Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 21 for SLE 12
SUSE Security Update: Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 21 for SLE 12
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2017:1939-1 |
| Rating: | important |
| References: | #1039496 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-52_72 fixes one issue.
The following security bugs were fixed:
- CVE-2017-1000364: An issue was discovered in the size of the stack guard
page on Linux, specifically a 4k stack guard page is not sufficiently
large and can be "jumped" over (the stack guard page is bypassed)
(bsc#1039496).
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 Server for SAP 12:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2017-1206=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-1206=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12 (x86_64):
- kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_72-default-2-3.1
- kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_72-xen-2-3.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (x86_64):
- kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_72-default-2-3.1
- kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_72-xen-2-3.1