SUSE: 2016:1690-1 Important: Kernel Security Updates and Fixes
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June 27, 2016
An update that solves 29 vulnerabilities and has 89 fixes An update that solves 29 vulnerabilities and has 89 fixes An update that solves 29 vulnerabilities and has 89 fixes is now...
Summary
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 kernel was updated to 3.12.60 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2014-9717: fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel processes MNT_DETACH umount2 system called without verifying that the MNT_LOCKED flag is unset, which allowed local users to bypass intended access restrictions and navigate to filesystem locations beneath a mount by calling umount2 within a user namespace (bnc#928547). - CVE-2015-8816: The hub_activate function in drivers/usb/core/hub.c in the Linux kernel did not properly maintain a hub-interface data structure, which allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by unplugging a USB hub device (bnc#968010).
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#676471 #880007 #889207 #899908 #903279 #928547
#931448 #940413 #943989 #944309 #945345 #947337
#953233 #954847 #956491 #956852 #957805 #957986
#960857 #962336 #962846 #962872 #963193 #963572
#963762 #964461 #964727 #965319 #966054 #966245
#966573 #966831 #967251 #967292 #967299 #967903
#968010 #968141 #968448 #968512 #968667 #968670
#968687 #968812 #968813 #969439 #969571 #969655
#969690 #969735 #969992 #969993 #970062 #970114
#970504 #970506 #970604 #970892 #970909 #970911
#970948 #970955 #970956 #970958 #970970 #971049
#971124 #971125 #971126 #971159 #971170 #971360
#971600 #971628 #971947 #972003 #972174 #972844
#972891 #972933 #972951 #973378 #973556 #973570
#973855 #974165 #974308 #974406 #974...
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:1690-1
Rating: important
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