[LU-9276] kernel update [SLES12 SP1 3.12.69-60.64.35]

• Type: Bug
• Resolution: Fixed
• Priority: Minor
• Fix Version/s: Lustre 2.10.0
• Severity: 3
• Assignee: Bob Glossman (Inactive)
• Reporter: Bob Glossman (Inactive)

Description

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 kernel was updated to fix the following security bugs:

• CVE-2017-7184: The Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain root privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based out-of-bounds access) via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2017 (bnc#1030573, bnc#1028372).
• CVE-2017-2636: Race condition in drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (double free) by setting the HDLC line discipline (bnc#1027565).

Issue Links

• is related to: LU-9539 kernel update [SLES12 SP1 3.12.74-60.64.40]
• is related to: LU-9138 kernel update [SLES12 SP1 3.12.69-60.64.32]
• is related to: LU-9275 kernel update [SLES12 SP2 4.4.49-92.14]