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SUSE: 2021:2600-1 Critical: Real-Time Kernel Vulnerability Fixed

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Calendar Grey November 22, 2013
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New release of the Real Time Linux Kernel released, focusing on urgent denial of service vulnerability and important security patches.
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Summary

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 3 RealTime Extension kernel was updated to version 3.0.101 to fix various bugs and security issues. The following features have been added: * Drivers: hv: Support handling multiple VMBUS versions (FATE#314665). * Drivers: hv: Save and export negotiated vmbus version (FATE#314665). * Drivers: hv: Move vmbus version definitions to hyperv.h (FATE#314665). The following security issue has been fixed: * CVE-2013-2206: The sctp_sf_do_5_2_4_dupcook function in net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c in the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle associations during the processing of a duplicate COOKIE ECHO chunk, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly

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security advisory denial of service security update security issue SUSE system crash Real Time Kernel

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#842604 #842820 #843429 #843445 #843642 #843645

#843732 #843753 #843950 #844513 #845352 #847319

Cross- CVE-2013-2206

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 11 SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2206.html

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:1750-1
Rating: important

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security advisory denial of service security update security issue SUSE system crash Real Time Kernel

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