SUSE Linux 15 SP1: 2020:0560-1 Important Kernel Security Threats
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March 2, 2020
An update that solves 36 vulnerabilities and has 196 fixes is now available
Summary
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP1 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2020-8992: An issue was discovered in ext4_protect_reserved_inode in fs/ext4/block_validity.c that allowed attackers to cause a soft lockup via a crafted journal size (bnc#1164069). - CVE-2020-8648: There was a use-after-free vulnerability in the n_tty_receive_buf_common function in drivers/tty/n_tty.c (bnc#1162928). - CVE-2019-16746: An issue was discovered in net/wireless/nl80211.c. It did not check the length of variable elements in a beacon head, leading to a buffer overflow (bnc#1152107). - CVE-2020-8428: There was a use-after-free bug in fs/namei.c, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or possibly
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:0560-1
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