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SUSE: 2018:1948-1 Important: Kernel Live Patch 20 Fixes Local Attack

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Calendar Grey July 12, 2018
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has rolled out a significant security update for SLE 12 SP2, rectifying a critical kernel flaw that could be exploited in local attacks.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available

Summary

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.120-92_70 fixes several issues. The following security issue was fixed: - CVE-2018-3665: System software utilizing Lazy FP state restore technique on systems using Intel Core-based microprocessors may potentially have allowed a local process to infer data from another process via a speculative execution side channel (bsc#1090338, bsc#1096740). 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: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2018-1316=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-1316=1 Package List:

References

#1090338 #1096740

Cross- CVE-2018-3665

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-3665.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1090338

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1096740

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1948-1
Rating: important

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