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SUSE-SU-2019:2613-1 Not scored

Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 27 for SLE 12 SP2)

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.121-92_101 fixes one issue. 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 Server 12 SP1-LTSS kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_32
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_33
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_34
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_35
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_36
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_25
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_26
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_27
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_28
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_29
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_30
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_31
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_32
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_33
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_34
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_35
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_36
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_25
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_26
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_27
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_28
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_29
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_30
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_31

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2019:2613-1

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.121-92_101 fixes one issue. 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