This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.51-52.31.1 fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2016-2384: A malicious USB device could cause a kernel crash in
the alsa usb-audio driver. (bsc#967773)
- CVE-2015-8812: A flaw was found in the CXGB3 kernel driver when
the network was considered congested. The kernel would incorrectly
misinterpret the congestion as an error condition and incorrectly
free/clean up the skb. When the device would then send the skb's queued,
these structures would be referenced and may panic the system or allow
an attacker to escalate privileges in a use-after-free scenario. (bsc#966683)
- CVE-2016-0774: A pipe b
This kernel live patch for Linux Kernel 3.12.51-52.31.1 fixes two security
issues:
Fixes:
- CVE-2016-0728: A reference leak in keyring handling with
join_session_keyring() could lead to local attackers gain root
privileges. (bsc#962078).
- CVE-2013-7446: Use-after-free vulnerability in net/unix/af_unix.c in
the Linux kernel allowed local users to bypass intended AF_UNIX socket
permissions or cause a denial of service (panic) via crafted epoll_ctl
calls. (bsc#955837)
This kernel live patch for Linux Kernel 3.12.51-52.31.1 fixes a security issue:
Security issues fixed:
- CVE-2015-8539: A negatively instantiated user key could have been used
by a local user to leverage privileges (bnc#958601).
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 kernel was updated to 3.12.51 to receive various security and bugfixes.
Following security bugs were fixed:
- CVE-2015-7799: The slhc_init function in drivers/net/slip/slhc.c in the Linux kernel did not ensure that certain slot numbers were valid, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted PPPIOCSMAXCID ioctl call (bnc#949936).
- CVE-2015-5283: The sctp_init function in net/sctp/protocol.c in the Linux kernel had an incorrect sequence of protocol-initialization steps, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (panic or memory corru