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SUSE: 2017:2342-1 Important: Linux Kernel Security Update

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Calendar Grey September 4, 2017
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE presents an essential enhancement for the Linux Kernel, addressing various glitches and security flaws while reinforcing protection measures.
An update that solves 44 vulnerabilities and has 135 fixes An update that solves 44 vulnerabilities and has 135 fixes An update that solves 44 vulnerabilities and has 135 fixes is ...

Summary

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 RT kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2014-9922: The eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges via a large filesystem stack that includes an overlayfs layer, related to fs/ecryptfs/main.c and fs/overlayfs/super.c (bsc#1032340). - CVE-2015-3288: mm/memory.c in the Linux kernel mishandled anonymous pages, which allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (page tainting) via a crafted application that triggers writing to page zero (bnc#979021). - CVE-2015-8970: crypto/algif_skcipher.c in the Linux kernel did not verify that a setkey operation has been performed on an AF_ALG socket before an accept system call is processed, which allowed local users to

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:2342-1
Rating: important

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