SUSE-SU-2017:2131-1

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    SUSE-SU-2017:2131-1

    Published: 11 Aug 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for the Linux Kernel

    Details: The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP2 kernel was updated to 4.4.74 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2017-1000111: fix race condition in net-packet code that could be exploited to cause out-of-bounds memory access (bsc#1052365). - CVE-2017-1000112: fix race condition in net-packet code that could have been exploited by unprivileged users to gain root access. (bsc#1052311). The following non-security bugs were fixed: - powerpc/numa: fix regression that could cause kernel panics during installation (bsc#1048914). - bcache: force trigger gc (bsc#1038078). - bcache: only recovery I/O error for writethrough mode (bsc#1043652).

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20172131-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1038078, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1043652, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1048914, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1052311, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1052365, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000111, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000112

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kernel-default

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.4.74-92.35.1

    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
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