{"id":"SUSE-SU-2017:2696-1","summary":"Security update for dracut","details":"\nThis update for dracut fixes the following issues:\n\nSecurity issues fixed:\n\n- CVE-2016-8637: When the early microcode loading was enabled during initrd creation, the initrd\n  would be read-only available for all users, allowing local users to retrieve secrets stored in\n  the initial ramdisk. (bsc#1008340)\n\nNon-security issues fixed:\n\n- Skip iBFT discovery for qla4xxx flashnode session. (bsc#935320)\n- Set MTU and LLADDR for DHCP if specified. (bsc#959803)\n- Allow booting from degraded MD arrays with systemd. (bsc#1017695)\n- Start multipath services before local-fs-pre.target. (bsc#1005410, bsc#1006118, bsc#1007925,\n  bsc#986734, bsc#986838)\n- Fixed /sbin/installkernel to handle kernel packages built with 'make bin-rpmpkg'. (bsc#1008648)\n- Fixed typo in installkernel script. (bsc#1032576)\n- Fixed subnet calculation in mkinitrd. (bsc#1035743)\n","modified":"2026-03-11T06:37:30.996434Z","published":"2017-10-10T13:55:33Z","related":["CVE-2016-8637"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-8637"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20172696-1/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1005410"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1006118"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1007925"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1008340"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1008648"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1017695"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1032576"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1035743"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/935320"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/959803"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/986734"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/986838"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8637"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dracut","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/dracut&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSS"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"037-51.31.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"dracut-fips":"037-51.31.1","dracut":"037-51.31.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2017:2696-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}