SciLinux: CVE-2007-5904 Moderate: Kernel Buffer Overflow Risk

Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:24:33 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA for kernel on SL4.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Moderate: kernel security and bug fix update
Issue date:	2008-03-14
CVE Names:	CVE-2007-5904

These updated kernel packages fix the following security issue:

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the CIFS virtual file system. A
remote authenticated user could issue a request that could lead to
a denial of service. (CVE-2007-5904, Moderate)

As well, these updated packages fix the following bugs:

* a bug was found in the Linux kernel audit subsystem. When the audit
daemon was setup to log the execve system call with a large number
of arguments, the kernel could run out out memory while attempting to
create audit log messages. This could cause a kernel panic. In these
updated packages, large audit messages are split into acceptable sizes,
which resolves this issue.

* on certain Intel chipsets, it was not possible to load the acpiphp
module using the "modprobe acpiphp" command. Because the acpiphp module
did not recurse across PCI bridges, hardware detection for PCI hot plug
slots failed. In these updated packages, hardware detection works
correctly.

* on IBM System z architectures that run the IBM z/VM hypervisor, the IBM
eServer zSeries HiperSockets network interface (layer 3) allowed ARP
packets to be sent and received, even when the "NOARP" flag was set. These
ARP packets caused problems for virtual machines.

* it was possible for the iounmap function to sleep while holding a lock.
This may have caused a deadlock for drivers and other code that uses the
iounmap function. In these updated packages, the lock is dropped before
the sleep code is called, which resolves this issue.

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
kernel-2.6.9-67.0.7.EL.src.rpm
 i386:
kernel-2.6.9-67.0.7.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.9-67.0.7.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.9-67.0.7.EL.noarch.rpm
kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-67.0.7.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-67.0.7.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-smp-2.6.9-67.0.7.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-67.0.7.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-xenU-2.6.9-67.0.7.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-67.0.7.EL.i686.rpm
 Dependancies:
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-67.EL-2.5.3-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-67.ELhugemem-2.5.3-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-67.ELsmp-2.5.3-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-67.ELxenU-2.5.3-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-67.EL-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-67.ELhugemem-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-67.ELsmp-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-67.ELxenU-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-67.EL-0.9.3.3-10.sl4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-67.ELhugemem-0.9.3.3-10.sl4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-67.ELsmp-0.9.3.3-10.sl4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-67.EL-0.9.3.3-10.sl4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-67.ELhugemem-0.9.3.3-10.sl4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-67.ELsmp-0.9.3.3-10.sl4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-67.EL-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-67.ELhugemem-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-67.ELsmp-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-67.ELxenU-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-67.EL-1.4.6-58.SL4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-67.ELhugemem-1.4.6-58.SL4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-67.ELsmp-1.4.6-58.SL4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-67.ELxenU-1.4.6-58.SL4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-67.EL-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-67.ELhugemem-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-67.ELsmp-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-67.ELxenU-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm
 x86_64:
kernel-2.6.9-67.0.7.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.9-67.0.7.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.9-67.0.7.EL.noarch.rpm
kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-67.0.7.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-67.0.7.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-smp-2.6.9-67.0.7.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-67.0.7.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-xenU-2.6.9-67.0.7.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-67.0.7.EL.x86_64.rpm
 Dependancies:
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-67.EL-2.5.3-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-67.ELlargesmp-2.5.3-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-67.ELsmp-2.5.3-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-67.ELxenU-2.5.3-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-67.EL-1.1.0-1.SL4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-67.ELlargesmp-1.1.0-1.SL4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-67.ELsmp-1.1.0-1.SL4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-67.ELxenU-1.1.0-1.SL4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-67.EL-0.9.3.3-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-67.ELlargesmp-0.9.3.3-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-67.ELsmp-0.9.3.3-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-67.EL-0.9.3.3-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-67.ELlargesmp-0.9.3.3-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-67.ELsmp-0.9.3.3-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-67.EL-1.41-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-67.ELlargesmp-1.41-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-67.ELsmp-1.41-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-67.ELxenU-1.41-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-67.EL-1.4.6-58.SL4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-67.ELlargesmp-1.4.6-58.SL4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-67.ELsmp-1.4.6-58.SL4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-67.ELxenU-1.4.6-58.SL4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-67.EL-2.2-2.SL4x.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-67.ELlargesmp-2.2-2.SL4x.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-67.ELsmp-2.2-2.SL4x.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-67.ELxenU-2.2-2.SL4x.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson