CVE-2018-14634

Upstream information

CVE-2018-14634 at MITRE

Description

An integer overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel's create_elf_tables() function. An unprivileged local user with access to SUID (or otherwise privileged) binary could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. Kernel versions 2.6.x, 3.10.x and 4.14.x are believed to be vulnerable.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores

	SUSE
Base Score	7.8
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	High
Integrity Impact	High
Availability Impact	High

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1108912 [NEW], 1108963 [IN_PROGRESS]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SU-2018:2879-1, published Wed Sep 26 10:08:21 MDT 2018
• SUSE-SU-2018:2907-1, published Thu Sep 27 13:08:12 MDT 2018
• SUSE-SU-2018:2908-1, published Thu Sep 27 13:13:02 MDT 2018
• SUSE-SU-2018:3083-1, published Tue Oct 9 10:08:12 MDT 2018
• SUSE-SU-2018:3088-1, published Tue Oct 9 10:27:26 MDT 2018
• SUSE-SU-2018:3171-1, published Tue Oct 16 16:08:06 MDT 2018

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12	kernel-ec2 >= 3.12.61-52.146.1 kernel-ec2-devel >= 3.12.61-52.146.1 kernel-ec2-extra >= 3.12.61-52.146.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-12-2018-2063 SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-12-2018-2185
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3	kernel-default >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-default-base >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-default-devel >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-ec2 >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-ec2-base >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-ec2-devel >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-pae >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-pae-base >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-pae-devel >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-source >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-syms >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-trace >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-trace-base >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-trace-devel >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-xen >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-xen-base >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-xen-devel >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1	Patchnames: sleposp3-kernel-13799
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 11 SP4	kernel-rt >= 3.0.101.rt130-69.36.1 kernel-rt-base >= 3.0.101.rt130-69.36.1 kernel-rt-devel >= 3.0.101.rt130-69.36.1 kernel-rt_trace >= 3.0.101.rt130-69.36.1 kernel-rt_trace-base >= 3.0.101.rt130-69.36.1 kernel-rt_trace-devel >= 3.0.101.rt130-69.36.1 kernel-source-rt >= 3.0.101.rt130-69.36.1 kernel-syms-rt >= 3.0.101.rt130-69.36.1	Patchnames: slertesp4-linux-kernel-13810
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS	kernel-bigsmp >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-bigsmp-base >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-bigsmp-devel >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-default >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-default-base >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-default-devel >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-default-man >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-ec2 >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-ec2-base >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-ec2-devel >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-pae >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-pae-base >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-pae-devel >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-source >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-syms >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-trace >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-trace-base >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-trace-devel >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-xen >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-xen-base >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-xen-devel >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1	Patchnames: slessp3-kernel-13799
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4	kernel-bigmem >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-bigmem-base >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-bigmem-devel >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-default >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-default-base >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-default-devel >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-default-man >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-ec2 >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-ec2-base >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-ec2-devel >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-pae >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-pae-base >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-pae-devel >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-ppc64 >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-ppc64-base >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-ppc64-devel >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-source >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-syms >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-trace >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-trace-base >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-trace-devel >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-xen >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-xen-base >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-xen-devel >= 3.0.101-108.71.1	Patchnames: slessp4-kernel-13796
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS	kernel-default >= 3.12.74-60.64.104.1 kernel-default-base >= 3.12.74-60.64.104.1 kernel-default-devel >= 3.12.74-60.64.104.1 kernel-default-man >= 3.12.74-60.64.104.1 kernel-devel >= 3.12.74-60.64.104.1 kernel-macros >= 3.12.74-60.64.104.1 kernel-source >= 3.12.74-60.64.104.1 kernel-syms >= 3.12.74-60.64.104.1 kernel-xen >= 3.12.74-60.64.104.1 kernel-xen-base >= 3.12.74-60.64.104.1 kernel-xen-devel >= 3.12.74-60.64.104.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_63-default >= 10-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_63-xen >= 10-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_66-default >= 9-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_66-xen >= 9-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_69-default >= 8-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_69-xen >= 8-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_82-default >= 8-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_82-xen >= 8-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_85-default >= 8-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_85-xen >= 8-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_88-default >= 6-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_88-xen >= 6-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_93-default >= 5-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_93-xen >= 5-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_96-default >= 5-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_96-xen >= 5-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_99-default >= 4-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_99-xen >= 4-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_22 >= 10-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_23 >= 9-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_24 >= 8-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_25 >= 8-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_26 >= 8-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_27 >= 6-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_28 >= 5-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_29 >= 5-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_30 >= 4-2.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-2063 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-2266 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-2267 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-2268 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-2269 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-2270 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-2271 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-2272 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-2273 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-2275
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS	kernel-default >= 3.12.61-52.146.1 kernel-default-base >= 3.12.61-52.146.1 kernel-default-devel >= 3.12.61-52.146.1 kernel-default-man >= 3.12.61-52.146.1 kernel-devel >= 3.12.61-52.146.1 kernel-macros >= 3.12.61-52.146.1 kernel-source >= 3.12.61-52.146.1 kernel-syms >= 3.12.61-52.146.1 kernel-xen >= 3.12.61-52.146.1 kernel-xen-base >= 3.12.61-52.146.1 kernel-xen-devel >= 3.12.61-52.146.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_146-default >= 1-1.5.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_146-xen >= 1-1.5.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_38 >= 1-1.5.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2018-2185
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3-LTSS	kernel-bigsmp >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-bigsmp-base >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-bigsmp-devel >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-default >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-default-base >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-default-devel >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-default-man >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-ec2 >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-ec2-base >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-ec2-devel >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-pae >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-pae-base >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-pae-devel >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-source >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-syms >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-trace >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-trace-base >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-trace-devel >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-xen >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-xen-base >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1 kernel-xen-devel >= 3.0.101-0.47.106.50.1	Patchnames: slessp3-kernel-13799
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4	kernel-bigmem >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-bigmem-base >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-bigmem-devel >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-default >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-default-base >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-default-devel >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-default-man >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-ec2 >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-ec2-base >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-ec2-devel >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-pae >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-pae-base >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-pae-devel >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-ppc64 >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-ppc64-base >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-ppc64-devel >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-source >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-syms >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-trace >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-trace-base >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-trace-devel >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-xen >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-xen-base >= 3.0.101-108.71.1 kernel-xen-devel >= 3.0.101-108.71.1	Patchnames: slessp4-kernel-13796
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1-LTSS	kernel-default >= 3.12.74-60.64.104.1 kernel-default-base >= 3.12.74-60.64.104.1 kernel-default-devel >= 3.12.74-60.64.104.1 kernel-default-man >= 3.12.74-60.64.104.1 kernel-devel >= 3.12.74-60.64.104.1 kernel-macros >= 3.12.74-60.64.104.1 kernel-source >= 3.12.74-60.64.104.1 kernel-syms >= 3.12.74-60.64.104.1 kernel-xen >= 3.12.74-60.64.104.1 kernel-xen-base >= 3.12.74-60.64.104.1 kernel-xen-devel >= 3.12.74-60.64.104.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_63-default >= 10-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_63-xen >= 10-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_66-default >= 9-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_66-xen >= 9-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_69-default >= 8-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_69-xen >= 8-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_82-default >= 8-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_82-xen >= 8-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_85-default >= 8-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_85-xen >= 8-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_88-default >= 6-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_88-xen >= 6-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_93-default >= 5-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_93-xen >= 5-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_96-default >= 5-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_96-xen >= 5-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_99-default >= 4-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_74-60_64_99-xen >= 4-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_22 >= 10-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_23 >= 9-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_24 >= 8-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_25 >= 8-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_26 >= 8-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_27 >= 6-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_28 >= 5-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_29 >= 5-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_30 >= 4-2.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-2063 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-2266 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-2267 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-2268 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-2269 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-2270 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-2271 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-2272 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-2273 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-2275
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12-LTSS	kernel-default >= 3.12.61-52.146.1 kernel-default-base >= 3.12.61-52.146.1 kernel-default-devel >= 3.12.61-52.146.1 kernel-default-man >= 3.12.61-52.146.1 kernel-devel >= 3.12.61-52.146.1 kernel-macros >= 3.12.61-52.146.1 kernel-source >= 3.12.61-52.146.1 kernel-syms >= 3.12.61-52.146.1 kernel-xen >= 3.12.61-52.146.1 kernel-xen-base >= 3.12.61-52.146.1 kernel-xen-devel >= 3.12.61-52.146.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_146-default >= 1-1.5.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_146-xen >= 1-1.5.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_38 >= 1-1.5.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2018-2185
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4	kernel-docs >= 3.0.101-108.71.1	Patchnames: sdksp4-kernel-13796

List of packages in QA

Product(s)	Package(s)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS	kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_101-default >= 10-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_101-xen >= 10-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_106-default >= 10-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_106-xen >= 10-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_111-default >= 9-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_111-xen >= 9-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_119-default >= 9-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_119-xen >= 9-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_122-default >= 9-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_122-xen >= 9-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_125-default >= 8-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_125-xen >= 8-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_128-default >= 6-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_128-xen >= 6-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_133-default >= 5-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_133-xen >= 5-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_136-default >= 5-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_136-xen >= 5-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_141-default >= 4-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_141-xen >= 4-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_28 >= 10-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_29 >= 10-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_30 >= 9-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_31 >= 9-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_32 >= 9-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_33 >= 8-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_34 >= 6-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_35 >= 5-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_36 >= 5-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_37 >= 4-2.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12-LTSS	kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_101-default >= 10-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_101-xen >= 10-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_106-default >= 10-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_106-xen >= 10-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_111-default >= 9-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_111-xen >= 9-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_119-default >= 9-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_119-xen >= 9-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_122-default >= 9-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_122-xen >= 9-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_125-default >= 8-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_125-xen >= 8-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_128-default >= 6-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_128-xen >= 6-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_133-default >= 5-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_133-xen >= 5-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_136-default >= 5-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_136-xen >= 5-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_141-default >= 4-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_141-xen >= 4-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_28 >= 10-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_29 >= 10-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_30 >= 9-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_31 >= 9-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_32 >= 9-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_33 >= 8-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_34 >= 6-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_35 >= 5-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_36 >= 5-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_37 >= 4-2.1

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification.

Product(s)	Source package	State
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3	kernel-source	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 GA	kernel-source	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 GA	kernel-source	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS	kernel-source	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4	kernel-source	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 GA LTSS	kernel-source	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS	kernel-source	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS	kernel-source	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3	kernel-source	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3	kernel-source	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 GA	kernel-source	In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2	kernel-source	Already fixed