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openSUSE 42.1: Crucial Security Patch Released for Linux Kernel Update
opensuse
May 23, 2016
An update that solves 11 vulnerabilities and has four fixes is now available.
Description
The openSUSE Leap 42.1 kernel was updated to receive various security and
bugfixes.
The following security bugs were fixed:
- CVE-2016-2847: Limit the per-user amount of pages allocated in pipes
(bsc#970948).
- CVE-2016-3136: mct_u232: add sanity checking in probe (bnc#970955).
- CVE-2016-2188: iowarrior: fix oops with malicious USB descriptors (bnc#970956).
- CVE-2016-3138: cdc-acm: more sanity checking (bnc#970911).
- CVE-2016-3137: cypress_m8: add endpoint sanity check (bnc#970970).
- CVE-2016-3951: cdc_ncm: do not call usbnet_link_change from cdc_ncm_bind
(bnc#974418).
- CVE-2016-3140: digi_acceleport: do sanity checking for the number of
ports (bnc#970892).
- CVE-2016-2186: powermate: fix oops with malicious USB descriptors (bnc#970958).
- CVE-2016-2185: usb_driver_claim_interface: add sanity checking
(bnc#971124).
- CVE-2016-3689: ims-pcu: sanity check against missing interfaces
(bnc#971628).
-...
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Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 42.1:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-629=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i686 x86_64):
kernel-debug-4.1.21-14.2
kernel-debug-base-4.1.21-14.2
kernel-debug-base-debuginfo-4.1.21-14.2
kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.1.21-14.2
kernel-debug-debugsource-4.1.21-14.2
kernel-debug-devel-4.1.21-14.2
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo-4.1.21-14.2
kernel-ec2-4.1.21-14.2
kernel-ec2-base-4.1.21-14.2
kernel-ec2-base-debuginfo-4.1.21-14.2
kernel-ec2-debuginfo-4.1.21-14.2
kernel-ec2-debugsource-4.1.21-14.2
kernel-ec2-devel-4.1.21-14.2
kernel-pv-4.1.21-14.2
kernel-pv-base-4.1.21-14.2
kernel-pv-base-debuginfo-4.1.21-14.2
kernel-pv-debuginfo-4.1.21-14.2
kernel-pv-debugsource-4.1.21-14.2
kernel-pv-devel-4.1.21-14.2
kernel-vanilla-4.1.21-14.2
kernel-vanilla-debuginfo-4.1.21-14.2
kernel-vanilla-debugsource-4.1.21-14.2
kernel-vanilla-devel-4.1.21-14.2
kernel-xen-4.1.21-14.2
kernel-xen-base-4.1.21-14.2
kernel-xen-base-debuginfo-4.1.21-14.2
kernel-xen-debuginfo-4.1.21-14.2
kernel-xen-debugsource-4.1.21-14.2
kernel-xen-devel-4.1.21-14.2
- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i586 x86_64):
kernel-default-4.1.21-14.2
kernel...
Read the Full AdvisoryReferences
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2185.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2186.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2188.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2847.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3136.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3137.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3138.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3140.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3156.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3689.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3951.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/957988
https://bugzilla.suse.com/970892
https://bugzilla.suse.com/970911
https://bugzilla.suse.com/970948
https://bugzilla.suse.com/970955
https://bugzilla.suse.com/970956
https://bugzilla.suse.com/970958
https://bugzilla.suse.com/970970
https://bugzilla.suse.com/971124
https://bugzilla.suse.com/971360
https://bugzilla.suse.com/971628
https://bugzilla.suse.com/972174
https://bugzilla.suse.com/973378
https://bugz...
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:1382-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 42.1
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