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SUSE: 2018:1518-1 Important: Linux Kernel Live Patch Resolving Issues

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Calendar Grey June 5, 2018
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Red Hat security patch addresses several kernel vulnerabilities, improving security and reliability for RHEL 7 users.
An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available

Summary

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.103-92_53 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2017-13166: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel v4l2 video driver was fixed. (bsc#1085447). - CVE-2018-8897: A statement in the System Programming Guide of the Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual (SDM) was mishandled in the development of some or all operating-system kernels, resulting in unexpected behavior for #DB exceptions that are deferred by MOV SS or POP SS, as demonstrated by (for example) privilege escalation in Windows, macOS, some Xen configurations, or FreeBSD, or a Linux kernel crash. The MOV to SS and POP SS instructions inhibit interrupts (including NMIs), data breakpoints, and single step trap exceptions

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References

#1083125 #1085447 #1090368 #1090646 #1090869

Cross- CVE-2017-13166 CVE-2018-1087 CVE-2018-8781

CVE-2018-8897

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-2018-1087.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8781.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8897.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1083125

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1085447

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1090368

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1090646

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1090869

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1518-1
Rating: important

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