SUSE 12-SP5: 2020:3717-1 High Severity: Kernel Privilege Escalation Fixes
suse
December 9, 2020
An update that solves 10 vulnerabilities and has 43 fixes is now available
Summary
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2020-15436: Fixed a use after free vulnerability in fs/block_dev.c which could have allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (bsc#1179141). - CVE-2020-15437: Fixed a null pointer dereference which could have allowed local users to cause a denial of service(bsc#1179140). - CVE-2020-25668: Fixed a concurrency use-after-free in con_font_op (bsc#1178123). - CVE-2020-25669: Fixed a use-after-free read in sunkbd_reinit() (bsc#1178182). - CVE-2020-25704: Fixed a leak in perf_event_parse_addr_filter() (bsc#1178393). - CVE-2020-27777: Restrict RTAS requests from userspace (bsc#1179107)
References
#1050549 #1067665 #1111666 #1112178 #1158775
#1170139 #1170630 #1172542 #1172873 #1174726
#1175306 #1175721 #1175916 #1176109 #1176855
#1176983 #1177304 #1177397 #1177703 #1177805
#1177808 #1177809 #1177819 #1177820 #1178123
#1178182 #1178393 #1178589 #1178607 #1178635
#1178669 #1178686 #1178765 #1178782 #1178838
#1178853 #1178854 #1178878 #1178886 #1178897
#1178940 #1178962 #1179107 #1179140 #1179141
#1179211 #1179213 #1179259 #1179424 #1179426
#1179427 #1179429 #927455
Cross- CVE-2020-15436 CVE-2020-15437 CVE-2020-25668
CVE-2020-25669 CVE-2020-25704 CVE-2020-25705
CVE-2020-27777 CVE-2020-28915 CVE-2020-28974
CVE-2020-29371
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP5
...
Read the Full Advisory
PREVIOUS
NEXT
Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:3717-1
Rating: important
Get the latest News and Insights
Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.
Related News
Powered By
Linux Security - Your source for Top Linux News, Advisories, HOWTOs and Feature Releases
QUICK LINKS
subscribe to newsletters!
Like staying secure? So do we.
Sign up for updates, tips, and alerts!