SUSE-SU-2018:0582-1

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Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2018:0582-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2018:0582-1
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Published
2018-03-01T16:49:28Z
Modified
2018-03-01T16:49:28Z
Summary
Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 17 for SLE 12 SP2)
Details

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.103-92_56 fixes several issues.

The following security issue was fixed:

  • CVE-2017-18075: crypto/pcrypt.c in the Linux kernel mishandled freeing instances, allowing a local user able to access the AFALG-based AEAD interface (CONFIGCRYPTOUSERAPIAEAD) and pcrypt (CONFIGCRYPTO_PCRYPT) to cause a denial of service (kfree of an incorrect pointer) or possibly have unspecified other impact by executing a crafted sequence of system calls (bsc#1077404).

Non security issue fixed:

  • btrfs: account for pinned bytes in shouldallocchunk (bsc#1077268)
References

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 / kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_17

Package

Name
kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_17
Purl
purl:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_17&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2012

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3-2.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "kgraft-patch-4_4_103-92_56-default": "3-2.1"
        }
    ]
}