There is a nasty (Dirty COW: CVE-2016-5195) Linux kernel bug with zero-day exploits floating around
OpenSuSE updates will be available soon (likely this weekend); from the #openSUSE-factory IRC channel :
wiert: any E.T.A. for CVE-2016-5195 in the various releases?
…_Marcus_: 13.1 and 42.1 i just released. 13.2 submission i am still awaiting, so release likely tomorrow
…wiert: How about Tumbleweed?
…DimStar: for TW, I have it in staging and will try to squeeze it into the 1021 snapshot
so unlike something really bad happened, it should be shipping tomorrow or Sunday
via: How To Patch and Protect Linux Kernel Zero Day Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVE-2016-5195 [ 21/Oct/2016 ] [WayBack]
–jeroen
Filed under: *nix, openSuSE, Power User, SuSE Linux, Tumbleweed
