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openSUSE 42.1: 2017:0002-1 Important: Kernel Security Issue

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Calendar Grey January 2, 2017
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
openSUSE has released a vital security update to resolve a severe kernel vulnerability. Essential instructions for applying the patch are provided.
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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

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...

Read the Full Advisory

References

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1013038

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1014943

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2017:0002-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.1

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