gpp_maybe Security update for the linux kernel

SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-12-2016-1012

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 kernel was updated to receive critical security and bugfixes. Security issue fixed: - CVE-2016-4997: A buffer overflow in 32bit compat_setsockopt iptables handling could lead to a local privilege escalation. (bsc#986362) The following non-security bugs were fixed: - KVM: x86: expose invariant tsc cpuid bit (v2) (bsc#971770). - block: do not check request size in blk_cloned_rq_check_limits() (bsc#972124). - rbd: handle OBJ_REQUEST_SG types for copyup (bsc#983394). - target/rbd: do not put snap_context twice (bsc#981143). - target/rbd: remove caw_mutex usage (bsc#981143).

• Release Date
  Jun 30 2016
• References
  Bugzilla: 971770, 972124, 981143, 983394, 986362
  CVEs: CVE-2016-4998
• Type
  security
• Severity
  important

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Public Cloud Module 12 x86_64

• Packages
  kernel-ec2
  The Amazon EC2 Xen Kernel

  3.12.59-60.45.2 lock rpm lock nosrc

  kernel-ec2-devel
  Development files necessary for building kernel modules

  3.12.59-60.45.2 lock rpm

  kernel-ec2-extra
  The Amazon EC2 Xen Kernel - Unsupported kernel modules

  3.12.59-60.45.2 lock rpm