[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:2087-1: important: Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 6

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SUSE Security Update: Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 6

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:2087-1

Rating: important

References: #940338 #940342 #948536 #948701

Cross-References: CVE-2015-5707 CVE-2015-7613

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12

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An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has two fixes

is now available.

 

Description:

 

 

This kernel live patch for Linux Kernel 3.12.44-52.10.1 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-12-2015-888=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_10-default-2-2.1

kgraft-patch-3_12_44-52_10-xen-2-2.1

 

 

References:

 

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5707.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7613.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/940338

https://bugzilla.suse.com/940342

https://bugzilla.suse.com/948536

https://bugzilla.suse.com/948701

 

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