Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

An update that solves one vulnerability and has 6 fixes is
now available.

Description:

The openSUSE Leap 15.1 kernel was updated to receive various security and
bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2020-14386: Fixed an overflow in tpacket_rcv in af_packet that could
  lead to a local privilege escalation ( bsc#1176069).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

• bonding: check error value of register_netdevice() immediately
  (git-fixes).
• bonding: check return value of register_netdevice() in bond_newlink()
  (git-fixes).
• hippi: Fix a size used in a ‘pci_free_consistent()’ in an error handling
  path (git-fixes).
• mlx4: disable device on shutdown (git-fixes).
• mlxsw: core: Free EMAD transactions using kfree_rcu() (git-fixes).
• mlxsw: core: Increase scope of RCU read-side critical section
  (git-fixes).
• mm, vmstat: reduce zone->lock holding time by /proc/pagetypeinfo
  (bsc#1175691).
• net/mlx5: Fix a bug of using ptp channel index as pin index (git-fixes).
• net/mlx5e: Fix error path of device attach (git-fixes).
• net: dp83640: fix SIOCSHWTSTAMP to update the struct with actual
  configuration (git-fixes).
• net: smc91x: Fix possible memory leak in smc_drv_probe() (git-fixes).
• sched/deadline: Initialize ->dl_boosted (bsc#1112178).
• scsi: lpfc: Add and rename a whole bunch of function parameter
  descriptions (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).
• scsi: lpfc: Add description for lpfc_release_rpi()'s 'ndlpl param
  (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).
• scsi: lpfc: Add missing misc_deregister() for lpfc_init() (bsc#1171558
  bsc#1136666).
• scsi: lpfc: Ensure variable has the same stipulations as code using it
  (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).
• scsi: lpfc: Fix FCoE speed reporting (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).
• scsi: lpfc: Fix LUN loss after cable pull (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).
• scsi: lpfc: Fix RSCN timeout due to incorrect gidft counter (bsc#1171558
  bsc#1136666).
• scsi: lpfc: Fix a bunch of kerneldoc misdemeanors (bsc#1171558
  bsc#1136666).
• scsi: lpfc: Fix kerneldoc parameter formatting/misnaming/missing issues
  (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).
• scsi: lpfc: Fix no message shown for lpfc_hdw_queue out of range value
  (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).
• scsi: lpfc: Fix oops when unloading driver while running mds diags
  (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).
• scsi: lpfc: Fix retry of PRLI when status indicates its unsupported
  (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).
• scsi: lpfc: Fix some function parameter descriptions (bsc#1171558
  bsc#1136666).
• scsi: lpfc: Fix typo in comment for ULP (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).
• scsi: lpfc: Fix validation of bsg reply lengths (bsc#1171558
  bsc#1136666).
• scsi: lpfc: Fix-up around 120 documentation issues (bsc#1171558
  bsc#1136666).
• scsi: lpfc: Fix-up formatting/docrot where appropriate (bsc#1171558
  bsc#1136666).
• scsi: lpfc: NVMe remote port devloss_tmo from lldd (bsc#1171558
  bsc#1136666 bsc#1173060).
• scsi: lpfc: Provide description for lpfc_mem_alloc()'s ‘align’ param
  (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).
• scsi: lpfc: Quieten some printks (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).
• scsi: lpfc: Remove unused variable ‘pg_addr’ (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).
• scsi: lpfc: Update lpfc version to 12.8.0.3 (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).
• scsi: lpfc: Use __printf() format notation (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).
• scsi: lpfc: nvmet: Avoid hang / use-after-free again when destroying
  targetport (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).
• vxlan: Ensure FDB dump is performed under RCU (git-fixes).
• x86/mce/inject: Fix a wrong assignment of i_mce.status (bsc#1112178).
• x86/unwind/orc: Fix ORC for newly forked tasks (bsc#1058115).

Special Instructions and Notes:

Please reboot the system after installing this update.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or “zypper patch”.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

• openSUSE Leap 15.1:

  zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-1379=1