SUSE: 2021:0247-2 Critical: Linux Kernel Vulnerability Patch
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March 31, 2020
An update that solves 5 vulnerabilities and has 58 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-2020-8647: Fixed a use-after-free in the vc_do_resize function in drivers/tty/vt/vt.c (bsc#1162929). - CVE-2020-8649: Fixed a use-after-free in the vgacon_invert_region function in drivers/video/console/vgacon.c (bsc#1162931). - CVE-2020-8648: Fixed a use-after-free in the n_tty_receive_buf_common function in drivers/tty/n_tty.c (bsc#1162928). - CVE-2020-9383: Fixed an out-of-bounds read due to improper error condition check of FDC index (bsc#1165111). - CVE-2019-19768: Fixed a use-after-free in the __blk_add_trace function in kernel/trace/blktrace.c (bnc#1159285). The following non-security bugs were fixed:
Topics Covered
References
#1044231 #1051510 #1051858 #1056686 #1060463
#1065729 #1103990 #1103992 #1104353 #1104745
#1109837 #1111666 #1111974 #1112178 #1112374
#1113956 #1114279 #1114685 #1119680 #1127611
#1133021 #1134090 #1136157 #1141895 #1144333
#1146539 #1156510 #1157424 #1158187 #1159285
#1160659 #1161561 #1161951 #1162928 #1162929
#1162931 #1164078 #1164507 #1165111 #1165404
#1165488 #1165527 #1165741 #1165813 #1165873
#1165929 #1165950 #1165980 #1165984 #1165985
#1166003 #1166101 #1166102 #1166103 #1166104
#1166632 #1166658 #1166730 #1166731 #1166732
#1166733 #1166734 #1166735
Cross- CVE-2019-19768 CVE-2020-8647 CVE-2020-8648
CVE-2020-8649 CVE-2020-9383
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 1...
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:0836-1
Rating: important
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