Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.851512
Category:	SuSE Local Security Checks
Title:	openSUSE: Security Advisory for kernel (openSUSE-SU-2016:3085-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'kernel'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'kernel' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: The openSUSE 14.2 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - 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). The following non-security bugs were fixed: - 8250_pci: Fix potential use-after-free in error path (bsc#1013001). - block_dev: do not test bdev-& gt bd_contains when it is not stable (bsc#1008557). - drm/i915/vlv: Disable HPD in valleyview_crt_detect_hotplug() (bsc#1014120). - drm/i915/vlv: Make intel_crt_reset() per-encoder (bsc#1014120). - drm/i915/vlv: Reset the ADPA in vlv_display_power_well_init() (bsc#1014120). - drm/i915: Enable polling when we do not have hpd (bsc#1014120). - i2c: designware-baytrail: Add support for cherrytrail (bsc#1011913). - i2c: designware-baytrail: Pass dw_i2c_dev into helper functions (bsc#1011913). - i2c: designware: Prevent runtime suspend during adapter registration (bsc#1011913). - i2c: designware: Use transfer timeout from ioctl I2C_TIMEOUT (bsc#1011913). - i2c: designware: retry transfer on transient failure (bsc#1011913). - powerpc/xmon: Add xmon command to dump process/task similar to ps(1) (fate#322020). - sched/fair: Fix incorrect task group -& gt load_avg (bsc#981825). - serial: 8250_pci: Detach low-level driver during PCI error recovery (bsc#1013001). - target: fix tcm_rbd_gen_it_nexus for emulated XCOPY state (bsc#1003606). - x86/PCI: VMD: Synchronize with RCU freeing MSI IRQ descs (bsc#1006827). Affected Software/OS: Linux Kernel on openSUSE Leap 42.2 Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.2 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-9576 94821 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94821 RHSA-2017:0817 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0817.html RHSA-2017:1842 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 RHSA-2017:2077 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 RHSA-2017:2669 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669 SUSE-SU-2016:3146 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00062.html SUSE-SU-2016:3188 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00072.html SUSE-SU-2016:3203 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00075.html SUSE-SU-2016:3217 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00081.html SUSE-SU-2016:3248 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00088.html SUSE-SU-2016:3252 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00091.html [oss-security] 20161209 Linux Kernel use-after-free in SCSI generic device interface http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/19 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a0ac402cfcdc904f9772e1762b3fda112dcc56a0 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.14 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1403145 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a0ac402cfcdc904f9772e1762b3fda112dcc56a0 openSUSE-SU-2016:3085 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00040.html openSUSE-SU-2016:3086 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00041.html openSUSE-SU-2016:3118 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00057.html
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