SUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 6 for SLE 12 SP3) ______________________________________________________________________________
Cross-References: CVE-2017-13166 CVE-2018-1000004 CVE-2018-1068 CVE-2018-7566 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP3 ______________________________________________________________________________
An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available.
Description:
This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.103-6_33 fixes several issues.
The following security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2017-13166: Prevent elevation of privilege vulnerability in the v4l2 video driver (bsc#1085447). - CVE-2018-1068: A flaw in the implementation of 32-bit syscall interface for bridging allowed a privileged user to arbitrarily write to a limited range of kernel memory (bsc#1085114). - CVE-2018-7566: Prevent buffer overflow via an SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_SET_CLIENT_POOL ioctl write operation to /dev/snd/seq by a local user (bsc#1083488). - CVE-2018-1000004: Prevent race condition in the sound system that could have lead to a deadlock and denial of service condition (bsc#1076017).
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-SP3:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-SP3-2018-678=1
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP3 (ppc64le x86_64):