SUSE-SU-2017:0912-1

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    SUSE-SU-2017:0912-1

    Published: 3 Apr 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-2636
    Aliases:
    CVE-2017-2636

    Summary: Security update for the Linux Kernel

    Details: The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to fix the following security bug: CVE-2017-2636: A race condition in the n_hdlc tty Linux kernel driver (drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c) could have been exploited to gain a local privilege escalation (bnc#1027565)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20170912-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1027565, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2636

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kernel-docs

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.0.101-97.3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High