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gpp_maybe Security update for the linux kernel
SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-12-2018-2163

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 LTSS kernel was updated to receive a security fix. The following security bug was fixed: - CVE-2018-17182: The vmacache_flush_all function in mm/vmacache.c mishandled sequence number overflows. An attacker can trigger a use-after-free (and possibly gain privileges) via certain thread creation, map, unmap, invalidation, and dereference operations (bnc#1108399).

  • Release Date
    Oct 5 2018
  • References
    Bugzilla: 1108399
    CVEs: CVE-2018-17182
  • Type
    security
  • Severity
    important

cloud_download Downloads

Public Cloud Module 12 x86_64
  • Packages
    kernel-ec2
    The Amazon EC2 Xen Kernel
    3.12.74-60.64.107.1 lock rpm lock nosrc
    kernel-ec2-devel
    Development files necessary for building kernel modules
    3.12.74-60.64.107.1 lock rpm
    kernel-ec2-extra
    The Amazon EC2 Xen Kernel - Unsupported kernel modules
    3.12.74-60.64.107.1 lock rpm