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Red Hat: RHSA-2014:1971-01 Important: Kernel Security and Bug Fix

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Calendar Grey December 9, 2014
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Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

Red Hat would like to thank Frey Alfredsson for reporting CVE-2014-3631, and Vasily Averin of Parallels for reporting CVE-2014-5045. The CVE-2014-3673 was discovered by Liu Wei of Red Hat.

All kernel users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

To install kernel packages manually, use "rpm -ivh [package]". Do not use "rpm -Uvh" as that will remove the running kernel binaries from your system. You may use "rpm -e" to remove old kernels after determining that the new kernel functions properly on your system.

Summary

* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's SCTP implementation handled malformed or duplicate Address Configuration Change Chunks (ASCONF). A remote attacker could use either of these flaws to crash the system. (CVE-2014-3673, CVE-2014-3687, Important)
* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's SCTP implementation handled the association's output queue. A remote attacker could send specially crafted packets that would cause the system to use an excessive amount of memory, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3688, Important)
* Two flaws were found in the way the Apple Magic Mouse/Trackpad multi-touch driver and the Minibox PicoLCD driver handled invalid HID reports. An attacker with physical access to the system could use these flaws to crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2014-3181, CVE-2014-3186, Moderate)
* A memory corruption flaw was found in the way the USB ConnectTech WhiteHEAT serial driver processed completion commands sent via USB Request Blocks buffers. An attacker with physical access to the system could use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2014-3185, Moderate)
* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's keys subsystem handled the termination condition in the associative array garbage collection functionality. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2014-3631, Moderate)
* Multiple flaws were found in the way the Linux kernel's ALSA implementation handled user controls. A local, privileged user could use either of these flaws to crash the system. (CVE-2014-4654, CVE-2014-4655, CVE-2014-4656, Moderate)
* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's VFS subsystem handled reference counting when performing unmount operations on symbolic links. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to exhaust all available memory on the system or, potentially, trigger a use-after-free error, resulting in a system crash or privilege escalation. (CVE-2014-5045, Moderate)
* A flaw was found in the way the get_dumpable() function return value was interpreted in the ptrace subsystem of the Linux kernel. When 'fs.suid_dumpable' was set to 2, a local, unprivileged local user could use this flaw to bypass intended ptrace restrictions and obtain potentially sensitive information. (CVE-2013-2929, Low)
* A stack overflow flaw caused by infinite recursion was found in the way the Linux kernel's UDF file system implementation processed indirect ICBs. An attacker with physical access to the system could use a specially crafted UDF image to crash the system. (CVE-2014-6410, Low)
* An information leak flaw in the way the Linux kernel handled media device enumerate entities IOCTL requests could allow a local user able to access the /dev/media0 device file to leak kernel memory bytes. (CVE-2014-1739, Low)
* An out-of-bounds read flaw in the Logitech Unifying receiver driver could allow an attacker with physical access to the system to crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2014-3182, Low)
* Multiple out-of-bounds write flaws were found in the way the Cherry Cymotion keyboard driver, KYE/Genius device drivers, Logitech device drivers, Monterey Genius KB29E keyboard driver, Petalynx Maxter remote control driver, and Sunplus wireless desktop driver handled invalid HID reports. An attacker with physical access to the system could use either of these flaws to write data past an allocated memory buffer. (CVE-2014-3184, Low)
* An information leak flaw was found in the RAM Disks Memory Copy (rd_mcp) back end driver of the iSCSI Target subsystem could allow a privileged user to leak the contents of kernel memory to an iSCSI initiator remote client. (CVE-2014-4027, Low)
* An information leak flaw in the Linux kernel's ALSA implementation could allow a local, privileged user to leak kernel memory to user space. (CVE-2014-4652, Low)

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2929 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1739 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3181 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3182 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3184 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3185 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3186 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3631 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3673 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3687 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3688 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4027 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4652 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4654 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4655 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4656 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-5045 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6410 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: kernel-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.src.rpm
noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64: kernel-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
noarch: kernel-doc-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64: kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm python-perf-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:1971-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2014-12-09

Topic

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugsare now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important securityimpact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which givedetailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from theCVE links in the References section.The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linuxoperating system.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1028148 - CVE-2013-2929 kernel: exec/ptrace: get_dumpable() incorrect tests

1108744 - CVE-2014-4027 Kernel: target/rd: imformation leakage

1109774 - CVE-2014-1739 Kernel: drivers: media: an information leakage

1113406 - CVE-2014-4652 Kernel: ALSA: control: protect user controls against races & memory disclosure

1113445 - CVE-2014-4654 CVE-2014-4655 Kernel: ALSA: control: use-after-free in replacing user controls

1113470 - CVE-2014-4656 Kernel: ALSA: control: integer overflow in id.index & id.numid

1122472 - CVE-2014-5045 kernel: vfs: refcount issues during unmount on symlink

1140325 - CVE-2014-3631 kernel: keys: incorrect termination condition in assoc array garbage collection

1141173 - CVE-2014-3181 Kernel: HID: OOB write in magicmouse driver

1141210 - CVE-2014-3182 Kernel: HID: logitech-dj OOB array access

1141391 - CVE-2014-3184 Kernel: HID: off by one error in various _report_fixup routines

1141400 - CVE-2014-3185 Kernel: USB serial: memory corruption flaw

1141407 - CVE-2014-3186 Kernel: HID: memory corruption via OOB write

1141809 - CVE-2014-6410 kernel: udf: Avoid infinite loop when processing indirect ICBs

1147850 - CVE-2014-3673 kernel: sctp: skb_over_panic when receiving malformed ASCONF chunks

1155731 - CVE-2014-3687 kernel: net: sctp: fix panic on duplicate ASCONF chunks

1155745 - CVE-2014-3688 kernel: net: sctp: remote memory pressure from excessive queueing

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