SUSE-SU-2016:2553-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2016-10-17 13:09 - Updated: 2026-09-20 12:18
Summary
Security update for kdump
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Title of the patch: Security update for kdump
Description of the patch: This update for kdump provides several fixes and enhancements: - Refresh kdumprd if /etc/hosts or /etc/nsswitch.conf is changed. (bsc#943214) - Add a separate systemd service to rebuild kdumprd at boot. (bsc#943214) - Improve network setup in the kdump environment by reading configuration from wicked by default (system configuration files are used as a fallback). (bsc#980328) - Use the last mount entry in kdump_get_mountpoints(). (bsc#951844) - Remove 'notsc' from the kdump kernel command line. (bsc#973213) - Handle dump files with many program headers. (bsc#932339, bsc#970708) - Fall back to stat() if file type is DT_UNKNOWN. (bsc#964206) - Remove vm. sysctls from kdump initrd. (bsc#927451, bsc#987862) - Use the exit code of kexec, not that of 'local'. (bsc#984799) - Convert sysroot to a bind mount in kdump initrd. (bsc#976864) - Distinguish between Xenlinux (aka Xenified or SUSE) and pvops Xen kernels, as the latter can run on bare metal. (bsc#974270) - CVE-2016-5759: Use full path to dracut as argument to bash. (bsc#989972, bsc#990200)
Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-1492,SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1492
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1:kdump-0:0.8.15-29.1.x86_64
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP1:kdump-0:0.8.15-29.1.ppc64le
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP1:kdump-0:0.8.15-29.1.s390x
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP1:kdump-0:0.8.15-29.1.x86_64
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1:kdump-0:0.8.15-29.1.ppc64le
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1:kdump-0:0.8.15-29.1.s390x
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1:kdump-0:0.8.15-29.1.x86_64
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1:kdump-0:0.8.15-29.1.ppc64le
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1:kdump-0:0.8.15-29.1.s390x
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1:kdump-0:0.8.15-29.1.x86_64
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact moderate

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}



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