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openSUSE 12.1/12.2: 2012:1234-5 Critical: Kernel Memory Leak Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey August 24, 2011
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
New patch released for openSUSE: addresses significant flaw in xen that affects overall system functionality and responsiveness. Take action immediately!
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Description

Security / Collective Update for Xen

Xen:

- bnc#702025 - VUL-0: xen: VT-d (PCI passthrough) MSI trap

injection (CVE-2011-1898)

- bnc#703924 - update block-npiv scripts to support BFA HBA

- bnc#689954 - L3: Live migrations fail when guest crashes:

domain_crash_sync called from entry.S

- bnc#693472 - Bridge hangs cause redundant ring failures

in SLE 11 SP1 HAE + XEN

- bnc#582265 - xen-scsi.ko not supported

- bnc#670465 - When connecting to Xen guest through

vncviewer mouse tracking is off.

- bnc#684305 - on_crash is being ignored with kdump now

working in HVM

vm-install:

- bnc#692625 - virt-manager has problems to install guest

from multiple CD

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Topics Covered

security advisory important system fix bug resolution xen openSUSE PCI passthrough

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE 11.4:

zypper in -t patch xen-201107-4929

- openSUSE 11.3:

zypper in -t patch xen-201107-4930

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List

- openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 0.4.31]:

vm-install-0.4.31-0.4.1

xen-4.0.2_52-0.2.1

xen-devel-4.0.2_52-0.2.1

xen-doc-html-4.0.2_52-0.2.1

xen-doc-pdf-4.0.2_52-0.2.1

xen-kmp-default-4.0.2_52_k2.6.37.6_0.7-0.2.1

xen-kmp-desktop-4.0.2_52_k2.6.37.6_0.7-0.2.1

xen-libs-4.0.2_52-0.2.1

xen-tools-4.0.2_52-0.2.1

xen-tools-domU-4.0.2_52-0.2.1

- openSUSE 11.4 (i586):

xen-kmp-pae-4.0.2_52_k2.6.37.6_0.7-0.2.1

- openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 0.4.31]:

vm-install-0.4.31-0.4.1

xen-4.0.2_21511_02-0.5.2

xen-devel-4.0.2_21511_02-0.5.2

xen-doc-html-4.0.2_21511_02-0.5.2

xen-doc-pdf-4.0.2_21511_02-0.5.2

xen-kmp-default-4.0.2_21511_02_k2.6.34.10_0.2-0.5.2

xen-kmp-desktop-4.0.2_21511_02_k2.6.34.10_0.2-0.5.2

xen-libs-4.0.2_21511_02-0.5.2

xen-tools-4.0.2_21511_02-0.5.2

xen-tools-domU-4.0.2_21511_02-0.5.2

- openSUSE 11.3 (i586):

xen-kmp-pae-4.0.2_21511_02_k2.6.34.10_0.2-0.5.2

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1898.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2011:0941-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 openSUSE 11.3

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Topics Covered

security advisory important system fix bug resolution xen openSUSE PCI passthrough

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