SUSE-SU-2018:0591-1

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    SUSE-SU-2018:0591-1

    Published: 2 Mar 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-18075

    Summary: Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 15 for SLE 12 SP2)

    Details: This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.90-92_50 fixes several issues. The following security issue was fixed: - CVE-2017-18075: crypto/pcrypt.c in the Linux kernel mishandled freeing instances, allowing a local user able to access the AF_ALG-based AEAD interface (CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_AEAD) and pcrypt (CONFIG_CRYPTO_PCRYPT) to cause a denial of service (kfree of an incorrect pointer) or possibly have unspecified other impact by executing a crafted sequence of system calls (bsc#1077404). Non-security issue fixed: - btrfs: account for pinned bytes in should_alloc_chunk (bsc#1077268)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20180591-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1077268, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1077404, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18075

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_15

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_15&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2012

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4-2.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High