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