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SUSE: 2020:2107-1 Important: Linux Kernel Security Issues Fixed

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Calendar Grey August 3, 2020
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SUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel _________________________________________
An update that solves 16 vulnerabilities and has 82 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-2020-15780: A lockdown bypass for loading unsigned modules using ACPI table injection was fixed. (bsc#1173573) - CVE-2020-15393: Fixed a memory leak in usbtest_disconnect (bnc#1173514). - CVE-2020-12771: An issue was discovered in btree_gc_coalesce in drivers/md/bcache/btree.c has a deadlock if a coalescing operation fails (bnc#1171732). - CVE-2020-12888: The VFIO PCI driver mishandled attempts to access disabled memory space (bnc#1171868). - CVE-2020-10773: Fixed a memory leak on s390/s390x, in the cmm_timeout_hander in file arch/s390/mm/cmm.c (bnc#1172999). - CVE-2020-14416: Fixed a race condition in tty->disc_data handling in the

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:2107-1
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