SUSE-SU-2019:1768-1

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    SUSE-SU-2019:1768-1

    Published: 8 Jul 2019Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-11487

    Summary: Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 26 for SLE 12 SP3)

    Details: This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.180-94_97 fixes one issue. The following security issue was fixed: - CVE-2019-11487: The Linux kernel allowed page->_refcount reference count overflow, with resultant use-after-free issues, if about 140 GiB of RAM exists. This is related to fs/fuse/dev.c, fs/pipe.c, fs/splice.c, include/linux/mm.h, include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h, kernel/trace/trace.c, mm/gup.c, and mm/hugetlb.c. It can occur with FUSE requests (bsc#1133191).

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-20191768-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1133191, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11487

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_26

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_26&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2012%20SP3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2-2.1

    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