Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 16 for SLE 12 SP2)
Published Jan 30, 2018
Modified 8 years ago
Fix available
Details
Description of the patch:
This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.103-92_53 fixes one issue.
The following security issue was fixed:
CVE-2017-17712: The raw_sendmsg() function had a race condition that lead to uninitialized stack pointer usage. This allowed a local user to execute code and gain privileges (bsc#1073230).