openSUSE: 2012:0236-1: important: kernel
Description
The openSUSE 11.4 kernel was updated to fix bugs and security issues. Following security issues have been fixed: CVE-2011-4604: If root does read() on a specific socket, it's possible to corrupt (kernel) memory over network, with an ICMP packet, if the B.A.T.M.A.N. mesh protocol is used. CVE-2011-2699: Fernando Gont discovered that the IPv6 stack used predictable fragment identification numbers. A remote attacker could exploit this to exhaust network resources, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2011-1173: A kernel information leak via ip6_tables was fixed. CVE-2011-1172: A kernel information leak via ip6_tables netfilter was fixed. CVE-2011-1171: A kernel information leak via ip_tables was fixed. CVE-2011-1170: A kernel information leak via arp_tables was fixed. CVE-2011-1080: A kernel information leak via netfilter was fixed. CVE-2011-2213: The inet_diag_bc_audit function in net/ipv4/inet_diag.c in the Linux kernel did not properly audit INET_DIAG bytecode, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) via crafted INET_DIAG_REQ_BYTECODE instructions in a netlink message, as demonstrated by an INET_DIAG_BC_JMP instruction with a zero yes value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3880. CVE-2011-2534: Buffer overflow in the clusterip_proc_write function in net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CLUSTERIP.c in the Linux kernel might have allowed local users to cause a denial of service or have unspecified other impact via a crafted write operation, related to string data that lacks a terminating '\0' character. CVE-2011-1770: Integer underflow in the dccp_parse_options function (net/dccp/options.c) in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) packet with an invalid feature options length, which triggered a buffer over-read. CVE-2011-2723: The skb_gro_header_slow function in include/linux/netdevice.h in the Linux kernel, when Generic Receive Offload (GRO) is enabled, reset certain fields in incorrect situations, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted network traffic. CVE-2011-2898: A kernel information leak in the AF_PACKET protocol was fixed which might have allowed local attackers to read kernel memory. CVE-2011-4087: A local denial of service when using bridged networking via a flood ping was fixed. CVE-2011-2203: A NULL ptr dereference on mounting corrupt hfs filesystems was fixed which could be used by local attackers to crash the kernel. CVE-2011-4081: Using the crypto interface a local user could Oops the kernel by writing to a AF_ALG socket. Special Instructions and Notes: Please reboot the system after installing this update.
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 kernel-5606 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List
- openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2.6.37.6]: kernel-debug-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 kernel-debug-base-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 kernel-debug-devel-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 kernel-default-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 kernel-default-base-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 kernel-default-devel-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 kernel-desktop-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 kernel-desktop-base-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 kernel-desktop-devel-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 kernel-ec2-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 kernel-ec2-base-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 kernel-ec2-devel-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 kernel-ec2-extra-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 kernel-syms-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 kernel-trace-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 kernel-trace-base-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 kernel-trace-devel-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 kernel-vanilla-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 kernel-vanilla-base-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 kernel-vanilla-devel-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 kernel-xen-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 kernel-xen-base-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 kernel-xen-devel-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 preload-kmp-default-1.2_k2.6.37.6_0.11-6.7.28 preload-kmp-desktop-1.2_k2.6.37.6_0.11-6.7.28 - openSUSE 11.4 (noarch) [New Version: 2.6.37.6]: kernel-devel-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 kernel-docs-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 kernel-source-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 kernel-source-vanilla-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 - openSUSE 11.4 (i586) [New Version: 2.6.37.6]: kernel-pae-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 kernel-pae-base-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 kernel-pae-devel-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 kernel-vmi-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 kernel-vmi-base-2.6.37.6-0.11.1 kernel-vmi-devel-2.6.37.6-0.11.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1080.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1170.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1171.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1172.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1173.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1770.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2203.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2213.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2534.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2699.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2723.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2898.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4081.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4087.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4604.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/676602 https://bugzilla.novell.com/679059 https://bugzilla.novell.com/681180 https://bugzilla.novell.com/681181 https://bugzilla.novell.com/681184 https://bugzilla.novell.com/681185 https://bugzilla.novell.com/691052 https://bugzilla.novell.com/692498 https://bugzilla.novell.com/699709 https://bugzilla.novell.com/700879 https://bugzilla.novell.com/702037 https://bugzilla.novell.com/707288 https://bugzilla.novell.com/709561 https://bugzilla.novell.com/709764 https://bugzilla.novell.com/710235 https://bugzilla.novell.com/713933 https://bugzilla.novell.com/723999 https://bugzilla.novell.com/726788 https://bugzilla.novell.com/736149
