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 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...

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...

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-2016-1426)

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...

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...

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. -...