openSUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2017:0002-1
Rating:             important
References:         #1013038 #1014943 
Cross-References:   CVE-2016-9756
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE Leap 42.1
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
   is now available.

Description:



   The openSUSE 42.1 kernel was updated to receive various security and
   bugfixes.


   The following security bugs were fixed:

   - CVE-2016-9756: KVM: x86: drop error recovery in em_jmp_far and
     em_ret_far  (bsc#1013038).

   The following non-security bugs were fixed:

   - scsi: megaraid_sas: fix macro MEGASAS_IS_LOGICAL to avoid regression
     (bsc#1014943).


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-2017-1=1

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i586 x86_64):

      kernel-default-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-default-base-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-default-base-debuginfo-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-default-debuginfo-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-default-debugsource-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-default-devel-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-obs-build-4.1.36-44.3
      kernel-obs-build-debugsource-4.1.36-44.3
      kernel-obs-qa-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-syms-4.1.36-44.1

   - openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i686 x86_64):

      kernel-debug-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-debug-base-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-debug-base-debuginfo-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-debug-debugsource-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-debug-devel-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-ec2-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-ec2-base-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-ec2-base-debuginfo-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-ec2-debuginfo-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-ec2-debugsource-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-ec2-devel-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-pv-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-pv-base-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-pv-base-debuginfo-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-pv-debuginfo-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-pv-debugsource-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-pv-devel-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-vanilla-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-vanilla-debuginfo-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-vanilla-debugsource-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-vanilla-devel-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-xen-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-xen-base-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-xen-base-debuginfo-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-xen-debuginfo-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-xen-debugsource-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-xen-devel-4.1.36-44.1

   - openSUSE Leap 42.1 (noarch):

      kernel-devel-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-docs-4.1.36-44.2
      kernel-docs-html-4.1.36-44.2
      kernel-docs-pdf-4.1.36-44.2
      kernel-macros-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-source-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-source-vanilla-4.1.36-44.1

   - openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i686):

      kernel-pae-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-pae-base-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-pae-base-debuginfo-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-pae-debuginfo-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-pae-debugsource-4.1.36-44.1
      kernel-pae-devel-4.1.36-44.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9756.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1013038
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1014943