openSUSE Security Update: Security update for kdump ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:2605-1 Rating: moderate References: #927451 #932339 #943214 #951844 #964206 #970708 #973213 #974270 #976864 #980328 #984799 #987862 #989972 #990200 Cross-References: CVE-2016-5759 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.1 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that solves one vulnerability and has 13 fixes is now available. Description: This update for kdump provides several fixes and enhancements: - Refresh kdumprd if /etc/hosts or /etc/nsswitch.conf is changed. (bsc#943214) - Add a separate systemd service to rebuild kdumprd at boot. (bsc#943214) - Improve network setup in the kdump environment by reading configuration from wicked by default (system configuration files are used as a fallback). (bsc#980328) - Use the last mount entry in kdump_get_mountpoints(). (bsc#951844) - Remove 'notsc' from the kdump kernel command line. (bsc#973213) - Handle dump files with many program headers. (bsc#932339, bsc#970708) - Fall back to stat() if file type is DT_UNKNOWN. (bsc#964206) - Remove vm. sysctls from kdump initrd. (bsc#927451, bsc#987862) - Use the exit code of kexec, not that of "local". (bsc#984799) - Convert sysroot to a bind mount in kdump initrd. (bsc#976864) - Distinguish between Xenlinux (aka Xenified or SUSE) and pvops Xen kernels, as the latter can run on bare metal. (bsc#974270) - CVE-2016-5759: Use full path to dracut as argument to bash. (bsc#989972, bsc#990200) This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP1:Update update project. 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-2016-1215=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i586 x86_64): kdump-0.8.15-27.1 kdump-debuginfo-0.8.15-27.1 kdump-debugsource-0.8.15-27.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5759.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/927451 https://bugzilla.suse.com/932339 https://bugzilla.suse.com/943214 https://bugzilla.suse.com/951844 https://bugzilla.suse.com/964206 https://bugzilla.suse.com/970708 https://bugzilla.suse.com/973213 https://bugzilla.suse.com/974270 https://bugzilla.suse.com/976864 https://bugzilla.suse.com/980328 https://bugzilla.suse.com/984799 https://bugzilla.suse.com/987862 https://bugzilla.suse.com/989972 https://bugzilla.suse.com/990200