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SUSE: 2018:2677-1 Critical Update: Live Kernel Patch Addressing DoS Issues

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Calendar Grey September 10, 2018
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Linux Archives: Major enhancement for Live Patching Kernel resolving significant vulnerabilities.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.12.14-25_3 fixes one issue. The following security issue was fixed: - CVE-2018-15471: An issue was discovered in xenvif_set_hash_mapping in drivers/net/xen-netback/hash.c. The Linux netback driver allowed frontends to control mapping of requests to request queues. When processing a request to set or change this mapping, some input validation (e.g., for an integer overflow) was missing or flawed, leading to OOB access in hash handling. A malicious or buggy frontend may cause the (usually privileged) backend to make out of bounds memory accesses, potentially resulting in one or more of privilege escalation, Denial of Service (DoS), or information leaks (bsc#1105026). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

References

#1105026

Cross- CVE-2018-15471

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Live Patching 15

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15471.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1105026

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:2677-1
Rating: important

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