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SUSE-SU-2016:0186-1 Not scored

Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel was updated to receive a security fix. Following security bug was fixed: - A reference leak in keyring handling with join_session_keyring() could lead to local attackers gain root privileges. (bsc#962075, CVE-2016-0728).

Exploit probability Not scored
Published January 20, 2016
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 kernel-syms
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 kernel-default
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 kernel-source
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 kernel-syms
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 kernel-xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12 kernel-ec2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 kernel-default
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 kernel-source
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 kernel-xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 kernel-default
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 kernel-source
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 kernel-syms
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 kernel-xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 kernel-docs
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 kernel-obs-build
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1 kernel-default

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2016:0186-1

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel was updated to receive a security fix. Following security bug was fixed: - A reference leak in keyring handling with join_session_keyring() could lead to local attackers gain root privileges. (bsc#962075, CVE-2016-0728).

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence