SUSE-SU-2016:3119-1 Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 11 for SLE 12

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.51-5239 fixes several issues. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-8655: A race condition in the afpacket packetsetring function could be used by local attackers to crash the kernel or gain privileges bsc1012759. - CVE-2016-9555: The sctpsfootb...

SUSE-SU-2016:3116-1 Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 8 for SLE 12 SP1

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.62-60648 fixes several issues. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-8655: A race condition in the afpacket packetsetring function could be used by local attackers to crash the kernel or gain privileges bsc1012759. - CVE-2016-9555: The sctpsfootb...

SUSE-SU-2016:3113-1 Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 14 for SLE 12

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.60-5249 fixes several issues. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-8655: A race condition in the afpacket packetsetring function could be used by local attackers to crash the kernel or gain privileges bsc1012759. - CVE-2016-9555: The sctpsfootb...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3652)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2016-3652 advisory. - sctp: validate chunk len before actually using it Marcelo Ricardo Leitner Orabug: 25142906 CVE-2016-9555 Tenable has extracted the preceding description...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3651)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2016-3651 advisory. - sctp: validate chunk len before actually using it Marcelo Ricardo Leitner Orabug: 25142879 CVE-2016-9555 Tenable has extracted the preceding...

OracleVM 3.3 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2016-0175)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - Revert 'i40e: Set defport behavior for the Main VSI when in promiscuous mode' Jack Vogel Orabug: 22683573 - mlx4: avoid multiple free on idmapent Wengang Wang - xen-netfront: cast grant table referenc...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-1436)

The openSUSE 13.1 kernel was updated to receive various critical security fixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2016-8655: A race condition in the afpacket packetsetring function could be used by local attackers to crash the kernel or gain privileges bsc1012754. - CVE-2016-8632: T...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-1428)

The openSUSE Leap 42.1 kernel was updated to 4.1.36 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2016-8655: A race condition in the afpacket packetsetring function could be used by local attackers to crash the kernel or gain privileges bsc1012754. -...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-1431)

The openSUSE 13.2 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2015-8962: Double free vulnerability in the sgcommonwrite function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-1426)

The openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel was updated to 4.4.36 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2015-1350: The VFS subsystem in the Linux kernel 3.x provides an incomplete set of requirements for setattr operations that underspecifies removing extended...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE 13.1 kernel was updated to receive various critical security fixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-8655: A race condition in the afpacket packetsetring function could be used by local attackers to crash the kernel or gain privileges bsc1012754. - CVE-2016-8632: Th...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:3063-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 kernel was updated to receive critical security fixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2016-8655: A race condition in the afpacket packetsetring function could be used by local attackers to crash the kernel or gain privileges bsc1012754. - CVE-2016-8632...

openSUSE: Security Advisory for kernel (openSUSE-SU-2016:3058-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

2.6.39-400.293.1 - logging errors that get masked to EIO inside drivers/block/loop.c Manjunath Patil Orabug: 21962821 - sched/core: Clear the rootdomain cpumasks in initrootdomain Xunlei Pang Orabug: 23518650 - bio allocation failure due to biogetnrvecs Darrick J. Wong Orabug: 23852442 - mlx4:...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE 13.2 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2015-8962: Double free vulnerability in the sgcommonwrite function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE Leap 42.1 kernel was updated to 4.1.36 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-8655: A race condition in the afpacket packetsetring function could be used by local attackers to crash the kernel or gain privileges bsc1012754. -...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel was updated to 4.4.36 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2015-1350: The VFS subsystem in the Linux kernel 3.x provides an incomplete set of requirements for setattr operations that underspecifies removing extended...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3648)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2016-3648 advisory. - mpi: Fix NULL ptr dereference in mpipowm ver 3 Andrey Ryabinin Orabug: 25154096 CVE-2016-8650 CVE-2016-8650 - sctp: validate chunk len before...

OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2016-0174)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - ocfs2: fix trans extend while free cached blocks Junxiao Bi - ocfs2: fix trans extend while flush truncate log Junxiao Bi - ocfs2: extend enough credits for freeing one truncate record while replaying...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:3039-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel was updated to receive various critical security fixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2016-8655: A race condition in the afpacket packetsetring function could be used by local attackers to crash the kernel or gain privileges bsc1012754. -...