suse-su-2017:3338-1
Vulnerability from csaf_suse
Published
2017-12-15 15:47
Modified
2017-12-15 15:47
Summary
Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 22 for SLE 12 SP1)

Notes

Title of the patch
Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 22 for SLE 12 SP1)
Description of the patch
This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.74-60_64_63 fixes one issue. The following security issue was fixed: - CVE-2017-16939: The XFRM dump policy implementation in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted SO_RCVBUF setsockopt system call in conjunction with XFRM_MSG_GETPOLICY Netlink messages (bsc#1069708).
Patchnames
SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2017-2091,SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-2091
Terms of use
CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).


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