gpp_maybe Security update for the linux kernel

SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-12-2016-1762

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel was updated to receive various critical security fixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-8655: A race condition in the af_packet packet_set_ring function could be used by local attackers to crash the kernel or gain privileges (bsc#1012754). - CVE-2016-8632: The tipc_msg_build function in net/tipc/msg.c in the Linux kernel did not validate the relationship between the minimum fragment length and the maximum packet size, which allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability (bnc#1008831). - CVE-2016-9555: The sctp_sf_ootb function in net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c in the Linux kernel lacks chunk-length checking for the first chunk, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds slab access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted SCTP data (bnc#1011685).

• Release Date
  Dec 7 2016
• References
  Bugzilla: 1008831, 1011685, 1012754
  CVEs: CVE-2016-8632, CVE-2016-8655, CVE-2016-9555
• Type
  security
• Severity
  important

cloud_download Downloads

Public Cloud Module 12 x86_64

• Packages
  kernel-ec2
  The Amazon EC2 Xen Kernel

  3.12.67-60.64.21.1 lock rpm lock nosrc

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

  3.12.67-60.64.21.1 lock rpm

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

  3.12.67-60.64.21.1 lock rpm