SUSE: 2018:0989-1 Important: Linux Kernel Update Addressing Security Flaws
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April 20, 2018
An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available.
Summary
This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.90-92_45 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2017-13166: Prevent elevation of privilege vulnerability in the v4l2 video driver (bsc#1085447). - CVE-2018-1068: A flaw in the implementation of 32-bit syscall interface for bridging allowed a privileged user to arbitrarily write to a limited range of kernel memory (bsc#1085114). - CVE-2018-7566: Prevent buffer overflow via an SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_SET_CLIENT_POOL ioctl write operation to /dev/snd/seq by a local user (bsc#1083488). - CVE-2018-1000004: Prevent race condition in the sound system that could have lead to a deadlock and denial of service condition (bsc#1076017). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
References
#1073230 #1076017 #1083488 #1085114 #1085447
Cross- CVE-2017-13166 CVE-2018-1000004 CVE-2018-1068
CVE-2018-7566
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13166.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1000004.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1068.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7566.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1073230
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1076017
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1083488
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1085114
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1085447
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:0989-1
Rating: important
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