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SUSE: 2018:0990-1 Important: Kernel Live Patch for Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey April 20, 2018
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SUSE Security Announcement: Essential kernel update rectifying various vulnerabilities while improving overall system efficiency.
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

Summary

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.114-92_64 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). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2:

References

#1083488 #1085114 #1085447

Cross- CVE-2017-13166 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-2018-1068.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7566.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1083488

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1085114

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1085447

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:0990-1
Rating: important

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