Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 9 for SLE 12 SP3)

SUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 9 for SLE 12 SP3)
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:0998-1
Rating: important
References: #1083488 #1085114 #1085447
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP3
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    An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

    Description:

    This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.114-94_14 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).

    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-SP3-2018-677=1

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP3 (ppc64le x86_64):
      • kgraft-patch-4_4_114-94_14-default-2-2.1
      • kgraft-patch-4_4_114-94_14-default-debuginfo-2-2.1

    References: