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SUSE-SU-2018:3100-1
Not scored
Security update for the Linux Kernel
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.
The following security bugs were fixed:
- CVE-2018-17182: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 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).
The following non-security bugs were fixed:
- x86/fpu: Do not do __thread_fpu_end() if use_eager_fpu() (bnc#1109967).
Exploit probability
Not scored
Published
October 11, 2018
Required by
Not available
Last source change
February 4, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
kernel-bigmem
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
kernel-default
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
kernel-ec2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
kernel-pae
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
kernel-ppc64
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
kernel-source
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
kernel-syms
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
kernel-trace
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
kernel-xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
kernel-bigmem
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
kernel-default
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
kernel-ec2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
kernel-pae
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
kernel-ppc64
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
kernel-source
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
kernel-syms
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
kernel-trace
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
kernel-xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
kernel-docs
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
SUSE-SU-2018:3100-1
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.
The following security bugs were fixed:
- CVE-2018-17182: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 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).
The following non-security bugs were fixed:
- x86/fpu: Do not do __thread_fpu_end() if use_eager_fpu() (bnc#1109967).
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05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence