openSUSE Security Update: Security update for the openSUSE Leap 42.1 kernel. ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:3086-1 Rating: important References: #1013604 Cross-References: CVE-2016-9576 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.1 ______________________________________________________________________________ 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