SUSE Linux Enterprise 12-SP3: 2018:2150-1 Critical: Kernel Security Fix
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July 31, 2018
An update that solves 5 vulnerabilities and has 47 fixes is now available
Summary
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 RT kernel was updated to 4.4.139 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
References
#1012382 #1068032 #1074562 #1074578 #1074701
#1075006 #1075419 #1075748 #1075876 #1080039
#1085185 #1085657 #1087084 #1087939 #1089525
#1090435 #1090888 #1091171 #1092207 #1094244
#1094248 #1094643 #1095453 #1096790 #1097034
#1097140 #1097492 #1097501 #1097551 #1097808
#1097931 #1097961 #1098016 #1098236 #1098425
#1098435 #1098527 #1099042 #1099183 #1099279
#1099713 #1099732 #1099810 #1099918 #1099924
#1099966 #1099993 #1100089 #1100340 #1100416
#1100418 #1100491
Cross- CVE-2017-5753 CVE-2018-13053 CVE-2018-13405
CVE-2018-13406 CVE-2018-9385
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12-SP3
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5753.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-13053.html
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:2150-1
Rating: important
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