Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel was updated to 4.4.74 to receive various security and bugfixes. This update fixes some long standing btrfs issues. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2017-7518: A KVM debug exception in the syscall handling was fixed which might have been used for local...

Updated kernel-tmb packages fixes critical security vulnerabilities

This kernel-tmb update is based on upstream 4.4.74 and fixes at least the following security issues: The ipxitfioctl function in net/ipx/afipx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 mishandles reference counts, which allows local users to cause a denial of service use-after-free or possibly have...