Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 1 for SLE 15 SP1)
Details
This update for the Linux Kernel 4.12.14-197_4 fixes one issue.
The following security issue was fixed:
CVE-2019-12817: arch/powerpc/mm/mmucontextbook3s64.c in the Linux kernel for powerpc had a bug where unrelated processes may be able to read/write to one another's virtual memory under certain conditions via an mmap above 512 TB. Only a subset of powerpc systems are affected (bsc#1138264).