live Patch Vulnerability Exploit
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August 8, 2017
An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available
Summary
This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.69-60_64_35 fixes several issues. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2017-7533: A bug in inotify code allowed local users to escalate privilege (bsc#1050751). - CVE-2017-7645: The NFSv2/NFSv3 server in the nfsd subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a long RPC reply, related to net/sunrpc/svc.c, fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c, and fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c (bsc#1046191). - CVE-2017-9242: The __ip6_append_data function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel is too late in checking whether an overwrite of an skb data structure may occur, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted system calls (bsc#1042892). - CVE-2017-8890: The inet_csk_clone_lock function in
Topics Covered
References
#1038564 #1042892 #1046191 #1050751
Cross- CVE-2017-7533 CVE-2017-7645 CVE-2017-8890
CVE-2017-9242
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7533.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7645.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8890.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9242.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1038564
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1042892
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1046191
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1050751
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:2091-1
Rating: important
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