SUSE 12: 2015:1491-1 Important Live Kernel Patch Addresses Security Issues

This update contains a kernel live patch for the 3.12.39-47 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Kernel, fixing following security issues. - CVE-2015-3339: A race condition in the prepare_binprm function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program at a time instant when a chown to root is in progress, and the ownership is changed but the setuid bit is not yet stripped. (bsc#939263 bsc#939044) - CVE-2015-3636: The ping_unhash function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain list data structure during an unhash operation, which allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) by leveraging the ability to make a SOCK_DGRAM socket system call for the IPPROTO_ICMP