SUSE-SU-2017:0866-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

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...

SUSE-SU-2017:0777-1 Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 1 for SLE 12 SP2

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.21-81 fixes several issues. The following security bug was fixed: - CVE-2017-5970: The ipv4pktinfoprepare function in net/ipv4/ipsockglue.c in the Linux kernel allowed attackers to cause a denial of service system crash via 1 an application that made crafted...

SUSE-SU-2017:0407-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 rt-kernel was updated to 3.12.69 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2015-8962: Fixed a double free vulnerability in the SCSI subsystem that allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service memory...

SUSE-SU-2017:0246-1 Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 15 for SLE 12

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.60-5254 fixes several issues. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-9806: Race condition in the netlinkdump function in net/netlink/afnetlink.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service double free or possibly have...

SUSE-SU-2016:3206-1 Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 1 for SLE 12 SP2

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.21-81 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-2016:3146-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP 2 kernel was updated to fix two security issues. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-9576: A use-after-free vulnerability in the SCSI generic driver allows users with write access to /dev/sg or /dev/bsg to elevate their privileges bsc1013604. -...

CVE-2015-8970

crypto/algifskcipher.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.2 does not verify that a setkey operation has been performed on an AFALG socket before an accept system call is processed, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and system crash via a crafted applicatio...

CVE-2016-7910

Use-after-free vulnerability in the diskseqfstop function in block/genhd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7.1 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging the execution of a certain stop operation even if the corresponding start operation had failed...

SUSE-SU-2016:2637-1 Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 6 for SLE 12 SP1

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.59-6045 fixes several issues. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-5195: A local privilege escalation using MAPPRIVATE was fixed, which is reportedly exploited in the wild bsc1004419. - CVE-2016-8666: The IP stack in the Linux kernel allowed...

SUSE-SU-2016:2634-1 Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 3 for SLE 12 SP1

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.53-6030 fixes several issues. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-5195: A local privilege escalation using MAPPRIVATE was fixed, which is reportedly exploited in the wild bsc1004419. - CVE-2016-8666: The IP stack in the Linux kernel allowed...

SUSE-SU-2016:2631-1 Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 0 for SLE 12 SP1

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.49-11 fixes several issues. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-5195: A local privilege escalation using MAPPRIVATE was fixed, which is reportedly exploited in the wild bsc1004419. - CVE-2016-8666: The IP stack in the Linux kernel allowed remot...

SUSE-SU-2016:2175-1 Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 6 for SLE 12 SP1

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.59-6045 fixes several issues. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-6480: Race condition in the ioctlsendfib function in drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service out-of-bounds access or...

SUSE-SU-2016:2000-1 Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 4 for SLE 12 SP1

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.57-6035 fixes the several issues. These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2016-4470: The keyrejectandlink function in security/keys/key.c in the Linux kernel did not ensure that a certain data structure is initialized, which allowed local users to cause a...

SUSE-SU-2016:2005-1 Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 8 for SLE 12

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.48-5227 fixes several issues. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-4470: The keyrejectandlink function in security/keys/key.c in the Linux kernel did not ensure that a certain data structure is initialized, which allowed local users to cause a...

SUSE-SU-2016:1961-1 Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 0 for SLE 12 SP1

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.49-11.1 fixes the several issues. These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2016-4470: The keyrejectandlink function in security/keys/key.c in the Linux kernel did not ensure that a certain data structure is initialized, which allowed local users to cause a...

SUSE-SU-2016:1764-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 Realtime kernel was updated to 3.12.58 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2015-7566: The treoattach function in drivers/usb/serial/visor.c in the Linux kernel allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a...

CVE-2016-3134

The netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 does not validate certain offset fields, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service heap memory corruption via an IPTSOSETREPLACE setsockopt call...

CVE-2016-2550

The Linux kernel before 4.5 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service memory consumption by leveraging incorrect tracking of descriptor ownership and sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an...

CVE-2015-8844

The signal implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.3.5 on powerpc platforms does not check for an MSR with both the S and T bits set, which allows local users to cause a denial of service TM Bad Thing exception and panic via a crafted application...

SUSE-SU-2016:1031-1 Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 0 for SP 1

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.49-11.1 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2016-2384: A malicious USB device could cause a kernel crash in the alsa usb-audio driver. bsc967773 - CVE-2015-8812: A flaw was found in the CXGB3 kernel driver when the network was considered congested. The kernel...