Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 0 for SLE 15 SP1)
Details
This update for the Linux Kernel 4.12.14-195 fixes several issues.
The following security issue was fixed:
CVE-2019-14835: A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way vhost functionality, that translates virtqueue buffers to IOVs, logged the buffer descriptors during migration. A privileged guest user able to pass descriptors with invalid length to the host when migration is underway, could use this flaw to increase their privileges on the host (bsc#1151021).