suse-su-2020:2537-1
Vulnerability from csaf_suse
Published
2020-09-04 11:34
Modified
2020-09-04 11:34
Summary
Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 1 for SLE 15 SP2)

Notes

Title of the patch
Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 1 for SLE 15 SP2)
Description of the patch
This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-24_9 fixes one issue. The following security issue was fixed: - CVE-2020-14331: Fixed a buffer over-write in vgacon_scroll (bsc#1174247).
Patchnames
SUSE-2020-2537,SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP2-2020-2537
Terms of use
CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).


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