Security update for the Linux Kernel

SUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:3100-1
Rating: important
References: #1108399 #1109967
Cross-References:CVE-2018-17182
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-EXTRA
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available.

Description:


The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.
The following security bugs were fixed:

  • CVE-2018-17182: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel The vmacache_flush_all function in mm/vmacache.c mishandled sequence number overflows. An attacker can trigger a use-after-free (and possibly gain privileges) via certain thread creation, map, unmap, invalidation, and dereference operations (bnc#1108399).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:
  • x86/fpu: Do not do __thread_fpu_end() if use_eager_fpu() (bnc#1109967).

Special Instructions and Notes:

Please reboot the system after installing this update.

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 Software Development Kit 11-SP4:
    zypper in -t patch sdksp4-kernel-20181003-13812=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-kernel-20181003-13812=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-EXTRA:
    zypper in -t patch slexsp3-kernel-20181003-13812=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:
    zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-kernel-20181003-13812=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (noarch):
    • kernel-docs-3.0.101-108.77.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • kernel-default-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-default-base-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-default-devel-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-source-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-syms-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-trace-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-trace-base-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-trace-devel-3.0.101-108.77.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 x86_64):
    • kernel-ec2-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-ec2-base-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-ec2-devel-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-xen-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-xen-base-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-xen-devel-3.0.101-108.77.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (ppc64):
    • kernel-bigmem-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-bigmem-base-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-bigmem-devel-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-ppc64-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-ppc64-base-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-ppc64-devel-3.0.101-108.77.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (s390x):
    • kernel-default-man-3.0.101-108.77.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586):
    • kernel-pae-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-pae-base-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-pae-devel-3.0.101-108.77.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-EXTRA (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • kernel-default-extra-3.0.101-108.77.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-EXTRA (i586 x86_64):
    • kernel-xen-extra-3.0.101-108.77.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-EXTRA (x86_64):
    • kernel-trace-extra-3.0.101-108.77.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-EXTRA (ppc64):
    • kernel-ppc64-extra-3.0.101-108.77.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-EXTRA (i586):
    • kernel-pae-extra-3.0.101-108.77.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-default-debugsource-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-trace-debuginfo-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-trace-debugsource-3.0.101-108.77.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 s390x x86_64):
    • kernel-default-devel-debuginfo-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-trace-devel-debuginfo-3.0.101-108.77.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 x86_64):
    • kernel-ec2-debuginfo-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-ec2-debugsource-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-xen-debuginfo-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-xen-debugsource-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-xen-devel-debuginfo-3.0.101-108.77.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (ppc64):
    • kernel-bigmem-debuginfo-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-bigmem-debugsource-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-ppc64-debuginfo-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-ppc64-debugsource-3.0.101-108.77.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586):
    • kernel-pae-debuginfo-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-pae-debugsource-3.0.101-108.77.1
    • kernel-pae-devel-debuginfo-3.0.101-108.77.1

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