SUSE: 2016:2592-1 Important: Local Privilege Escalation in Kernel
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October 21, 2016
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Summary
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel was updated to fix two issues. This security bug was fixed: - CVE-2016-5195: Local privilege escalation using MAP_PRIVATE. It is reportedly exploited in the wild (bsc#1004418). This non-security bug was fixed: - sched/core: Fix a race between try_to_wake_up() and a woken up task (bsc#1002165, bsc#1001419). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP1-2016-1522=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-1522=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1522=1
References
#1001419 #1002165 #1004418 #904970 #907150
#920615 #920633 #930408
Cross- CVE-2016-5195
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5195.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1001419
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1002165
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1004418
https://bugzilla.suse.com/904970
https://bugzilla.suse.com/907150
https://bugzilla.suse.com/920615
https://bugzilla.suse.com/920633
https://bugzilla.suse.com/930408
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:2592-1
Rating: important
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