gpp_maybe Security update for util-linux

SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP1-2017-291

This update for util-linux fixes the following issues: This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2017-2616: In su with PAM support it was possible for local users to send SIGKILL to selected other processes with root privileges (bsc#1023041). This non-security issues were fixed: - lscpu: Implement WSL detection and work around crash (bsc#1019332) - fstrim: De-duplicate btrfs sub-volumes for "fstrim -a" and bind mounts (bsc#1020077) - Fix regressions in safe loop re-use patch set for libmount (bsc#1012504) - Disable ro checks for mtab (bsc#1012632) - Ensure that the option "users,exec,dev,suid" work as expected on NFS mounts (bsc#1008965)

• Release Date
  Feb 23 2017
• References
  Bugzilla: 1012504, 1019332, 1012632, 1008965, 1023041, 1020077
  CVEs: CVE-2017-2616
• Type
  security
• Severity
  important

cloud_download Downloads

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12.1 x86_64

• Packages
  libuuid-devel
  Development files for libuuid1

  2.25-40.1 lock rpm

  util-linux
  A collection of basic system utilities

  2.25-40.1 lock src