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SUSE SLE 12 SP1: Security Update 2017:2778-1 Critical Kernel Patch

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Calendar Grey October 19, 2017
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Announcement: Kernel Live Patch 9 addresses two vulnerabilities, improving the safety of SLE 12 SP1 platforms.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.67-60_64_18 fixes one issue. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2017-15274: security/keys/keyctl.c in the Linux kernel did not consider the case of a NULL payload in conjunction with a nonzero length value, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted add_key or keyctl system call (bsc#1045327). - CVE-2017-1000251: The native Bluetooth stack in the Linux Kernel (BlueZ) was vulnerable to a stack overflow vulnerability in the processing of L2CAP configuration responses resulting in Remote code execution in kernel space (bsc#1057950). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service kernel patch important SUSE stack overflow

References

#1045327 #1057950

Cross- CVE-2017-1000251 CVE-2017-15274

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000251.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15274.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1045327

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1057950

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:2778-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service kernel patch important SUSE stack overflow

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