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openSUSE 11.1: SUSE-SA:2009:051 moderate: kernel update issues

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Keep informed about SUSE's security alert related to kernel 2.6.27.37, which addresses serious local privilege escalation issues and memory leak vulnerabilities.
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 and openSUSE 11.1 kernel was updated to The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 and openSUSE 11.1 kernel was updated to 2.6.27.37 fixing various bugs and security...

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                        SUSE Security Announcement

        Package:                kernel
        Announcement ID:        SUSE-SA:2009:051
        Date:                   Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +0000
        Affected Products:      openSUSE 11.1
                                SLE 11 High Availability Extension
                                SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras
                                SLES 11 DEBUGINFO
                                SLE 11 EC2
                                SLE 11
                                SLED 11
                                SLES 11
        Vulnerability Type:     potential local privilege escalation
                                information leak
        Severity (1-10):        7
        SUSE Default Package:   yes
        Cross-References:       CVE-2009-2909, CVE-2009-2910, CVE-2009-3002

    Content of This Advisory:
        1) Security Vulnerability Resolved:
             Linux kernel security update
           Problem Description
        2) Solution or Work-Around
        3) Special Instructions and Notes
        4) Package Location and Checksums
        5) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds:
            - Next SLE11 kernel update
            - Next SLE 10 kernel updates
            - Next SLES 9 kernel updates
        6) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information

______________________________________________________________________________

1) Problem Description and Brief Discussion

   The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 and openSUSE 11.1 kernel was updated to
   2.6.27.37 fixing various bugs and security issues.

   Following security issues were fixed:
   CVE-2009-2909: Unsigned check in the ax25 socket handler could allow
   local attackers to potentially crash the kernel or even execute code.

   CVE-2009-3002: Fixed various socket handler getname leaks, which
   could disclose memory previously used by the kernel or other userland
   processes to the local attacker.

   CVE-2009-2910: An information leakage with upper 32bit register values
   on x86_64 systems was fixed.

   Various KVM stability and security fixes have also been added.

2) Solution or Work-Around

   There is no known workaround, please install the update packages.

3) Special Instructions and Notes

   You need to reboot the machine after installing this kernel.

4) Package Location and Checksums

   The preferred method for installing security updates is to use the YaST
   Online Update (YOU) tool. YOU detects which updates are required and
   automatically performs the necessary steps to verify and install them.
   Alternatively, download the update packages for your distribution manually
   and verify their integrity by the methods listed in Section 6 of this
   announcement. Then install the packages using the command

     rpm -Fhv 

   to apply the update, replacing  with the filename of the
   downloaded RPM package.


   x86 Platform:

   openSUSE 11.1:
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-debug-debugsource-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-default-debuginfo-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-default-debugsource-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-ec2-debuginfo-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-ec2-debugsource-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-pae-debuginfo-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-pae-debugsource-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-source-debuginfo-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-trace-debuginfo-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-trace-debugsource-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-vanilla-debuginfo-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-vanilla-debugsource-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-xen-debugsource-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-debug-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-debug-base-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-debug-extra-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-default-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-default-base-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-default-extra-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-ec2-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-ec2-base-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-ec2-extra-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-pae-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-pae-base-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-pae-extra-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-source-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-syms-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-trace-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-trace-base-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-trace-extra-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-vanilla-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-xen-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-xen-base-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-xen-extra-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.i586.rpm

   Platform Independent:

   openSUSE 11.1:
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/noarch/kernel-docs-2.6.3-3.13.55.noarch.rpm

   Power PC Platform:

   openSUSE 11.1:
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-default-debuginfo-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-default-debugsource-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-kdump-debugsource-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-ppc64-debuginfo-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-ppc64-debugsource-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-ps3-debuginfo-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-ps3-debugsource-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-source-debuginfo-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-vanilla-debuginfo-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-vanilla-debugsource-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-default-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-default-base-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-default-extra-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-kdump-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-ppc64-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-ppc64-base-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-ppc64-extra-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-ps3-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-source-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-syms-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-vanilla-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.ppc.rpm

   x86-64 Platform:

   openSUSE 11.1:
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-debug-debugsource-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-default-debuginfo-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-default-debugsource-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-ec2-debuginfo-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-ec2-debugsource-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-source-debuginfo-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-trace-debuginfo-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-trace-debugsource-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-vanilla-debuginfo-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-vanilla-debugsource-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/debug/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-xen-debugsource-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-debug-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-debug-base-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-debug-extra-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-default-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-default-base-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-default-extra-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-ec2-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-ec2-base-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-ec2-extra-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-source-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-syms-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-trace-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-trace-base-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-trace-extra-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-vanilla-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-xen-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-xen-base-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-xen-extra-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm

   Sources:

   openSUSE 11.1:
            http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/src/kernel-ec2-2.6.27.37-0.1.1.nosrc.rpm
                           
   Our maintenance customers are notified individually. The packages are
   offered for installation from the maintenance web:

   SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras
     
     
     
     
     

   SLES 11
     
     
     
     
     

   SLED 11
     
     

   SLE 11
     
     

   SLE 11 High Availability Extension
     
     
     
     
     

   SLE 11 EC2
     
     

   SLES 11 DEBUGINFO
     
     
     
     
     

   AMAZON EC2 keys:

   SLES 11 i586:
     US: aki-a10deec8 ari-a50deecc ami-b30deeda
     EU: aki-b02b00c4 ari-b22b00c6 ami-b82b00cc

   SLES 11 x86_64:
     US: aki-b70deede ari-8b0deee2 ami-8d0deee4
     EU: aki-a62b00d2 ari-a02b00d4 ami-ac2b00d8
______________________________________________________________________________

5) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds:

   - Next SLE11 kernel update

     The next SUSE Linux Enterprise Kernel 10 (Service Pack 2 and 3)
     updates will be released this week.

   - Next SLE 10 kernel updates

     The next kernel updates for SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Service Pack
     2 and 3 products are being QAed already and will be released in
     the second part of this week.

   - Next SLES 9 kernel update

     The next kernel update for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 will be released
     end of this / begin of next week.
______________________________________________________________________________

6) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information

  - Announcement authenticity verification:

    SUSE security announcements are published via mailing lists and on Web
    sites. The authenticity and integrity of a SUSE security announcement is
    guaranteed by a cryptographic signature in each announcement. All SUSE
    security announcements are published with a valid signature.

    To verify the signature of the announcement, save it as text into a file
    and run the command

      gpg --verify 

    replacing  with the name of the file where you saved the
    announcement. The output for a valid signature looks like:

      gpg: Signature made  using RSA key ID 3D25D3D9
      gpg: Good signature from "SuSE Security Team "

    where  is replaced by the date the document was signed.

    If the security team's key is not contained in your key ring, you can
    import it from the first installation CD. To import the key, use the
    command

      gpg --import gpg-pubkey-3d25d3d9-36e12d04.asc

  - Package authenticity verification:

    SUSE update packages are available on many mirror FTP servers all over the
    world. While this service is considered valuable and important to the free
    and open source software community, the authenticity and the integrity of
    a package needs to be verified to ensure that it has not been tampered
    with.

    The internal rpm package signatures provide an easy way to verify the
    authenticity of an RPM package. Use the command

     rpm -v --checksig 

    to verify the signature of the package, replacing  with the
    filename of the RPM package downloaded. The package is unmodified if it
    contains a valid signature from build@suse.de with the key ID 9C800ACA.

    This key is automatically imported into the RPM database (on
    RPMv4-based distributions) and the gpg key ring of 'root' during
    installation. You can also find it on the first installation CD and at
    the end of this announcement.

  - SUSE runs two security mailing lists to which any interested party may
    subscribe:

    opensuse-security@opensuse.org
        -   General Linux and SUSE security discussion.
            All SUSE security announcements are sent to this list.
            To subscribe, send an e-mail to
                .

    opensuse-security-announce@opensuse.org
        -   SUSE's announce-only mailing list.
            Only SUSE's security announcements are sent to this list.
            To subscribe, send an e-mail to
                .

    ====================================================================    SUSE's security contact is  or .
    The  public key is listed below.
    ====================================================================

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