Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 9 for SLE 12 SP2

SUSE Security Update: Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 9 for SLE 12 SP2
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:2804-1
Rating: important
References: #1053150 #1057950
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12

  • An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

    Description:

    This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.59-92_24 fixes several issues.

    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2017-1000251: The native Bluetooth stack in the Linux Kernel (BlueZ)
    was vulnerable to a stack overflow vulnerability in the processing of
    L2CAP configuration responses resulting in Remote code execution in
    kernel space (bsc#1057950).
    - CVE-2017-12762: In drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_net.c a user-controlled buffer
    was copied into a local buffer of constant size using strcpy without a
    length check which can cause a buffer overflow (bsc#1053150).

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-2017-1748=1

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 (x86_64):
      • kgraft-patch-4_4_59-92_24-default-4-4.1

    References: