SUSE: 2022:5561-1 Critical: Linux Kernel Security Update
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March 22, 2019
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available
Summary
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 LTSS kernel was updated to receive a security fix. The following security bug was fixed: - CVE-2018-17182: The vmacache_flush_all function in mm/vmacache.c mishandled sequence number overflows. An attacker can trigger a use-after-free (and possibly gain privileges) via certain thread creation, map, unmap, invalidation, and dereference operations (bnc#1108399).
References
#1108399
Cross- CVE-2018-17182
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17182.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1108399
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:3032-2
Rating: important
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