SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12: 2016:2174-1 Critical: DoS Risk
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August 29, 2016
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available
Summary
This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.49-11 fixes several issues. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-6480: Race condition in the ioctl_send_fib function in drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access or system crash) by changing a certain size value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability (bsc#991667). - CVE-2016-5829: Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the hiddev_ioctl_usage function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) HIDIOCGUSAGES or (2) HIDIOCSUSAGES ioctl call (bsc#986573). - CVE-2016-4997: The compat IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt implementation
Topics Covered
References
#986377 #986573 #991667
Cross- CVE-2016-4997 CVE-2016-5829 CVE-2016-6480
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4997.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5829.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6480.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/986377
https://bugzilla.suse.com/986573
https://bugzilla.suse.com/991667
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:2174-1
Rating: important
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