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SUSE: 2017:2525-1 Important: Kernel Security Update and Fixes

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Calendar Grey September 19, 2017
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SUSE has introduced a crucial kernel update that tackles 44 concerns, encompassing vulnerabilities and enhancements to system reliability.
An update that solves 40 vulnerabilities and has 44 fixes An update that solves 40 vulnerabilities and has 44 fixes An update that solves 40 vulnerabilities and has 44 fixes is now...

Summary

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 LTSS kernel was updated receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-5243: The tipc_nl_compat_link_dump function in net/tipc/netlink_compat.c in the Linux kernel did not properly copy a certain string, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a Netlink message (bnc#983212) - CVE-2016-10200: Race condition in the L2TPv3 IP Encapsulation feature in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by making multiple bind system calls without properly ascertaining whether a socket has the SOCK_ZAPPED status, related to net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c and net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c (bnc#1028415)

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:2525-1
Rating: important

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security advisory kernel update system stability security flaws update details important fixes SUSE Linux Enterprise

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