[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2017:1913-1: important: Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 2 for SLE 12 SP2

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SUSE Security Update: Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 2 for SLE 12 SP2

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1913-1

Rating: important

References: #1013543 #1014271 #1019079 #1025013 #1025254

#1030575 #1031481 #1031660 #1039496

Cross-References: CVE-2017-1000364

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:

 

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000364.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1013543

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1014271

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1019079

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1025013

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1025254

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1030575

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1031481

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1031660

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1039496

 

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