File _patchinfo of Package patchinfo.2807
<patchinfo incident="2807">
<category>security</category>
<rating>important</rating>
<issue id="986362" tracker="bnc">VUL-0: CVE-2016-4997: kernel: Linux local privilege escalation in compat_setsockopt</issue>
<issue id="2016-4998" tracker="cve">VUL-0: CVE-2016-4997: kernel: Linux local privilege escalation in compat_setsockopt</issue>
<reboot_needed/>
<packager>michal-m</packager>
<summary>Security update for the Linux Kernel</summary>
<description>
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 GA kernel was updated to receive one critical security fix.
Security issue fixed:
- CVE-2016-4997: A buffer overflow in 32bit compat_setsockopt iptables handling could lead to a local privilege escalation. (bsc#986362)
</description>
</patchinfo>