suse-su-2018:4238-1
Vulnerability from csaf_suse
Published
2018-12-22 10:51
Modified
2018-12-22 10:51
Summary
Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 0 for SLE 15)

Notes

Title of the patch
Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 0 for SLE 15)
Description of the patch
This update for the Linux Kernel 4.12.14-23 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2018-9568: Prevent possible memory corruption due to type confusion in sk_clone_lock. This could lead to local privilege escalation (bsc#1118319). - CVE-2018-5848: Fixed an unsigned integer overflow in wmi_set_ie. This could lead to a buffer overflow (bsc#1097356).
Patchnames
SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-2018-3046
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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