Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 20 for SLE 12
Details
This update the for Linux Kernel 3.12.61-52.69 fixes one issue.
The following security bug was fixed:
CVE-2017-5970: The ipv4pktinfoprepare function in
net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel allowed attackers to cause a
denial of service (system crash) via (1) an application that made
crafted system calls or possibly (2) IPv4 traffic with invalid IP
options (bsc#1025013).
CVE-2017-7308: The packetsetring function in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel did not properly validate certain block-size data, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls (bsc#1030575, bsc#1031660).