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SUSE: 2016:0380-1 Important: Kernel Live Patch 3 DoS Fixes

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Calendar Grey February 8, 2016
Dist Suse Esm H88
Resolved 5 security vulnerabilities with critical patches for kernel live patch version 3 on SUSE platforms.
An update that solves 5 vulnerabilities and has two fixes An update that solves 5 vulnerabilities and has two fixes An update that solves 5 vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now...

Summary

This kernel live patch for Linux Kernel 3.12.38-44.1 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). - CVE-2015-2925: The prepend_path function in fs/dcache.c in the Linux

References

#916225 #940342 #951542 #951625 #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/916225

https://bugzilla.suse.com/940342

https://bugzilla.suse.com/951542

https://bugzilla.suse.com/951625

https://bugzilla.suse.com/953052

https://bugzilla.suse.com/954005

https://bugzilla.suse.com/958601

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:0380-1
Rating: important

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