SUSE: 2018:2051-1 Important: Kernel Update Fixes Four Issues
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July 24, 2018
An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has 44 fixes is now available
Summary
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 kernel was updated to 4.4.140 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2018-13053: The alarm_timer_nsleep function had an integer overflow via a large relative timeout because ktime_add_safe was not used (bnc#1099924) - CVE-2018-9385: Prevent overread of the "driver_override" buffer (bsc#1100491) - CVE-2018-13405: The inode_init_owner function allowed local users to create files with an unintended group ownership allowing attackers to escalate privileges by making a plain file executable and SGID (bnc#1100416) - CVE-2018-13406: An integer overflow in the uvesafb_setcmap function could have result in local attackers being able to crash the kernel or potentially elevate privileges because kmalloc_array is not used
Topics Covered
References
#1012382 #1064232 #1075876 #1076110 #1085185
#1085657 #1089525 #1090435 #1090888 #1091171
#1092207 #1094244 #1094248 #1094643 #1095453
#1096790 #1097034 #1097140 #1097492 #1097501
#1097551 #1097808 #1097931 #1097961 #1098016
#1098236 #1098425 #1098435 #1098527 #1098599
#1099042 #1099183 #1099279 #1099713 #1099732
#1099792 #1099810 #1099918 #1099924 #1099966
#1099993 #1100089 #1100340 #1100416 #1100418
#1100491 #1100843 #1101296
Cross- CVE-2018-13053 CVE-2018-13405 CVE-2018-13406
CVE-2018-9385
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP3
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:2051-1
Rating: important
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