SUSE-SU-2019:1768-1

Source
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-20191768-1/
Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2019:1768-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2019:1768-1
Related
Published
2019-07-08T12:32:27Z
Modified
2019-07-08T12:32:27Z
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/pipefs_i.h, kernel/trace/trace.c, mm/gup.c, and mm/hugetlb.c. It can occur with FUSE requests (bsc#1133191).
References

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP3 / kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_26

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2-2.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "kgraft-patch-4_4_180-94_97-default": "2-2.1"
        }
    ]
}