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SUSE-SU-2017:2042-1 Not scored

Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel was updated to 3.12.74 to receive the following security fix: - CVE-2017-7533: Bug in inotify code allowed privilege escalation (bnc#1049483).

Exploit probability Not scored
Published August 4, 2017
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 SP1-LTSS kernel-default
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS kernel-source
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS kernel-syms
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS kernel-xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_18
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 Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_18
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 6 kernel-default
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 6 kernel-source
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 6 kernel-syms
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 6 kernel-xen
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 6 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_18

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2017:2042-1

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel was updated to 3.12.74 to receive the following security fix: - CVE-2017-7533: Bug in inotify code allowed privilege escalation (bnc#1049483).

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence