SUSE: 2016:0335-1 Important: Kernel Live Patch Affects DoS Risk
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February 4, 2016
An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available
Summary
This kernel live patch for Linux Kernel 3.12.49-11.1 fixes security issues and bugs: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2015-8539: A negatively instantiated user key could have been used by a local user to leverage privileges (bnc#958601). - CVE-2015-6937: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) implementation allowing a local user to cause system DoS. A verification was missing that the underlying transport exists when a connection was created. (bsc#953052) - CVE-2015-7990: RDS: Verify the underlying transport exists before creating a connection, preventing possible DoS (bsc#953052). - CVE-2015-7872: Possible crash when trying to garbage collect an uninstantiated keyring (bsc#951542). Non-security bugfix were also done:
Topics Covered
References
#951542 #953052 #954005 #958601
Cross- CVE-2015-2925 CVE-2015-6937 CVE-2015-7872
CVE-2015-7990 CVE-2015-8539
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2925.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6937.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7872.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7990.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8539.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=951542
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953052
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=954005
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=958601
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:0335-1
Rating: important
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