Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 2 for SLE 12 SP2

SUSE Security Update: Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 2 for SLE 12 SP2
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1913-1
Rating: important
References: #1013543 #1014271 #1019079 #1025013 #1025254 #1030575 #1031481 #1031660 #1039496
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12
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    An update that solves one vulnerability and has 8 fixes is now available.

    Description:

    This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.21-84 fixes several issues.

    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2017-1000364: An issue was discovered in the size of the stack guard
    page on Linux, specifically a 4k stack guard page is not sufficiently
    large and can be "jumped" over (the stack guard page is bypassed)
    (bsc#1039496).

    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-12-2017-1184=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 (x86_64):
      • kgraft-patch-4_4_21-84-default-6-3.1

    References: