SUSE: 2021:4567-3 Critical: Kernel Security Flaws Detected
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November 2, 2017
An update that solves 36 vulnerabilities and has 22 fixes An update that solves 36 vulnerabilities and has 22 fixes An update that solves 36 vulnerabilities and has 22 fixes is now...
Summary
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 GA 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-2015-9004: kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel mishandled counter grouping, which allowed local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, related to the perf_pmu_register and perf_event_open functions (bnc#1037306). - CVE-2016-10229: udp.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to
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#1036752 #1037182 #1037183 #1037306 #1037994
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#1058038 #1058410 #1058507 #1058524 #1062520
#1063667 #1064388 #938162 #975596 #977417
#984779 #985562 #990682
Cross- CVE-2015-9004 CVE-2016-10229 CVE-2016-9604
CVE-2017-1000363 CVE-2017-1000365 CVE-2017-1000380
CVE-2017-10661 CVE-2017-11176 CVE-2017-12153
CVE-2017-12154 CVE-2017-12762 CVE-2017-13080
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:2920-1
Rating: important
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