Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 7

SUSE Security Update: Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 7
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:2086-1
Rating: important
References: #940338 #940342 #948536 #948701
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12

  • An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now available.

    Description:


    This kernel live patch for Linux Kernel 3.12.44-52.18.1 fixes two security
    issues:

    - CVE-2015-7613: A race condition in the IPC object implementation in the
    Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges by triggering an
    ipc_addid call that leads to uid and gid comparisons against
    uninitialized data, related to msg.c, shm.c, and util.c. (bsc#948701
    bsc#948536)
    - CVE-2015-5707: Integer overflow in the sg_start_req function in
    drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a
    denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large
    iov_count value in a write request. (bsc#940342 bsc#940338)

    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 Live Patching 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-2015-889=1

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 (x86_64):
      • kgraft-patch-3_12_44-52_18-default-2-4.1
      • kgraft-patch-3_12_44-52_18-xen-2-4.1

    References: