{"schema_version":"1.7.3","id":"SUSE-SU-2020:2578-1","published":"2020-09-09T06:34:04Z","modified":"2026-02-04T02:14:03.344232Z","related":["CVE-2020-14386"],"upstream":["CVE-2020-14386"],"summary":"Security update for the Linux Kernel","details":"The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 Azure kernel was updated to 3.12.31 to receive various security and bugfixes.\n\nThe following security bug was fixed:\n\n- CVE-2020-14386: Fixed a potential local privilege escalation via memory corruption (bsc#1176069).\n\nThe following non-security bugs were fixed:\n\n- EDAC: Fix reference count leaks (bsc#1112178).\n- KVM: SVM: fix svn_pin_memory()'s use of get_user_pages_fast() (bsc#1112178).\n- mm, vmstat: reduce zone->lock holding time by /proc/pagetypeinfo (bsc#1175691).\n- net/mlx5e: Fix error path of device attach (git-fixes).\n- net/mlx5: Fix a bug of using ptp channel index as pin index (git-fixes).\n- net: smc91x: Fix possible memory leak in smc_drv_probe() (git-fixes).\n- sched/deadline: Initialize ->dl_boosted (bsc#1112178).\n- scsi: lpfc: Add and rename a whole bunch of function parameter descriptions (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).\n- scsi: lpfc: Add description for lpfc_release_rpi()'s 'ndlpl param (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).\n- scsi: lpfc: Add missing misc_deregister() for lpfc_init() (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).\n- scsi: lpfc: Ensure variable has the same stipulations as code using it (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).\n- scsi: lpfc: Fix a bunch of kerneldoc misdemeanors (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).\n- scsi: lpfc: Fix FCoE speed reporting (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).\n- scsi: lpfc: Fix kerneldoc parameter formatting/misnaming/missing issues (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).\n- scsi: lpfc: Fix LUN loss after cable pull (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).\n- scsi: lpfc: Fix no message shown for lpfc_hdw_queue out of range value (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).\n- scsi: lpfc: Fix oops when unloading driver while running mds diags (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).\n- scsi: lpfc: Fix retry of PRLI when status indicates its unsupported (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).\n- scsi: lpfc: Fix RSCN timeout due to incorrect gidft counter (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).\n- scsi: lpfc: Fix some function parameter descriptions (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).\n- scsi: lpfc: Fix typo in comment for ULP (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).\n- scsi: lpfc: Fix-up around 120 documentation issues (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).\n- scsi: lpfc: Fix-up formatting/docrot where appropriate (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).\n- scsi: lpfc: Fix validation of bsg reply lengths (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).\n- scsi: lpfc: NVMe remote port devloss_tmo from lldd (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666 bsc#1173060).\n- scsi: lpfc: nvmet: Avoid hang / use-after-free again when destroying targetport (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).\n- scsi: lpfc: Provide description for lpfc_mem_alloc()'s 'align' param (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).\n- scsi: lpfc: Quieten some printks (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).\n- scsi: lpfc: Remove unused variable 'pg_addr' (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).\n- scsi: lpfc: Update lpfc version to 12.8.0.3 (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).\n- scsi: lpfc: Use __printf() format notation (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666).\n- vxlan: Ensure FDB dump is performed under RCU (git-fixes).\n- x86/fsgsbase/64: Fix NULL deref in 86_fsgsbase_read_task (bsc#1112178).\n- x86/mce/inject: Fix a wrong assignment of i_mce.status (bsc#1112178).\n- x86/unwind/orc: Fix ORC for newly forked tasks (bsc#1058115).\n","affected":[{"package":{"name":"kernel-azure","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 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