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SUSE-SU-2017:0913-1
Not scored
Security update for the Linux Kernel
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 kernel was updated to fix the following security bug:
CVE-2017-2636: A race condition in the n_hdlc tty Linux kernel driver (drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c)
could have been exploited to gain a local privilege escalation (bnc#1027565)
Exploit probability
Not scored
Published
April 3, 2017
Required by
Not available
Last source change
February 4, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
SUSE:Manager Proxy 2.1
kernel-trace
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS
kernel-trace
SUSE:Manager Proxy 2.1
kernel-syms
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS
kernel-syms
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5
kernel-xen
SUSE:Manager 2.1
kernel-syms
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5
kernel-source
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3
kernel-trace
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3
kernel-xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3
kernel-syms
SUSE:Manager 2.1
kernel-ec2
SUSE:Manager Proxy 2.1
kernel-bigsmp
SUSE:Manager Proxy 2.1
kernel-xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS
kernel-pae
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5
kernel-bigsmp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3
kernel-default
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3
kernel-source
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS
kernel-xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3
kernel-pae
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS
kernel-source
SUSE:Manager 2.1
kernel-xen
SUSE:Manager 2.1
kernel-source
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3
kernel-ec2
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5
kernel-trace
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5
kernel-syms
SUSE:Manager 2.1
kernel-default
SUSE:Manager 2.1
kernel-trace
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5
kernel-ec2
SUSE:Manager Proxy 2.1
kernel-default
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5
kernel-default
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS
kernel-bigsmp
SUSE:Manager Proxy 2.1
kernel-source
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS
kernel-default
SUSE:Manager 2.1
kernel-bigsmp
SUSE:Manager Proxy 2.1
kernel-ec2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS
kernel-ec2
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
SUSE-SU-2017:0913-1
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 kernel was updated to fix the following security bug:
CVE-2017-2636: A race condition in the n_hdlc tty Linux kernel driver (drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c)
could have been exploited to gain a local privilege escalation (bnc#1027565)
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05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence