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SUSE: 2017:0268-1 Important: Linux Kernel Live Patch 11 DoS, Heap Overflow

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Calendar Grey January 24, 2017
Dist Suse Esm H88
A critical security patch for the SUSE Linux Kernel resolves multiple vulnerabilities and improves overall system reliability.
An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has one An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has one An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has one errata is now a...

Summary

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.51-52_39 fixes several issues. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-9806: Race condition in the netlink_dump function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (double free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that made sendmsg system calls, leading to a free operation associated with a new dump that started earlier than anticipated (bsc#1017589). - CVE-2016-9794: Race condition in the snd_pcm_period_elapsed function in sound/core/pcm_lib.c in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_START command (bsc#1013543).

References

#1012852 #1013543 #1013604 #1014271 #1017589

Cross- CVE-2016-8632 CVE-2016-9576 CVE-2016-9794

CVE-2016-9806

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8632.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9576.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9794.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9806.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1012852

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1013543

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1013604

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1014271

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1017589

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:0268-1
Rating: important

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