SUSE-SU-2016:2764-1

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SUSE-SU-2016:2764-1

Summary: Security update for util-linux

Details: This update for util-linux fixes a number of bugs and one minor security issue. The following minor vulnerability was fixed: - CVE-2016-5011: Infinite loop DoS in libblkid while parsing DOS partition (bsc#988361) The following bugs were fixed: - bsc#987176: When mounting a subfolder of a CIFS share, mount -a would show the mount as busy - bsc#947494: mount -a would fail to recognize btrfs already mounted, address loop re-use in libmount - bsc#966891: Conflict in meaning of losetup -L. This switch in SLE12 SP1 and SP2 continues to carry the meaning of --logical-blocksize instead of upstream --nooverlap - bsc#994399: Package would trigger conflicts with sysvinit-tools - bsc#983164: mount uid= and gid= would reject valid non UID/GID values - bsc#978993: cfdisk would mangle some text output - bsc#982331: libmount: ignore redundant slashes

References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20162764-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/947494, https://bugzilla.suse.com/966891, https://bugzilla.suse.com/978993, https://bugzilla.suse.com/982331, https://bugzilla.suse.com/983164, https://bugzilla.suse.com/987176, https://bugzilla.suse.com/988361, https://bugzilla.suse.com/994399, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5011