SUSE-SU-2018:3331-1: important: Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 3 for SLE 15)

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 3 for SLE 15)
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2018:3331-1
Rating:             important
References:         #1107832 #1110233 
Cross-References:   CVE-2018-14633 CVE-2018-17182
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Live Patching 15
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   An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

   This update for the Linux Kernel 4.12.14-25_13 fixes several issues.

   The following security issues were fixed:

   - CVE-2018-17182: The vmacache_flush_all function in mm/vmacache.c
     mishandled sequence number overflows. An attacker can trigger a
     use-after-free (and possibly gain privileges) via certain thread
     creation, map, unmap, invalidation, and dereference operations
     (bsc#1110233).
   - CVE-2018-14633: A security flaw was found in the
     chap_server_compute_md5() function in the ISCSI target code in a way an
     authentication request from an ISCSI initiator is processed. An
     unauthenticated remote attacker can cause a stack buffer overflow and
     smash up to 17 bytes of the stack. The attack requires the iSCSI target
     to be enabled on the victim host. Depending on how the target's code was
     built (i.e. depending on a compiler, compile flags and hardware
     architecture) an attack may lead to a system crash and thus to a
     denial-of-service or possibly to a non-authorized access to data
     exported by an iSCSI target. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege
     escalation cannot be fully ruled out, although we believe it is highly
     unlikely. (bsc#1107832).


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security 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 Module for Live Patching 15:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-2018-2393=1



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Live Patching 15 (ppc64le x86_64):

      kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-25_13-default-4-2.1
      kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-25_13-default-debuginfo-4-2.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14633.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17182.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1107832
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1110233



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