[SUSE-SU-2017:0781-1] Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 3 for SLE 12 SP2

Severity Important

CVEs 1

Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 3 for SLE 12 SP2

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.21-90 fixes several issues.

The following security bug was fixed:

CVE-2017-5970: The ipv4_pktinfo_prepare 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).

The following non-security bug was fixed:
- Fix for a 'Data miscompare on a read' which was observed during the rebuilding of degraded MDRAID VDs. (bsc#1025254)

ID

SUSE-SU-2017:0781-1

Severity

important

URL

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20170781-1/

Published

2017-03-20T20:25:48
(7 years ago)

Modified

2017-03-20T20:25:48
(7 years ago)

Rights

Other Advisories

Source	Name	URL
Suse	SUSE ratings	https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/
Suse	URL of this CSAF notice	https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2017_0781-1.json
Suse	URL for SUSE-SU-2017:0781-1	https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20170781-1/
Suse	E-Mail link for SUSE-SU-2017:0781-1	https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2017-March/002735.html
Bugzilla	SUSE Bug 1025013	https://bugzilla.suse.com/1025013
Bugzilla	SUSE Bug 1025254	https://bugzilla.suse.com/1025254
CVE	SUSE CVE CVE-2017-5970 page	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5970/

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