This kernel update is based on the upstream 4.1.12 longterm kernel and fixes at least the following security issue:
Moein Ghasemzadeh discovered that the USB WhiteHEAT serial driver contained hardcoded attributes about the USB devices. An attacker could construct a fake WhiteHEAT USB device that, when inserted, causes a denial of service (system crash) (CVE-2015-5257).
It also fixes various upstream bugs, for more info see the referenced changelogs.
Other fixes in this update: * improve ath10k (QCA99X0, QCA988X, QCA6174) support (mga#16915) * silence a harmless warning on 32bit non-dt hardware (mga#17010) * fix regression with AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad of a Dell Latitude D600 (mga#17034) * kernel-firmware-nonfee: - Add firmware for mwlwifi - add firmware for QCA99X0 hw2.0, QCA988X hw2.0, QCA6174 hw2.1/3.0 (ath10k) - brcmfmac: firmware refresh for BCM43602 PCIE devices * iwlwifi-agn-ucode: - Add firmware for Intel Bluetooth 7265 (D1) - Update firmware for Intel Bluetooth 7265 (C0/D0) - Update firmware for Intel Bluetooth 7260 (B3/B4/B5/B6)