The openSUSE Leap 42.1 kernel was updated to 4.1.36 to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2016-8655: A race condition in the af_packet     packet_set_ring function could be used by local     attackers to crash the kernel or gain privileges     (bsc#1012754).

  - CVE-2016-9794: A use-after-free in ALSA pcm could lead     to crashes or allowed local users to potentially gain     privileges (bsc#1013533).

  - CVE-2015-8962: Double free vulnerability in the     sg_common_write function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the     Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or     cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system     crash) by detaching a device during an SG_IO ioctl call     (bnc#1010501).

  - CVE-2016-9178: The __get_user_asm_ex macro in     arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h in the Linux kernel did     not initialize a certain integer variable, which allowed     local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     stack memory by triggering failure of a get_user_ex call     (bnc#1008650).

  - CVE-2016-7913: The xc2028_set_config function in     drivers/media/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c in the Linux kernel     allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial     of service (use-after-free) via vectors involving     omission of the firmware name from a certain data     structure (bnc#1010478).

  - CVE-2016-9555: The sctp_sf_ootb function in     net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c in the Linux kernel lacks     chunk-length checking for the first chunk, which allowed     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds slab access) or possibly have unspecified     other impact via crafted SCTP data (bnc#1011685).

  - CVE-2015-8963: Race condition in kernel/events/core.c in     the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges     or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by     leveraging incorrect handling of an swevent data     structure during a CPU unplug operation (bnc#1010502).

  - CVE-2015-8964: The tty_set_termios_ldisc function in     drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     memory by reading a tty data structure (bnc#1010507).

  - CVE-2016-8646: The hash_accept function in     crypto/algif_hash.c in the Linux kernel allowed local     users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by attempting     to trigger use of in-kernel hash algorithms for a socket     that has received zero bytes of data (bnc#1010150).

  - CVE-2016-8633: drivers/firewire/net.c in the Linux     kernel in certain unusual hardware configurations,     allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via     crafted fragmented packets (bnc#1008833).

  - CVE-2016-8630: The x86_decode_insn function in     arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel, when KVM is     enabled, allowed local users to cause a denial of     service (host OS crash) via a certain use of a ModR/M     byte in an undefined instruction (bnc#1009222).

  - CVE-2016-9083: drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to bypass integer overflow     checks, and cause a denial of service (memory     corruption) or have unspecified other impact, by     leveraging access to a vfio PCI device file for a     VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS ioctl call, aka a 'state machine     confusion bug (bnc#1007197).

  - CVE-2016-9084: drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c in the     Linux kernel misuses the kzalloc function, which allowed     local users to cause a denial of service (integer     overflow) or have unspecified other impact by leveraging     access to a vfio PCI device file (bnc#1007197).

  - CVE-2016-7042: The proc_keys_show function in     security/keys/proc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2,     when the GNU Compiler Collection (gcc) stack protector     is enabled, uses an incorrect buffer size for certain     timeout data, which allowed local users to cause a     denial of service (stack memory corruption and panic) by     reading the /proc/keys file (bnc#1004517).

  - CVE-2016-7097: The filesystem implementation in the     Linux kernel preserves the setgid bit during a setxattr     call, which allowed local users to gain group privileges     by leveraging the existence of a setgid program with     restrictions on execute permissions (bnc#995968).

  - CVE-2015-8956: The rfcomm_sock_bind function in     net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to obtain sensitive information or cause a     denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via vectors     involving a bind system call on a Bluetooth RFCOMM     socket (bnc#1003925).

The following non-security bugs were fixed :

  - ata: ahci_xgene: dereferencing uninitialized pointer in     probe (bsc#1006580).

  - blacklist.conf: add some commits (bsc#1006580)

  - bna: Add synchronization for tx ring (bsc#993739).

  - bonding: set carrier off for devices created through     netlink (bsc#999577).

  - btrfs: deal with duplicates during extent_map insertion     in btrfs_get_extent (bsc#1001171).

  - btrfs: deal with existing encompassing extent map in     btrfs_get_extent() (bsc#1001171).

  - btrfs: fix extent tree corruption due to relocation     (bsc#990384).

  - btrfs: fix races on root_log_ctx lists (bsc#1007653).

  - ext4: fix data exposure after a crash (bsc#1012876).

  - ext4: fix reference counting bug on block allocation     error (bsc#1012876).

  - gre: Disable segmentation offloads w/ CSUM and we are     encapsulated via FOU (bsc#1001486).

  - gro: Allow tunnel stacking in the case of FOU/GUE     (bsc#1001486).

  - ipv6: send NEWLINK on RA managed/otherconf changes     (bsc#934067).

  - ipv6: send only one NEWLINK when RA causes changes     (bsc#934067).

  - isofs: Do not return EACCES for unknown filesystems     (bsc#1012876).

  - jbd2: fix checkpoint list cleanup (bsc#1012876).

  - jbd2: Fix unreclaimed pages after truncate in     data=journal mode (bsc#1010909).

  - locking/static_key: Fix concurrent static_key_slow_inc()     (bsc#1006580).

  - mmc: Fix kabi breakage of mmc-block in 4.1.36     (stable-4.1.36).

  - posix_acl: Added fix for f2fs.

  - Revert 'kbuild: add -fno-PIE' (stable-4.1.36).

  - Revert 'x86/mm: Expand the exception table logic to     allow new handling options' (stable-4.1.36).

  - tunnels: Remove encapsulation offloads on decap     (bsc#1001486).

  - usbhid: add ATEN CS962 to list of quirky devices     (bsc#1007615).

  - vmxnet3: Wake queue from reset work (bsc#999907).

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-1428)

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