[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:3086-1: important: Security update for the openSUSE Leap 42.1 kernel.

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openSUSE Security Update: Security update for the openSUSE Leap 42.1 kernel.

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:3086-1

Rating: important

References: #1013604

Cross-References: CVE-2016-9576

Affected Products:

openSUSE Leap 42.1

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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

 

Description:

 

 

The openSUSE Leap 42.1 kernel has been updated to fix a security issue:

 

- CVE-2016-9576: A use-after-free vulnerability in the SCSI generic driver

allows users with write access to /dev/sg* or /dev/bsg* to elevate their

privileges (bsc#1013604).

 

 

Patch Instructions:

 

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

 

- openSUSE Leap 42.1:

 

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-1439=1

 

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

 

 

Package List:

 

- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i686 x86_64):

 

kernel-debug-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-debug-base-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-debug-base-debuginfo-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-debug-debugsource-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-debug-devel-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-ec2-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-ec2-base-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-ec2-base-debuginfo-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-ec2-debuginfo-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-ec2-debugsource-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-ec2-devel-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-pv-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-pv-base-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-pv-base-debuginfo-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-pv-debuginfo-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-pv-debugsource-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-pv-devel-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-vanilla-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-vanilla-debuginfo-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-vanilla-debugsource-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-vanilla-devel-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-xen-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-xen-base-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-xen-base-debuginfo-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-xen-debuginfo-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-xen-debugsource-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-xen-devel-4.1.36-41.1

 

- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i586 x86_64):

 

kernel-default-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-default-base-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-default-base-debuginfo-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-default-debuginfo-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-default-debugsource-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-default-devel-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-obs-build-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-obs-build-debugsource-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-obs-qa-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-syms-4.1.36-41.1

 

- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (noarch):

 

kernel-devel-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-docs-4.1.36-41.2

kernel-docs-html-4.1.36-41.2

kernel-docs-pdf-4.1.36-41.2

kernel-macros-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-source-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-source-vanilla-4.1.36-41.1

 

- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i686):

 

kernel-pae-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-pae-base-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-pae-base-debuginfo-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-pae-debuginfo-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-pae-debugsource-4.1.36-41.1

kernel-pae-devel-4.1.36-41.1

 

 

References:

 

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9576.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1013604

 

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