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SUSE: 2020:2575-1 Important: Linux Kernel Security Vulnerabilities Fixed

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Calendar Grey September 9, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has released a vital kernel security update aimed at fixing several vulnerabilities, including detailed steps for implementation.

An update that solves 8 vulnerabilities and has 121 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-2020-1749: Use ip6_dst_lookup_flow instead of ip6_dst_lookup (bsc#1165629). - CVE-2020-14314: Fixed a potential negative array index in do_split() (bsc#1173798). - CVE-2020-14356: Fixed a null pointer dereference in cgroupv2 subsystem which could have led to privilege escalation (bsc#1175213). - CVE-2020-14331: Fixed a missing check in vgacon scrollback handling (bsc#1174205). - CVE-2020-16166: Fixed a potential issue which could have allowed remote attackers to make observations that help to obtain sensitive information about the internal state of the network RNG (bsc#1174757).

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:2575-1
Rating: important

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