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openSUSE Leap 42.1: 2017:0906-1 Important: Linux Kernel Security Update

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Calendar Grey April 1, 2017
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Update released for openSUSE: critical fix for Linux Kernel resolves various security issues.
An update that solves 15 vulnerabilities and has three An update that solves 15 vulnerabilities and has three An update that solves 15 vulnerabilities and has three fixes is now av...

Description

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The openSUSE Leap 42.1 kernel was updated to 4.1.39 to receive various

security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

- CVE-2017-5669: The do_shmat function in ipc/shm.c in the Linux kernel

did not restrict the address calculated by a certain rounding operation,

which allowed local users to map page zero, and consequently bypass a

protection mechanism that exists for the...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical Linux Kernel openSUSE Leap

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-2017-419=1

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

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i586 x86_64):

kernel-default-4.1.39-53.1

kernel-default-base-4.1.39-53.1

kernel-default-base-debuginfo-4.1.39-53.1

kernel-default-debuginfo-4.1.39-53.1

kernel-default-debugsource-4.1.39-53.1

kernel-default-devel-4.1.39-53.1

kernel-obs-build-4.1.39-53.1

kernel-obs-build-debugsource-4.1.39-53.1

kernel-obs-qa-4.1.39-53.1

kernel-syms-4.1.39-53.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i686 x86_64):

kernel-debug-4.1.39-53.1

kernel-debug-base-4.1.39-53.1

kernel-debug-base-debuginfo-4.1.39-53.1

kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.1.39-53.1

kernel-debug-debugsource-4.1.39-53.1

kernel-debug-devel-4.1.39-53.1

kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo-4.1.39-53.1

kernel-ec2-4.1.39-53.1

kernel-ec2-base-4.1.39-53.1

kernel-ec2-base-debuginfo-4.1.39-53.1

kernel-ec2-debuginfo-4.1.39-53.1

kernel-ec2-debugsource-4.1.39-53.1

kernel-ec2-devel-4.1.39-53.1

kernel-pv-4.1.39-53.1

kernel-pv-base-4.1.39-53.1

kernel-pv-base-debuginfo-4.1.39-53.1

kernel-pv-debuginfo-4.1.39-53.1

kernel-pv-debugsource-4.1.39-53.1

kernel-pv-devel-4.1.39-53.1

kernel-vanilla-4.1.39-53...

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References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10200.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10208.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2117.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2583.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2584.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2596.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2636.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5669.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6214.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6345.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6346.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6347.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6348.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6353.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7184.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1019851

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1020602

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1022785

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1023377

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1025235

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1026722

https://bugzilla.sus...

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2017:0906-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical Linux Kernel openSUSE Leap

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