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SUSE Linux 15-SP1: 2020:3798-1 Important: Kernel Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey December 14, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
A crucial update for the SUSE Linux Kernel addresses 11 vulnerabilities and boosts system reliability and performance.
An update that solves 11 vulnerabilities and has 80 fixes is now available

Summary

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15-SP1 RT kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2018-20669: Fixed an improper check i915_gem_execbuffer2_ioctl in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c (bsc#1122971). - CVE-2019-20934: Fixed a use-after-free in show_numa_stats() because NUMA fault statistics were inappropriately freed, aka CID-16d51a590a8c (bsc#1179663). - 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-2020-25669: Fixed a use-after-free read in sunkbd_reinit()

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:3798-1
Rating: important

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