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SUSE-SU-2016:2593-1 Not scored

Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 GA LTSS 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).

Exploit probability Not scored
Published October 21, 2016
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12 kernel-ec2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS kernel-default
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS kernel-source
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS kernel-syms
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS kernel-xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_16
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 kernel-default
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 kernel-source
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 kernel-syms
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 kernel-xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_16

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2016:2593-1

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 GA LTSS 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).

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence