The openSUSE Leap 42.3 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2017-1000111: Fixed a race condition in net-packet     code that could be exploited to cause out-of-bounds     memory access (bsc#1052365).

  - CVE-2017-1000112: Fixed a race condition in net-packet     code that could have been exploited by unprivileged     users to gain root access. (bsc#1052311).

  - CVE-2017-8831: The saa7164_bus_get function in     drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-bus.c in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have     unspecified other impact by changing a certain     sequence-number value, aka a 'double fetch'     vulnerability (bnc#1037994).

The following non-security bugs were fixed :

  - acpi/nfit: Add support of NVDIMM memory error     notification in ACPI 6.2 (bsc#1052325).

  - acpi/nfit: Issue Start ARS to retrieve existing records     (bsc#1052325).

  - bcache: force trigger gc (bsc#1038078).

  - bcache: only recovery I/O error for writethrough mode     (bsc#1043652).

  - block: do not allow updates through sysfs until     registration completes (bsc#1047027).

  - config: disable CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED (bsc#1052204).

  - drivers: hv: : As a bandaid, increase HV_UTIL_TIMEOUT     from 30 to 60 seconds (bnc#1039153)

  - drivers: hv: Fix a typo (fate#320485).

  - drivers: hv: util: Make hv_poll_channel() a little more     efficient (fate#320485).

  - drivers: hv: vmbus: Close timing hole that can corrupt     per-cpu page (fate#320485).

  - drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix error code returned by     vmbus_post_msg() (fate#320485).

  - Fix kABI breakage with CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED=n     (bsc#1052204).

  - hv_netvsc: change netvsc device default duplex to FULL     (fate#320485).

  - hv_netvsc: Fix the carrier state error when data path is     off (fate#320485).

  - hv_netvsc: Remove unnecessary var link_state from struct     netvsc_device_info (fate#320485).

  - hyperv: fix warning about missing prototype     (fate#320485).

  - hyperv: netvsc: Neaten netvsc_send_pkt by using a     temporary (fate#320485).

  - hyperv: remove unnecessary return variable     (fate#320485).

  - i40e/i40evf: Fix use after free in Rx cleanup path     (bsc#1051689).

  - IB/hfi1: Wait for QSFP modules to initialize     (bsc#1019151).

  - ibmvnic: Check for transport event on driver resume     (bsc#1051556, bsc#1052709).

  - ibmvnic: Initialize SCRQ's during login renegotiation     (bsc#1052223).

  - ibmvnic: Report rx buffer return codes as netdev_dbg     (bsc#1052794).

  - iommu/amd: Enable ga_log_intr when enabling guest_mode     (bsc1052533).

  - iommu/amd: Fix schedule-while-atomic BUG in     initialization code (bsc1052533).

  - KABI protect struct acpi_nfit_desc (bsc#1052325).

  - kabi/severities: add drivers/scsi/hisi_sas to kabi     severities

  - libnvdimm: fix badblock range handling of ARS range     (bsc#1023175).

  - libnvdimm, pmem: fix a NULL pointer BUG in     nd_pmem_notify (bsc#1023175).

  - net: add netdev_lockdep_set_classes() helper     (fate#320485).

  - net: hyperv: use new api     ethtool_(get|set)_link_ksettings (fate#320485).

  - net/mlx4_core: Fixes missing capability bit in flags2     capability dump (bsc#1015337).

  - net/mlx4_core: Fix namespace misalignment in QinQ VST     support commit (bsc#1015337).

  - net/mlx4_core: Fix sl_to_vl_change bit offset in flags2     dump (bsc#1015337).

  - netsvc: Remove upstream commit e14b4db7a567 netvsc: fix     race during initialization will be replaced by following     changes

  - netsvc: Revert 'netvsc: optimize calculation of number     of slots' (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: add comments about callback's and NAPI     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: Add #include's for csum_* function declarations     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: add rtnl annotations in rndis (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: add some rtnl_dereference annotations     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: avoid race with callback (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: change logic for change mtu and set_queues     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: change max channel calculation (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: change order of steps in setting queues     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: Deal with rescinded channels correctly     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: do not access netdev->num_rx_queues directly     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: do not overload variable in same function     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: do not print pointer value in error message     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: eliminate unnecessary skb == NULL checks     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: enable GRO (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: Fix a bug in sub-channel handling (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: fix and cleanup rndis_filter_set_packet_filter     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: fix calculation of available send sections     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: fix dereference before null check errors     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: fix error unwind on device setup failure     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: fix hang on netvsc module removal (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: fix NAPI performance regression (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: fix net poll mode (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: fix netvsc_set_channels (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: fix ptr_ret.cocci warnings (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: fix rcu dereference warning from ethtool     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: fix RCU warning in get_stats (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: fix return value for set_channels (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: fix rtnl deadlock on unregister of vf     (fate#320485, bsc#1052442).

  - netvsc: fix use after free on module removal     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: fix warnings reported by lockdep (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: fold in get_outbound_net_device (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: force link update after MTU change     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: handle offline mtu and channel change     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: implement NAPI (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: include rtnetlink.h (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: Initialize all channel related state prior to     opening the channel (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: make sure and unregister datapath (fate#320485,     bsc#1052899).

  - netvsc: make sure napi enabled before vmbus_open     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: mark error cases as unlikely (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: move filter setting to rndis_device     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: need napi scheduled during removal     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: need rcu_derefence when accessing internal     device info (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: optimize calculation of number of slots     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: optimize receive completions (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: pass net_device to netvsc_init_buf and     netvsc_connect_vsp (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: prefetch the first incoming ring element     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: Properly initialize the return value     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: remove bogus rtnl_unlock (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: remove no longer used max_num_rss queues     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: Remove redundant use of ipv6_hdr()     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: remove unnecessary indirection of page_buffer     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: remove unnecessary lock on shutdown     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: remove unused #define (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: replace netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align with     napi_alloc_skb (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: save pointer to parent netvsc_device in channel     table (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: signal host if receive ring is emptied     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: transparent VF management (fate#320485,     bsc#1051979).

  - netvsc: use ERR_PTR to avoid dereference issues     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: use hv_get_bytes_to_read (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: use napi_consume_skb (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: use RCU to protect inner device structure     (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: uses RCU instead of removal flag (fate#320485).

  - netvsc: use typed pointer for internal state     (fate#320485).

  - nvme: fabrics commands should use the fctype field for     data direction (bsc#1043805).

  - powerpc/perf: Fix SDAR_MODE value for continous sampling     on Power9 (bsc#1053043 (git-fixes)).

  - powerpc/tm: Fix saving of TM SPRs in core dump     (fate#318470, git-fixes 08e1c01d6aed).

  - qeth: fix L3 next-hop im xmit qeth hdr (bnc#1052773,     LTC#157374).

  - rdma/bnxt_re: checking for NULL instead of IS_ERR()     (bsc#1052925).

  - scsi: aacraid: fix PCI error recovery path     (bsc#1048912).

  - scsi_devinfo: fixup string compare (bsc#1037404).

  - scsi_dh_alua: suppress errors from unsupported devices     (bsc#1038792).

  - scsi: hisi_sas: add pci_dev in hisi_hba struct     (bsc#1049298).

  - scsi: hisi_sas: add v2 hw internal abort timeout     workaround (bsc#1049298).

  - scsi: hisi_sas: controller reset for multi-bits ECC and     AXI fatal errors (bsc#1049298).

  - scsi: hisi_sas: fix NULL deference when TMF timeouts     (bsc#1049298).

  - scsi: hisi_sas: fix timeout check in     hisi_sas_internal_task_abort() (bsc#1049298).

  - scsi: hisi_sas: optimise DMA slot memory (bsc#1049298).

  - scsi: hisi_sas: optimise the usage of hisi_hba.lock     (bsc#1049298).

  - scsi: hisi_sas: relocate get_ata_protocol()     (bsc#1049298).

  - scsi: hisi_sas: workaround a SoC SATA IO processing bug     (bsc#1049298).

  - scsi: hisi_sas: workaround SoC about abort timeout bug     (bsc#1049298).

  - scsi: hisi_sas: workaround STP link SoC bug     (bsc#1049298).

  - scsi: lpfc: do not double count abort errors     (bsc#1048912).

  - scsi: lpfc: fix linking against modular NVMe support     (bsc#1048912).

  - scsi: qedi: Fix return code in qedi_ep_connect()     (bsc#1048912).

  - scsi: storvsc: Prefer kcalloc over kzalloc with multiply     (fate#320485).

  - scsi: storvsc: remove return at end of void function     (fate#320485).

  - tools: hv: Add clean up for included files in Ubuntu net     config (fate#320485).

  - tools: hv: Add clean up function for Ubuntu config     (fate#320485).

  - tools: hv: properly handle long paths (fate#320485).

  - tools: hv: set allow-hotplug for VF on Ubuntu     (fate#320485).

  - tools: hv: set hotplug for VF on Suse (fate#320485).

  - tools: hv: vss: Thaw the filesystem and continue if     freeze call has timed out (fate#320485).

  - vfs: fix missing inode_get_dev sites (bsc#1052049).

  - vmbus: cleanup header file style (fate#320485).

  - vmbus: expose debug info for drivers (fate#320485).

  - vmbus: fix spelling errors (fate#320485).

  - vmbus: introduce in-place packet iterator (fate#320485).

  - vmbus: only reschedule tasklet if time limit exceeded     (fate#320485).

  - vmbus: re-enable channel tasklet (fate#320485).

  - vmbus: remove unnecessary initialization (fate#320485).

  - vmbus: remove useless return's (fate#320485).

  - x86/dmi: Switch dmi_remap() from ioremap() to     ioremap_cache() (bsc#1051399).

  - x86/hyperv: Check frequency MSRs presence according to     the specification (fate#320485).

  - The package release number was increased to be higher     than the Leap 42.2 package (boo#1053531).

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