SUSE-SU-2015:1612-1: kernel-default&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise
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Published 10-09-2015Last modified 10-09-2015
Vulnerability summary
SUSE-SU-2015:1612-1 is a vulnerability in kernel-default&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise with no CVSS score yet.
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Timeline
- 10-09-2015PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
Description
Security update for kernel-source The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 kernel was updated to version 3.12.44-52.13 to receive various bugfixes. - Btrfs: don't initialize a space info as full to prevent ENOSPC (bsc#944001). - kernel/kvm: Fix MSA3/MSA4 detection (bsc#936916, LTC#127868). - zcrypt: Fixed reset and interrupt handling of AP queues (bsc#936916, LTC#126491). - Update s390x kABI files after gcc update (bsc#924525).
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Suse17 products
- kernel-default&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12< 3.12.44-52.18.1
- kernel-default&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12< 3.12.44-52.18.1
- kernel-default&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12< 3.12.44-52.18.1
- kernel-default&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12< 3.12.44-52.18.1
- kernel-docs&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12< 3.12.44-52.18.3
- kernel-ec2&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12< 3.12.44-52.18.1
- kernel-obs-build&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12< 3.12.44-52.18.1
- kernel-source&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12< 3.12.44-52.18.1
- kernel-source&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12< 3.12.44-52.18.1
- kernel-source&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12< 3.12.44-52.18.1
- kernel-syms&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12< 3.12.44-52.18.1
- kernel-syms&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12< 3.12.44-52.18.1
- kernel-syms&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12< 3.12.44-52.18.1
- kernel-xen&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12< 3.12.44-52.18.1
- kernel-xen&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12< 3.12.44-52.18.1
- kernel-xen&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12< 3.12.44-52.18.1
- kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_7&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12< 1-4.2
1 vendor · 17 products
References
4 links- bugzilla.suse.com/924525REPORT
- bugzilla.suse.com/936916REPORT
- bugzilla.suse.com/944001REPORT
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The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 GA LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.
The following security bugs were fixed:
- CVE-2015-1350: The VFS subsystem in the Linux kernel provided an incomplete set of requirements for setattr operations that underspecifies removing extended privilege attributes, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (capability stripping) via a failed invocation of a system call, as demonstrated by using chown to remove a capability from the ping or Wireshark dumpcap program (bnc#914939).
- CVE-2016-2117: The atl2_probe function in drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c in the Linux kernel incorrectly enabled scatter/gather I/O, which allowed remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading packet data (bnc#968697).
- CVE-2016-3070: The trace_writeback_dirty_page implementation in include/trace/events/writeback.h in the Linux kernel improperly interacted with mm/migrate.c, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a certain page move (bnc#979215).
- CVE-2016-5243: The tipc_nl_compat_link_dump function in net/tipc/netlink_compat.c in the Linux kernel did not properly copy a certain string, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a Netlink message (bnc#983212).
- CVE-2016-7117: Use-after-free vulnerability in the __sys_recvmmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a recvmmsg system call that is mishandled during error processing (bnc#1003077).
- CVE-2016-9588: arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel mismanages the #BP and #OF exceptions, which allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by declining to handle an exception thrown by an L2 guest (bnc#1015703).
- CVE-2016-10044: The aio_mount function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict execute access, which made it easier for local users to bypass intended SELinux W^X policy restrictions, and consequently gain privileges, via an io_setup system call (bnc#1023992).
- CVE-2016-10200: Race condition in the L2TPv3 IP Encapsulation feature in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by making multiple bind system calls without properly ascertaining whether a socket has the SOCK_ZAPPED status, related to net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c and net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c (bnc#1028415).
- CVE-2016-10208: The ext4_fill_super function in fs/ext4/super.c in the Linux kernel did not properly validate meta block groups, which allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system crash) via a crafted ext4 image (bnc#1023377).
- CVE-2017-2671: The ping_unhash function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel is too late in obtaining a certain lock and consequently cannot ensure that disconnect function calls are safe, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by leveraging access to the protocol value of IPPROTO_ICMP in a socket system call (bnc#1031003).
- CVE-2017-5669: The do_shmat function in ipc/shm.c in the Linux kernel did not restrict the address calculated by a certain rounding operation, which allowed local users to map page zero, and consequently bypass a protection mechanism that exists for the mmap system call, by making crafted shmget and shmat system calls in a privileged context (bnc#1026914).
- CVE-2017-5897: The ip6gre_err function in net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving GRE flags in an IPv6 packet, which trigger an out-of-bounds access (bnc#1023762).
- CVE-2017-5970: The ipv4_pktinfo_prepare function in net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via (1) an application that made crafted system calls or possibly (2) IPv4 traffic with invalid IP options (bnc#1024938).
- CVE-2017-5986: Race condition in the sctp_wait_for_sndbuf function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and panic) via a multithreaded application that peels off an association in a certain buffer-full state (bnc#1025235).
- CVE-2017-6074: The dccp_rcv_state_process function in net/dccp/input.c in the Linux kernel mishandled DCCP_PKT_REQUEST packet data structures in the LISTEN state, which allowed local users to obtain root privileges or cause a denial of service (double free) via an application that made an IPV6_RECVPKTINFO setsockopt system call (bnc#1026024).
- CVE-2017-6214: The tcp_splice_read function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and soft lockup) via vectors involving a TCP packet with the URG flag (bnc#1026722).
- CVE-2017-6345: The LLC subsystem in the Linux kernel did not ensure that a certain destructor exists in required circumstances, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls (bnc#1027190).
- CVE-2017-6346: Race condition in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a multithreaded application that made PACKET_FANOUT setsockopt system calls (bnc#1027189).
- CVE-2017-6348: The hashbin_delete function in net/irda/irqueue.c in the Linux kernel improperly managed lock dropping, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via crafted operations on IrDA devices (bnc#1027178).
- CVE-2017-6353: net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict association peel-off operations during certain wait states, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (invalid unlock and double free) via a multithreaded application. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2017-5986 (bnc#1027066).
- CVE-2017-7187: The sg_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large command size in an SG_NEXT_CMD_LEN ioctl call, leading to out-of-bounds write access in the sg_write function (bnc#1030213).
- CVE-2017-7261: The vmw_surface_define_ioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c in the Linux kernel did not check for a zero value of certain levels data, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (ZERO_SIZE_PTR dereference, and GPF and possibly panic) via a crafted ioctl call for a /dev/dri/renderD* device (bnc#1031052).
- CVE-2017-7294: The vmw_surface_define_ioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c in the Linux kernel did not validate addition of certain levels data, which allowed local users to trigger an integer overflow and out-of-bounds write, and cause a denial of service (system hang or crash) or possibly gain privileges, via a crafted ioctl call for a /dev/dri/renderD* device (bnc#1031440).
- CVE-2017-7308: The packet_set_ring function in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel did not properly validate certain block-size data, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls (bnc#1031579).
- CVE-2017-7616: Incorrect error handling in the set_mempolicy and mbind compat syscalls in mm/mempolicy.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized stack data by triggering failure of a certain bitmap operation (bnc#1033336).
The following non-security bugs were fixed:
- ext4: fix fencepost in s_first_meta_bg validation (bsc#1029986).
- hwrng: virtio - ensure reads happen after successful probe (bsc#954763 bsc#1032344).
- kgr/module: make a taint flag module-specific (fate#313296).
- l2tp: fix address test in __l2tp_ip6_bind_lookup() (bsc#1028415).
- l2tp: fix lookup for sockets not bound to a device in l2tp_ip (bsc#1028415).
- l2tp: fix racy socket lookup in l2tp_ip and l2tp_ip6 bind() (bsc#1028415).
- l2tp: hold socket before dropping lock in l2tp_ip{, 6}_recv() (bsc#1028415).
- l2tp: hold tunnel socket when handling control frames in l2tp_ip and l2tp_ip6 (bsc#1028415).
- l2tp: lock socket before checking flags in connect() (bsc#1028415).
- mm/huge_memory.c: respect FOLL_FORCE/FOLL_COW for thp (bnc#1030118).
- module: move add_taint_module() to a header file (fate#313296).
- netfilter: bridge: Fix the build when IPV6 is disabled (bsc#1027149).
- nfs: flush out dirty data on file fput() (bsc#1021762).
- powerpc: Blacklist GCC 5.4 6.1 and 6.2 (boo#1028895).
- powerpc: Reject binutils 2.24 when building little endian (boo#1028895).
- revert 'procfs: mark thread stack correctly in proc/<pid>/maps' (bnc#1030901).
- taint/module: Clean up global and module taint flags handling (fate#313296).
- usb: serial: kl5kusb105: fix line-state error handling (bsc#1021256).
- xfs_dmapi: fix the debug compilation of xfs_dmapi (bsc#989056).
- xfs: fix buffer overflow dm_get_dirattrs/dm_get_dirattrs2 (bsc#989056).CVSSUnscoredInsufficient evidenceSUSE-SU-2017:0866-1SUSE Linux Enterprisesuse · kernel-default&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS +10 moresuse kernel-default&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSSSecurity update for the Linux Kernel
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 kernel was updated to fix the following security bugs:
- CVE-2017-7184: The Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain root privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based out-of-bounds access) via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2017 (bnc#1030573, bnc#1028372).
- CVE-2017-2636: Race condition in drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (double free) by setting the HDLC line discipline (bnc#1027565).CVSSUnscoredInsufficient evidenceSUSE-SU-2017:0471-1SUSE Linux Enterprisesuse · kernel-default&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS +10 moresuse kernel-default&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSSSecurity update for the Linux Kernel
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 GA LTSS kernel was updated to 3.12.61 to receive various security and bugfixes.
The following feature was implemented:
- The ext2 filesystem got reenabled and supported to allow support for 'XIP' (Execute In Place) (FATE#320805).
The following security bugs were fixed:
- CVE-2017-5551: The tmpfs filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel preserved 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 (bsc#1021258).
- CVE-2016-7097: The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel preserved 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-2017-2583: A Linux kernel built with the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (CONFIG_KVM) support was vulnerable to an incorrect segment selector(SS) value error. A user/process inside guest could have used this flaw to crash the guest resulting in DoS or potentially escalate their privileges inside guest. (bsc#1020602).
- CVE-2017-2584: arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted application that leverages instruction emulation for fxrstor, fxsave, sgdt, and sidt (bnc#1019851).
- CVE-2016-10088: The sg implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict write operations in situations where the KERNEL_DS option is set, which allowed local users to read or write to arbitrary kernel memory locations or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging access to a /dev/sg device, related to block/bsg.c and drivers/scsi/sg.c. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-9576 (bnc#1017710).
- CVE-2016-8645: The TCP stack in the Linux kernel mishandled skb truncation, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application that made sendto system calls, related to net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c and net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c (bnc#1009969).
- CVE-2016-8399: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel networking subsystem could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process and current compiler optimizations restrict access to the vulnerable code. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-31349935 (bnc#1014746).
- CVE-2016-9806: Race condition in the netlink_dump function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (double free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that made sendmsg system calls, leading to a free operation associated with a new dump that started earlier than anticipated (bnc#1013540).
- CVE-2016-9756: arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize Code Segment (CS) in certain error cases, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application (bnc#1013038).
- CVE-2016-9793: The sock_setsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel mishandled negative values of sk_sndbuf and sk_rcvbuf, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for a crafted setsockopt system call with the (1) SO_SNDBUFFORCE or (2) SO_RCVBUFFORCE option (bnc#1013531).
- CVE-2016-7910: Use-after-free vulnerability in the disk_seqf_stop function in block/genhd.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges by leveraging the execution of a certain stop operation even if the corresponding start operation had failed (bnc#1010716).
- 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-2016-7913: 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-2016-7911: Race condition in the get_task_ioprio function in block/ioprio.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted ioprio_get system call (bnc#1010711).
- 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-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-2016-7914: The assoc_array_insert_into_terminal_node function in lib/assoc_array.c in the Linux kernel did not check whether a slot is a leaf, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and out-of-bounds read) via an application that uses associative-array data structures, as demonstrated by the keyutils test suite (bnc#1010475).
- CVE-2016-8633: drivers/firewire/net.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted fragmented packets (bnc#1008833).
- 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 misused 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 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-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).
- CVE-2016-8658: Stack-based buffer overflow in the brcmf_cfg80211_start_ap function in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long SSID Information Element in a command to a Netlink socket (bnc#1004462).
- CVE-2016-7425: The arcmsr_iop_message_xfer function in drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_hba.c in the Linux kernel did not restrict a certain length field, which allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via an ARCMSR_MESSAGE_WRITE_WQBUFFER control code (bnc#999932).
- CVE-2016-6327: drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by using an ABORT_TASK command to abort a device write operation (bnc#994748).
- CVE-2016-6828: The tcp_check_send_head function in include/net/tcp.h in the Linux kernel did not properly maintain certain SACK state after a failed data copy, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue use-after-free and system crash) via a crafted SACK option (bnc#994296).
- CVE-2016-5696: net/ipv4/tcp_input.c in the Linux kernel did not properly determine the rate of challenge ACK segments, which made it easier for remote attackers to hijack TCP sessions via a blind in-window attack (bnc#989152).
- CVE-2016-6130: Race condition in the sclp_ctl_ioctl_sccb function in drivers/s390/char/sclp_ctl.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by changing a certain length value, aka a 'double fetch' vulnerability (bnc#987542).
- CVE-2016-6480: Race condition in the ioctl_send_fib function in drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access or system crash) by changing a certain size value, aka a 'double fetch' vulnerability (bnc#991608).
- CVE-2016-4998: The IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt implementation in the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging in-container root access to provide a crafted offset value that leads to crossing a ruleset blob boundary (bnc#986362 bnc#986365).
- CVE-2016-5828: The start_thread function in arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c in the Linux kernel on powerpc platforms mishandled transactional state, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (invalid process state or TM Bad Thing exception, and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by starting and suspending a transaction before an exec system call (bnc#986569).
- CVE-2014-9904: The snd_compress_check_input function in sound/core/compress_offload.c in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly check for an integer overflow, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (insufficient memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SNDRV_COMPRESS_SET_PARAMS ioctl call (bnc#986811).
- CVE-2016-5829: Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the hiddev_ioctl_usage function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c in the Linux kernel allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) HIDIOCGUSAGES or (2) HIDIOCSUSAGES ioctl call (bnc#986572).
- CVE-2016-4470: The key_reject_and_link function in security/keys/key.c in the Linux kernel did not ensure that a certain data structure is initialized, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via vectors involving a crafted keyctl request2 command (bnc#984755).
The following non-security bugs were fixed:
- base: make module_create_drivers_dir race-free (bnc#983977).
- btrfs-8448-improve-performance-on-fsync-against-new-inode.patch: Disable (bsc#981597).
- btrfs: account for non-CoW'd blocks in btrfs_abort_transaction (bsc#983619).
- btrfs: be more precise on errors when getting an inode from disk (bsc#981038).
- btrfs: do not create or leak aliased root while cleaning up orphans (bsc#994881).
- btrfs: ensure that file descriptor used with subvol ioctls is a dir (bsc#999600).
- btrfs: fix relocation incorrectly dropping data references (bsc#990384).
- btrfs: handle quota reserve failure properly (bsc#1005666).
- btrfs: improve performance on fsync against new inode after rename/unlink (bsc#981038).
- btrfs: increment ctx->pos for every emitted or skipped dirent in readdir (bsc#981709).
- btrfs: remove old tree_root dirent processing in btrfs_real_readdir() (bsc#981709).
- cdc-acm: added sanity checking for probe() (bsc#993891).
- ext2: Enable ext2 driver in config files (bsc#976195, fate#320805)
- ext4: Add parameter for tuning handling of ext2 (bsc#976195).
- ext4: Fixup handling for custom configs in tuning.
- ftrace/x86: Set ftrace_stub to weak to prevent gcc from using short jumps to it (bsc#984419).
- ipv6: Fix improper use or RCU in patches.kabi/ipv6-add-complete-rcu-protection-around-np-opt.kabi.patch. (bsc#961257)
- ipv6: KABI workaround for ipv6: add complete rcu protection around np->opt.
- kabi: prevent spurious modversion changes after bsc#982544 fix (bsc#982544).
- kabi: reintroduce sk_filter (kabi).
- kaweth: fix firmware download (bsc#993890).
- kaweth: fix oops upon failed memory allocation (bsc#993890).
- kgraft/iscsi-target: Do not block kGraft in iscsi_np kthread (bsc#1010612, fate#313296).
- kgraft/xen: Do not block kGraft in xenbus kthread (bsc#1017410, fate#313296).
- kgr: ignore zombie tasks during the patching (bnc#1008979).
- mm/swap.c: flush lru pvecs on compound page arrival (bnc#983721).
- mm: thp: fix SMP race condition between THP page fault and MADV_DONTNEED (VM Functionality, bnc#986445).
- modsign: Print appropriate status message when accessing UEFI variable (bsc#958606).
- mpi: Fix NULL ptr dereference in mpi_powm() [ver #3] (bsc#1011820).
- mpt3sas: Fix panic when aer correct error occurred (bsc#997708, bsc#999943).
- netfilter: allow logging fron non-init netns (bsc#970083).
- netfilter: bridge: do not leak skb in error paths (bsc#982544).
- netfilter: bridge: forward IPv6 fragmented packets (bsc#982544).
- netfilter: bridge: Use __in6_dev_get rather than in6_dev_get in br_validate_ipv6 (bsc#982544).
- nfs: Do not write enable new pages while an invalidation is proceeding (bsc#999584).
- nfs: Fix a regression in the read() syscall (bsc#999584).
- pci/aer: Clear error status registers during enumeration and restore (bsc#985978).
- ppp: defer netns reference release for ppp channel (bsc#980371).
- reiserfs: fix race in prealloc discard (bsc#987576).
- scsi: ibmvfc: Fix I/O hang when port is not mapped (bsc#971989)
- scsi: Increase REPORT_LUNS timeout (bsc#982282).
- series.conf: move stray netfilter patches to the right section
- squashfs3: properly handle dir_emit() failures (bsc#998795).
- supported.conf: Add ext2
- timers: Use proper base migration in add_timer_on() (bnc#993392).
- tty: audit: Fix audit source (bsc#1016482).
- tty: Prevent ldisc drivers from re-using stale tty fields (bnc#1010507).
- usb: fix typo in wMaxPacketSize validation (bsc#991665).
- usb: validate wMaxPacketValue entries in endpoint descriptors (bnc#991665).
- xen: Fix refcnt regression in xen netback introduced by changes made for bug#881008 (bnc#978094)
- xfs: allow lazy sb counter sync during filesystem freeze sequence (bsc#980560).
- xfs: fixed signedness of error code in xfs_inode_buf_verify (bsc#1003153).
- xfs: fix premature enospc on inode allocation (bsc#984148).
- xfs: get rid of XFS_IALLOC_BLOCKS macros (bsc#984148).
- xfs: get rid of XFS_INODE_CLUSTER_SIZE macros (bsc#984148).
- xfs: refactor xlog_recover_process_data() (bsc#1019300).
- xfs: Silence warnings in xfs_vm_releasepage() (bnc#915183 bsc#987565).
- xhci: silence warnings in switch (bnc#991665).CVSSUnscored