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SUSE-SU-2018:3164-1 Not scored

Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 17 for SLE 12 SP3)

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.155-94_50 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2018-17182: 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 (bsc#1110233). - CVE-2018-14633: A security flaw was found in the chap_server_compute_md5() function in the ISCSI target code in a way an authentication request from an ISCSI initiator is processed. An unauthenticated remote attacker can cause a stack buffer overflow and smash up to 17 bytes of the stack. The attack requires the iSCSI target to be enabled on the victim host. Depending on how the target's code was built (i.e. depending on a compiler, compile flags and hardware architecture) an attack may lead to a system crash and thus to a denial-of-service or possibly to a non-authorized access to data exported by an iSCSI target. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out, although we believe it is highly unlikely. (bsc#1107832).

Exploit probability Not scored
Published October 16, 2018
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP3 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_10
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP3 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_11
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP3 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_12
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP3 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_13
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP3 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_14
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP3 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_15
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP3 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_16
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP3 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_17
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP3 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_4
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP3 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP3 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_6
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP3 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_7
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP3 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_8
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP3 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_9

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2018:3164-1

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.155-94_50 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2018-17182: 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 (bsc#1110233). - CVE-2018-14633: A security flaw was found in the chap_server_compute_md5() function in the ISCSI target code in a way an authentication request from an ISCSI initiator is processed. An unauthenticated remote attacker can cause a stack buffer overflow and smash up to 17 bytes of the stack. The attack requires the iSCSI target to be enabled on the victim host. Depending on how the target's code was built (i.e. depending on a compiler, compile flags and hardware architecture) an attack may lead to a system crash and thus to a denial-of-service or possibly to a non-authorized access to data exported by an iSCSI target. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out, although we believe it is highly unlikely. (bsc#1107832).

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05 / REFERENCES

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