SUSE-SU-2018:0998-1: important: Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 9 for SLE 12 SP3)

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 9 for SLE 12 SP3)
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2018:0998-1
Rating:             important
References:         #1083488 #1085114 #1085447 
Cross-References:   CVE-2017-13166 CVE-2018-1068 CVE-2018-7566
                   
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP3
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   An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

   This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.114-94_14 fixes several issues.

   The following security issues were fixed:

   - CVE-2017-13166: Prevent elevation of privilege vulnerability in the v4l2
     video driver (bsc#1085447).
   - CVE-2018-1068: A flaw in the implementation of 32-bit syscall interface
     for bridging allowed a privileged user to arbitrarily write to a limited
     range of kernel memory (bsc#1085114).
   - CVE-2018-7566: Prevent buffer overflow via an
     SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_SET_CLIENT_POOL ioctl write operation to /dev/snd/seq by
     a local user (bsc#1083488).


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 Live Patching 12-SP3:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-SP3-2018-677=1



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP3 (ppc64le x86_64):

      kgraft-patch-4_4_114-94_14-default-2-2.1
      kgraft-patch-4_4_114-94_14-default-debuginfo-2-2.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13166.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1068.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7566.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1083488
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1085114
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1085447