Security update for the Linux Kernel
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel was updated to fix two issues. This security bug was fixed: - CVE-2016-5195: Local privilege escalation using MAP_PRIVATE. It is reportedly exploited in the wild (bsc#1004418). This non-security bug was fixed: - sched/core: Fix a race between try_to_wake_up() and a woken up task (bsc#1002165, bsc#1001419).
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel was updated to fix two issues. This security bug was fixed: - CVE-2016-5195: Local privilege escalation using MAP_PRIVATE. It is reportedly exploited in the wild (bsc#1004418). This non-security bug was fixed: - sched/core: Fix a race between try_to_wake_up() and a woken up task (bsc#1002165, bsc#1001419).
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1001419
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1002165
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1004418
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/904970
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/907150
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/920615
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/920633
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/930408
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5195
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20162592-1/