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SUSE-SU-2019:2572-1 Not scored

Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 0 for SLE 15 SP1)

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.12.14-195 fixes several issues. The following security issue was fixed: - CVE-2019-14835: A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way vhost functionality, that translates virtqueue buffers to IOVs, logged the buffer descriptors during migration. A privileged guest user able to pass descriptors with invalid length to the host when migration is underway, could use this flaw to increase their privileges on the host (bsc#1151021).

Exploit probability Not scored
Published October 8, 2019
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP4 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP4_Update_0
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP4 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP4_Update_1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP4 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP4_Update_2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP4 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP4_Update_3
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP4 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP4_Update_4
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP4 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP4_Update_5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP4 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP4_Update_6
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP4 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP4_Update_7
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 kernel-livepatch-SLE15_Update_10
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 kernel-livepatch-SLE15_Update_11
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 kernel-livepatch-SLE15_Update_12
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 kernel-livepatch-SLE15_Update_13
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 kernel-livepatch-SLE15_Update_5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 kernel-livepatch-SLE15_Update_6
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 kernel-livepatch-SLE15_Update_7
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 kernel-livepatch-SLE15_Update_8
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 kernel-livepatch-SLE15_Update_9
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP1 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP1_Update_0
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP1 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP1_Update_1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP1 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP1_Update_2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP1 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP1_Update_3
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP1 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP1_Update_4

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2019:2572-1

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.12.14-195 fixes several issues. The following security issue was fixed: - CVE-2019-14835: A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way vhost functionality, that translates virtqueue buffers to IOVs, logged the buffer descriptors during migration. A privileged guest user able to pass descriptors with invalid length to the host when migration is underway, could use this flaw to increase their privileges on the host (bsc#1151021).

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence