Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 0 for SLE 12 SP5)

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:3400-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-1000405 ( SUSE ): 5.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2017-1000405 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-1000405 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-12351 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-12351 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-25645 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2020-25645 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1

An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.12.14-120 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2017-1000405: Fixed a bug in the THP CoW support that could have been used by local attackers to corrupt memory of other processes and cause them to crash (bsc#1178264, bsc#1069496, bsc#1070307).
  • CVE-2020-12351: Fixed a type confusion while processing AMP packets aka "BleedingTooth" aka "BadKarma" (bsc#1177724, bsc#1177729, bsc#1178397).
  • CVE-2020-25645: Fixed an an issue in IPsec that caused traffic between two Geneve endpoints to be unencrypted (bnc#1177513).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE 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-SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-SP5-2020-3401=1 SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-SP5-2020-3400=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP1-2020-3411=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_0-debugsource-8-21.2
    • kgraft-patch-4_12_14-120-default-debuginfo-8-21.2
    • kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_7-default-8-2.2
    • kgraft-patch-4_12_14-120-default-8-21.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-197_26-default-8-2.2

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