Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 0 for SLE 15 SP2)

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:3843-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2020-29369 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-29369 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-22 fixes one issue.

The following security issue was fixed:

  • CVE-2020-29369: Fixed a race condition between certain expand functions and page-table free operations from an munmap call, aka CID-246c320a8cfe (bsc#1179646).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE 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 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP2-2020-3843=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP2 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-22-default-debuginfo-6-5.2
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-22-default-6-5.2
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_0-debugsource-6-5.2

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