SUSE 12 SP1: 2017:2908-1 Important: Linux Kernel Security Fixes
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October 30, 2017
An update that solves 30 vulnerabilities and has 38 fixes An update that solves 30 vulnerabilities and has 38 fixes An update that solves 30 vulnerabilities and has 38 fixes is now...
Summary
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 LTS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2017-15649: net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges via crafted system calls that trigger mishandling of packet_fanout data structures, because of a race condition (involving fanout_add and packet_do_bind) that leads to a use-after-free, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-6346 (bnc#1064388). - CVE-2017-13080: Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA and WPA2) allowed reinstallation of the Group Temporal Key (GTK) during the group key handshake, allowing an attacker within radio range to replay frames from access points to clients (bnc#1063667). - CVE-2017-15274: security/keys/keyctl.c in the Linux kernel did not
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#1062471 #1062520 #1063667 #1064388 #856774
#860250 #863764 #878240 #922855 #922871 #986924
#993099 #994364
Cross- CVE-2017-1000363 CVE-2017-1000365 CVE-2017-1000380
CVE-2017-10661 CVE-2017-11176 CVE-2017-12153
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:2908-1
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