Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 27 for SLE 12 SP2)
Details
This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.121-92_101 fixes one issue.
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).