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Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

Description

The openSUSE 14.2 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. 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 (bsc#1013604). The following non-security bugs were fixed: - 8250_pci: Fix potential use-after-free in error path (bsc#1013001). - block_dev: do not test bdev->bd_contains when it is not stable (bsc#1008557). - drm/i915/vlv: Disable HPD in valleyview_crt_detect_hotplug() (bsc#1014120). - drm/i915/vlv: Make intel_crt_reset() per-encoder (bsc#1014120). - drm/i915/vlv: Reset the ADPA in vlv_display_power_well_init() (bsc#1014120). - drm/i915: Enable polling when we do not have hpd (bsc#1014120). - i2c: designware-baytrail: Add support for cherrytrail (bsc#1011913). - i2c: designware-baytrail: Pass dw_i2c_dev into helper functions (bsc#1011913). - i2c: designware: Prevent runtime suspend during adapter registration (bsc#1011913). - i2c: designware: Use transfer timeout from ioctl I2C_TIMEOUT (bsc#1011913). - i2c: designware: retry transfer on transient failure (bsc#1011913). - powerpc/xmon: Add xmon command to dump process/task similar to ps(1) (fate#322020). - sched/fair: Fix incorrect task group ->load_avg (bsc#981825). - serial: 8250_pci: Detach low-level driver during PCI error recovery (bsc#1013001). - target: fix tcm_rbd_gen_it_nexus for emulated XCOPY state (bsc#1003606). - x86/PCI: VMD: Synchronize with RCU freeing MSI IRQ descs (bsc#1006827).


Affected Package


OS OS Version Package Name Package Version
openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel-devel 4.4.36-8.1
openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel-default-debuginfo 4.4.36-8.1
openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel-vanilla-devel 4.4.36-8.1
openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel-vanilla-base 4.4.36-8.1
openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel-docs-pdf 4.4.36-8.2
openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel-debug-devel 4.4.36-8.1
openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel-debug-base-debuginfo 4.4.36-8.1
openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo 4.4.36-8.1
openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel-debug 4.4.36-8.1
openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel-obs-qa 4.4.36-8.1
openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel-syms 4.4.36-8.1
openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel-default-base-debuginfo 4.4.36-8.1
openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel-default 4.4.36-8.1
openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel-vanilla-base-debuginfo 4.4.36-8.1
openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel-debug-debuginfo 4.4.36-8.1
openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel-obs-build-debugsource 4.4.36-8.1
openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel-default-devel 4.4.36-8.1
openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel-obs-build 4.4.36-8.1
openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel-debug-debugsource 4.4.36-8.1
openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel-source-vanilla 4.4.36-8.1
openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel-source 4.4.36-8.1
openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel-debug-base 4.4.36-8.1
openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel-vanilla-debugsource 4.4.36-8.1
openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel-vanilla 4.4.36-8.1
openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel-default-base 4.4.36-8.1
openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel-docs 4.4.36-8.2
openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel-macros 4.4.36-8.1
openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel-vanilla-debuginfo 4.4.36-8.1
openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel-docs-html 4.4.36-8.2
openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel-default-debugsource 4.4.36-8.1

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