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HistoryDec 14, 2017 - 9:12 p.m.

Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 4 for SLE 12 SP3) (important)

2017-12-1421:12:53
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This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.90-6_12 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2017-1000405: Problematic use of pmd_mkdirty() in the touch_pmd()
    function allowed users to overwrite read-only huge pages (e.g. the zero
    huge page and sealed shmem files) (bsc#1070307).
  • CVE-2017-16939: The XFRM dump policy implementation in
    net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or
    cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted SO_RCVBUF
    setsockopt system call in conjunction with XFRM_MSG_GETPOLICY Netlink
    messages (bsc#1069708).