SUSE Linux 12: 2015:1071-1 Important: Kernel Dos Issues
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June 16, 2015
An update that solves 13 vulnerabilities and has 31 fixes An update that solves 13 vulnerabilities and has 31 fixes An update that solves 13 vulnerabilities and has 31 fixes is now...
Summary
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 kernel was updated to version 3.12.43 to receive various security and bugfixes. Following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2014-3647: arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 did not properly perform RIP changes, which allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a crafted application (bsc#899192). - CVE-2014-8086: Race condition in the ext4_file_write_iter function in fs/ext4/file.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17 allowed local users to cause a denial of service (file unavailability) via a combination of a write action and an F_SETFL fcntl operation for the O_DIRECT flag (bsc#900881). - CVE-2014-8159: The InfiniBand (IB) implementation did not properly
References
#899192 #900881 #909312 #913232 #914742 #915540
#916225 #917125 #919007 #919018 #920262 #921769
#922583 #922734 #922944 #924664 #924803 #924809
#925567 #926156 #926240 #926314 #927084 #927115
#927116 #927257 #927285 #927308 #927455 #928122
#928130 #928135 #928141 #928708 #929092 #929145
#929525 #929883 #930224 #930226 #930669 #930786
#931014 #931130
Cross- CVE-2014-3647 CVE-2014-8086 CVE-2014-8159
CVE-2015-1465 CVE-2015-2041 CVE-2015-2042
CVE-2015-2666 CVE-2015-2830 CVE-2015-2922
CVE-2015-3331 CVE-2015-3332 CVE-2015-3339
CVE-2015-3636
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:1071-1
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