Security update for kernel live patch SP1 1 SUSE Patch security@suse.de SUSE Security Team SUSE-SU-2016:0339-1 Final 1 1 2016-02-04T15:01:40Z current 2016-02-04T15:01:40Z 2016-02-04T15:01:40Z cve-database/bin/generate-cvrf.pl 2017-02-24T01:00:00Z Security update for kernel live patch SP1 1 This kernel live patch for Linux Kernel 3.12.51-60.20.1 fixes security issues and bugs: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2015-8539: A negatively instantiated user key could have been used by a local user to leverage privileges (bnc#958601). The CVRF data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0). SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-2016-205 Copyright SUSE LLC under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0) https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20160339-1/ Link for SUSE-SU-2016:0339-1 https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00011.html E-Mail link for SUSE-SU-2016:0339-1 https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/ SUSE Security Ratings https://bugzilla.suse.com/958601 SUSE Bug 958601 https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8539/ SUSE CVE CVE-2015-8539 page SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 kgraft-patch-3_12_51-60_20-default-2-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_51-60_20-xen-2-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_51-60_20-default-2-2.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 kgraft-patch-3_12_51-60_20-xen-2-2.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (BUG) via crafted keyctl commands that negatively instantiate a key, related to security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c, security/keys/trusted.c, and security/keys/user_defined.c. CVE-2015-8539 SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12:kgraft-patch-3_12_51-60_20-default-2-2.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12:kgraft-patch-3_12_51-60_20-xen-2-2.1 important 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20160339-1/ https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8539.html CVE-2015-8539 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1115893 SUSE Bug 1115893 https://bugzilla.suse.com/781018 SUSE Bug 781018 https://bugzilla.suse.com/958463 SUSE Bug 958463 https://bugzilla.suse.com/958601 SUSE Bug 958601