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SUSE: 2020:1754-1 Important: Live Patch 9 Critical Code Execution

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Calendar Grey June 25, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has released a vital security patch for the Linux Kernel Live Patch 9, rectifying serious vulnerabilities with efficacy.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.12.14-95_37 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2020-10757: Fixed an issue where remaping hugepage DAX to anon mmap could have caused user PTE access (bsc#1172437). - CVE-2018-1000199: Fixed a potential local code execution via ptrace (bsc#1171746). 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 Live Patching 12-SP4:

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References

#1171746 #1172437

Cross- CVE-2018-1000199 CVE-2020-10757

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1000199.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10757.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1171746

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1172437

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:1754-1
Rating: important

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