SUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2015:2292-1
Rating:             important
References:         #758040 #814440 #904348 #921949 #924493 #926238 
                    #933514 #936773 #939826 #939926 #940776 #941113 
                    #941202 #943959 #944296 #947241 #947478 #949100 
                    #949192 #949706 #949744 #949936 #950013 #950580 
                    #950750 #950998 #951110 #951165 #951440 #951638 
                    #951864 #952384 #952666 #953717 #953826 #953830 
                    #953971 #953980 #954635 #954986 #955136 #955148 
                    #955224 #955354 #955422 #955533 #955644 #956047 
                    #956053 #956147 #956284 #956703 #956711 #956717 
                    #956801 #956876 #957395 #957546 #958504 #958510 
                    #958647 
Cross-References:   CVE-2015-0272 CVE-2015-2925 CVE-2015-5156
                    CVE-2015-7799 CVE-2015-7872 CVE-2015-7990
                    CVE-2015-8215
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1
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   An update that solves 7 vulnerabilities and has 54 fixes is
   now available.

Description:


   The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel was updated to 3.12.51 to receive
   various security and bugfixes.

   Following features were added:
   - hwrng: Add a driver for the hwrng found in power7+ systems (fate#315784).

   Following security bugs were fixed:
   - CVE-2015-8215: net/ipv6/addrconf.c in the IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel
     did not validate attempted changes to the MTU value, which allowed
     context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (packet loss)
     via a value that is (1) smaller than the minimum compliant value or (2)
     larger than the MTU of an interface, as demonstrated by a Router
     Advertisement (RA) message that is not validated by a daemon, a
     different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0272. (bsc#955354)
   - CVE-2015-5156: The virtnet_probe function in drivers/net/virtio_net.c in
     the Linux kernel attempted to support a FRAGLIST feature without proper
     memory allocation, which allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of
     service (buffer overflow and memory corruption) via a crafted sequence
     of fragmented packets (bnc#940776).
   - CVE-2015-7872: The key_gc_unused_keys function in security/keys/gc.c in
     the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS)
     via crafted keyctl commands (bnc#951440).
   - CVE-2015-7799: The slhc_init function in drivers/net/slip/slhc.c in the
     Linux kernel did not ensure that certain slot numbers are valid, which
     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer
     dereference and system crash) via a crafted PPPIOCSMAXCID ioctl call
     (bnc#949936).
   - CVE-2015-2925: The prepend_path function in fs/dcache.c in the Linux
     kernel did not properly handle rename actions inside a bind mount, which
     allowed local users to bypass an intended container protection mechanism
     by renaming a directory, related to a "double-chroot attack (bnc#926238).
   - CVE-2015-7990: RDS: Verify the underlying transport exists before
     creating a connection, preventing possible DoS (bsc#952384).

   The following non-security bugs were fixed:
   - af_iucv: avoid path quiesce of severed path in shutdown() (bnc#954986,
     LTC#131684).
   - alsa: hda - Disable 64bit address for Creative HDA controllers     (bnc#814440).
   - alsa: hda - Fix noise problems on Thinkpad T440s (boo#958504).
   - alsa: hda - Fix noise problems on Thinkpad T440s (boo#958504).
   - apparmor: allow SYS_CAP_RESOURCE to be sufficient to prlimit another
     task (bsc#921949).
   - audit: correctly record file names with different path name types
     (bsc#950013).
   - audit: create private file name copies when auditing inodes (bsc#950013).
   - bcache: Add btree_insert_node() (bnc#951638).
   - bcache: Add explicit keylist arg to btree_insert() (bnc#951638).
   - bcache: backing device set to clean after finishing detach (bsc#951638).
   - bcache: backing device set to clean after finishing detach (bsc#951638).
   - bcache: Clean up keylist code (bnc#951638).
   - bcache: Convert btree_insert_check_key() to btree_insert_node()
     (bnc#951638).
   - bcache: Convert bucket_wait to wait_queue_head_t (bnc#951638).
   - bcache: Convert try_wait to wait_queue_head_t (bnc#951638).
   - bcache: Explicitly track btree node's parent (bnc#951638).
   - bcache: Fix a bug when detaching (bsc#951638).
   - bcache: Fix a lockdep splat in an error path (bnc#951638).
   - bcache: Fix a shutdown bug (bsc#951638).
   - bcache: Fix more early shutdown bugs (bsc#951638).
   - bcache: Fix sysfs splat on shutdown with flash only devs (bsc#951638).
   - bcache: Insert multiple keys at a time (bnc#951638).
   - bcache: kill closure locking usage (bnc#951638).
   - bcache: Refactor journalling flow control (bnc#951638).
   - bcache: Refactor request_write() (bnc#951638).
   - bcache: Use blkdev_issue_discard() (bnc#951638).
   - btrfs: Adjust commit-transaction condition to avoid NO_SPACE more
     (bsc#958647).
   - btrfs: Adjust commit-transaction condition to avoid NO_SPACE more
     (bsc#958647).
   - btrfs: cleanup: remove no-used alloc_chunk in
     btrfs_check_data_free_space() (bsc#958647).
   - btrfs: cleanup: remove no-used alloc_chunk in
     btrfs_check_data_free_space() (bsc#958647).
   - btrfs: fix condition of commit transaction (bsc#958647).
   - btrfs: fix condition of commit transaction (bsc#958647).
   - btrfs: fix file corruption and data loss after cloning inline extents
     (bnc#956053).
   - btrfs: Fix out-of-space bug (bsc#958647).
   - btrfs: Fix out-of-space bug (bsc#958647).
   - btrfs: Fix tail space processing in find_free_dev_extent() (bsc#958647).
   - btrfs: Fix tail space processing in find_free_dev_extent() (bsc#958647).
   - btrfs: fix the number of transaction units needed to remove a block
     group (bsc#958647).
   - btrfs: fix the number of transaction units needed to remove a block
     group (bsc#958647).
   - btrfs: fix truncation of compressed and inlined extents (bnc#956053).
   - btrfs: Set relative data on clear btrfs_block_group_cache->pinned
     (bsc#958647).
   - btrfs: Set relative data on clear btrfs_block_group_cache->pinned
     (bsc#958647).
   - btrfs: use global reserve when deleting unused block group after ENOSPC
     (bsc#958647).
   - btrfs: use global reserve when deleting unused block group after ENOSPC
     (bsc#958647).
   - cache: Fix sysfs splat on shutdown with flash only devs (bsc#951638).
   - cpu: Defer smpboot kthread unparking until CPU known to scheduler
     (bsc#936773).
   - cpusets, isolcpus: exclude isolcpus from load balancing in cpusets
     (bsc#957395).
   - cxgb4i: Increased the value of MAX_IMM_TX_PKT_LEN from 128 to 256 bytes
     (bsc#950580).
   - dlm: make posix locks interruptible, (bsc#947241).
   - dmapi: Fix xfs dmapi to not unlock & lock XFS_ILOCK_EXCL (bsc#949744).
   - dm: do not start current request if it would've merged with the previous
     (bsc#904348).
   - dm: impose configurable deadline for dm_request_fn's merge heuristic
     (bsc#904348).
   - dm-snap: avoid deadock on s->lock when a read is split (bsc#939826).
   - dm sysfs: introduce ability to add writable attributes (bsc#904348).
   - drm: Allocate new master object when client becomes master (bsc#956876,
     bsc#956801).
   - drm: Fix KABI of "struct drm_file" (bsc#956876, bsc#956801).
   - drm/i915: add hotplug activation period to hotplug update mask
     (bsc#953980).
   - drm/i915: clean up backlight conditional build (bsc#941113).
   - drm/i915: debug print on backlight register (bsc#941113).
   - drm/i915: do full backlight setup at enable time (bsc#941113).
   - drm/i915: do not save/restore backlight registers in KMS (bsc#941113).
   - drm/i915: Eliminate lots of WARNs when there's no backlight present
     (bsc#941113).
   - drm/i915: fix gen2-gen3 backlight set (bsc#941113,bsc#953971).
   - drm/i915: Fix gen3 self-refresh watermarks (bsc#953830,bsc#953971).
   - drm/i915: Fix missing backlight update during panel disablement
     (bsc#941113).
   - drm/i915: Fix SRC_COPY width on 830/845g (bsc#758040).
   - drm/i915: gather backlight information at setup (bsc#941113).
   - drm/i915: handle backlight through chip specific functions (bsc#941113).
   - drm/i915: Ignore "digital output" and "not HDMI output" bits for eDP
     detection (bsc#949192).
   - drm/i915: make asle notifications update backlight on all connectors     (bsc#941113).
   - drm/i915: make backlight info per-connector (bsc#941113).
   - drm/i915: move backlight level setting in enable/disable to hooks
     (bsc#941113).
   - drm/i915: move opregion asle request handling to a work queue
     (bsc#953826).
   - drm/i915: nuke get max backlight functions (bsc#941113).
   - drm/i915/opregion: fix build error on CONFIG_ACPI=n (bsc#953826).
   - drm/i915: restore backlight precision when converting from ACPI
     (bsc#941113).
   - drm/i915/tv: add ->get_config callback (bsc#953830).
   - drm/i915: use backlight legacy combination mode also for i915gm/i945gm
     (bsc#941113).
   - drm/i915: use the initialized backlight max value instead of reading it
     (bsc#941113).
   - drm/i915: vlv does not have pipe field in backlight registers     (bsc#941113).
   - fanotify: fix notification of groups with inode & mount marks
     (bsc#955533).
   - Fix remove_and_add_spares removes drive added as spare in slot_store
     (bsc#956717).
   - genksyms: Handle string literals with spaces in reference files
     (bsc#958510).
   - genksyms: Handle string literals with spaces in reference files
     (bsc#958510).
   - hwrng: Add a driver for the hwrng found in power7+ systems
     (fate#315784). in the non-RT kernel to minimize the differences.
   - ipv4: Do not increase PMTU with Datagram Too Big message (bsc#955224).
   - ipv6: distinguish frag queues by device for multicast and link-local
     packets (bsc#955422).
   - ixgbe: fix broken PFC with X550 (bsc#951864).
   - ixgbe: use correct fcoe ddp max check (bsc#951864).
   - kabi: Fix spurious kabi change in mm/util.c.
   - kABI: protect struct ahci_host_priv.
   - kabi: Restore kabi in struct iscsi_tpg_attrib (bsc#954635).
   - kabi: Restore kabi in struct se_cmd (bsc#954635).
   - kabi: Restore kabi in struct se_subsystem_api (bsc#954635).
   - ktime: add ktime_after and ktime_before helper (bsc#904348).
   - mm: factor commit limit calculation (VM Performance).
   - mm: get rid of "vmalloc_info" from /proc/meminfo (VM Performance).
   - mm: hugetlbfs: skip shared VMAs when unmapping private pages to satisfy
     a fault (Automatic NUMA Balancing (fate#315482)).
   - mm: remove PG_waiters from PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_FREE (bnc#943959).
   - mm: vmscan: never isolate more pages than necessary (VM Performance).
   - Move ktime_after patch to the networking section
   - nfsrdma: Fix regression in NFSRDMA server (bsc#951110).
   - pci: Drop "setting latency timer" messages (bsc#956047).
   - pci: Update VPD size with correct length (bsc#924493).
   - perf/x86/intel/uncore: Delete an unnecessary check before pci_dev_put()
     call (bsc#955136).
   - perf/x86/intel/uncore: Delete an unnecessary check before pci_dev_put()
     call (bsc#955136).
   - perf/x86/intel/uncore: Fix multi-segment problem of
     perf_event_intel_uncore (bsc#955136).
   - perf/x86/intel/uncore: Fix multi-segment problem of
     perf_event_intel_uncore (bsc#955136).
   - pm, hinernate: use put_page in release_swap_writer (bnc#943959).
   - rcu: Eliminate deadlock between CPU hotplug and expedited grace periods
     (bsc#949706).
   - Re-add copy_page_vector_to_user()
   - ring-buffer: Always run per-cpu ring buffer resize with
     schedule_work_on() (bnc#956711).
   - route: Use ipv4_mtu instead of raw rt_pmtu (bsc#955224).
   - rpm/constraints.in: Require 14GB worth of disk space on POWER The builds
     started to fail randomly due to ENOSPC errors.
   - rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: Always build zImage for ARM
   - rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: Do not explicitly set DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH
     CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH is a selectable Kconfig option since
     2.6.39 and is enabled in our configs.
   - rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: Drop the %build_src_dir macro It is the
     parent directory of the O= directory.
   - rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: really pass down %{?_smp_mflags}
   - rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: Use parallel make in all invocations Also,
     remove the lengthy comment, since we are using a standard rpm macro now.
   - rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: Use upstream script to support config.addon
   - s390/dasd: fix disconnected device with valid path mask (bnc#954986,
     LTC#132707).
   - s390/dasd: fix invalid PAV assignment after suspend/resume (bnc#954986,
     LTC#132706).
   - s390/dasd: fix list_del corruption after lcu changes (bnc#954986,
     LTC#133077).
   - sched: Call select_idle_sibling() when not affine_sd (Scheduler
     Performance).
   - sched/core: Fix task and run queue sched_info::run_delay inconsistencies
     (bnc#949100).
   - sched, isolcpu: make cpu_isolated_map visible outside scheduler
     (bsc#957395).
   - sched/numa: Check all nodes when placing a pseudo-interleaved group
     (Automatic NUMA Balancing (fate#315482)).
   - sched/numa: Fix math underflow in task_tick_numa() (Automatic NUMA
     Balancing (fate#315482)).
   - sched/numa: Only consider less busy nodes as numa balancing destinations
     (Automatic NUMA Balancing (fate#315482)).
   - sched: Put expensive runtime debugging checks under a separate Kconfig
     entry (Scheduler performance).
   - scsi: hosts: update to use ida_simple for host_no (bsc#939926)
   - sunrpc/cache: make cache flushing more reliable (bsc#947478).
   - sunrpc: Fix oops when trace sunrpc_task events in nfs client
     (bnc#956703).
   - supported.conf: Support peak_pci and sja1000: These 2 CAN drivers are
     supported in the RT kernel for a long time so we can also support them
   - target/pr: fix core_scsi3_pr_seq_non_holder() caller (bnc#952666).
   - target: Send UA upon LUN RESET tmr completion (bsc#933514).
   - target: use "se_dev_entry" when allocating UAs (bsc#933514).
   - Update config files. (bnc#955644)
   - Update kabi files with sbc_parse_cdb symbol change (bsc#954635).
   - usbvision fix overflow of interfaces array (bnc#950998).
   - vmxnet3: adjust ring sizes when interface is down (bsc#950750).
   - vmxnet3: Fix ethtool -S to return correct rx queue stats (bsc#950750).
   - x86/efi: Fix invalid parameter error when getting hibernation key
     (fate#316350, bsc#956284).
   - x86/evtchn: make use of PHYSDEVOP_map_pirq.
   - x86/mm: Add parenthesis for TLB tracepoint size calculation (VM
     Performance (Reduce IPIs during reclaim)).
   - x86/mm/hotplug: Modify PGD entry when removing memory (VM Functionality,
     bnc#955148).
   - x86/mm/hotplug: Pass sync_global_pgds() a correct argument in
     remove_pagetable() (VM Functionality, bnc#955148).
   - x86/tsc: Let high latency PIT fail fast in quick_pit_calibrate()
     (bsc#953717).
   - xen: fix boot crash in EC2 settings (bsc#956147).
   - xen: refresh patches.xen/xen-x86_64-m2p-strict (bsc#956147).
   - xen: Update Xen patches to 3.12.50.
   - xfs: always drain dio before extending aio write submission (bsc#949744).
   - xfs: DIO needs an ioend for writes (bsc#949744).
   - xfs: DIO write completion size updates race (bsc#949744).
   - xfs: DIO writes within EOF do not need an ioend (bsc#949744).
   - xfs: direct IO EOF zeroing needs to drain AIO (bsc#949744).
   - xfs: do not allocate an ioend for direct I/O completions (bsc#949744).
   - xfs: factor DIO write mapping from get_blocks (bsc#949744).
   - xfs: handle DIO overwrite EOF update completion correctly (bsc#949744).
   - xfs: move DIO mapping size calculation (bsc#949744).
   - xfs: using generic_file_direct_write() is unnecessary (bsc#949744).
   - xhci: Add spurious wakeup quirk for LynxPoint-LP controllers     (bnc#951165).
   - xhci: Workaround to get Intel xHCI reset working more reliably
     (bnc#957546).
   - zfcp: fix fc_host port_type with NPIV (bnc#954986, LTC#132479).


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP1-2015-985=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2015-985=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2015-985=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-12-2015-985=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-2015-985=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2015-985=1

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP1 (x86_64):

      kernel-default-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-default-debugsource-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-default-extra-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-default-extra-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      kernel-obs-build-3.12.51-60.20.1
      kernel-obs-build-debugsource-3.12.51-60.20.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1 (noarch):

      kernel-docs-3.12.51-60.20.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      kernel-default-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-default-base-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-default-base-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-default-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-default-debugsource-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-default-devel-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-syms-3.12.51-60.20.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (x86_64):

      kernel-xen-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-xen-base-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-xen-base-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-xen-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-xen-debugsource-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-xen-devel-3.12.51-60.20.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (noarch):

      kernel-devel-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-macros-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-source-3.12.51-60.20.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (s390x):

      kernel-default-man-3.12.51-60.20.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12 (x86_64):

      kernel-ec2-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-ec2-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-ec2-debugsource-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-ec2-devel-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-ec2-extra-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-ec2-extra-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 (x86_64):

      kgraft-patch-3_12_51-60_20-default-1-4.1
      kgraft-patch-3_12_51-60_20-xen-1-4.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (x86_64):

      kernel-default-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-default-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-default-debugsource-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-default-devel-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-default-extra-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-default-extra-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-syms-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-xen-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-xen-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-xen-debugsource-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-xen-devel-3.12.51-60.20.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (noarch):

      kernel-devel-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-macros-3.12.51-60.20.2
      kernel-source-3.12.51-60.20.2


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0272.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2925.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5156.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7799.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7872.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7990.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8215.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/758040
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/814440
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/904348
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/921949
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/924493
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/926238
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/933514
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/936773
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/939826
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/939926
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/940776
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/941113
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/941202
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/943959
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/944296
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/947241
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/947478
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/949100
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/949192
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/949706
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/949744
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/949936
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/950013
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/950580
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/950750
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/950998
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/951110
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/951165
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/951440
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/951638
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/951864
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/952384
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/952666
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/953717
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/953826
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/953830
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/953971
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/953980
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/954635
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/954986
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/955136
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/955148
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/955224
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/955354
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/955422
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/955533
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/955644
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/956047
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/956053
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/956147
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/956284
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/956703
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/956711
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/956717
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/956801
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/956876
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/957395
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/957546
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/958504
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/958510
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/958647

SuSE: 2015:2292-1: important: the Linux Kernel

December 17, 2015
An update that solves 7 vulnerabilities and has 54 fixes is An update that solves 7 vulnerabilities and has 54 fixes is An update that solves 7 vulnerabilities and has 54 fixes is ...

Summary

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel was updated to 3.12.51 to receive various security and bugfixes. Following features were added: - hwrng: Add a driver for the hwrng found in power7+ systems (fate#315784). Following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2015-8215: net/ipv6/addrconf.c in the IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel did not validate attempted changes to the MTU value, which allowed context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (packet loss) via a value that is (1) smaller than the minimum compliant value or (2) larger than the MTU of an interface, as demonstrated by a Router Advertisement (RA) message that is not validated by a daemon, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0272. (bsc#955354) - CVE-2015-5156: The virtnet_probe function in drivers/net/virtio_net.c in the Linux kernel attempted to support a FRAGLIST feature without proper memory allocation, which allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and memory corruption) via a crafted sequence of fragmented packets (bnc#940776). - CVE-2015-7872: The key_gc_unused_keys function in security/keys/gc.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via crafted keyctl commands (bnc#951440). - CVE-2015-7799: The slhc_init function in drivers/net/slip/slhc.c in the Linux kernel did not ensure that certain slot numbers are valid, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted PPPIOCSMAXCID ioctl call (bnc#949936). - CVE-2015-2925: The prepend_path function in fs/dcache.c in the Linux kernel did not properly handle rename actions inside a bind mount, which allowed local users to bypass an intended container protection mechanism by renaming a directory, related to a "double-chroot attack (bnc#926238). - CVE-2015-7990: RDS: Verify the underlying transport exists before creating a connection, preventing possible DoS (bsc#952384). The following non-security bugs were fixed: - af_iucv: avoid path quiesce of severed path in shutdown() (bnc#954986, LTC#131684). - alsa: hda - Disable 64bit address for Creative HDA controllers (bnc#814440). - alsa: hda - Fix noise problems on Thinkpad T440s (boo#958504). - alsa: hda - Fix noise problems on Thinkpad T440s (boo#958504). - apparmor: allow SYS_CAP_RESOURCE to be sufficient to prlimit another task (bsc#921949). - audit: correctly record file names with different path name types (bsc#950013). - audit: create private file name copies when auditing inodes (bsc#950013). - bcache: Add btree_insert_node() (bnc#951638). - bcache: Add explicit keylist arg to btree_insert() (bnc#951638). - bcache: backing device set to clean after finishing detach (bsc#951638). - bcache: backing device set to clean after finishing detach (bsc#951638). - bcache: Clean up keylist code (bnc#951638). - bcache: Convert btree_insert_check_key() to btree_insert_node() (bnc#951638). - bcache: Convert bucket_wait to wait_queue_head_t (bnc#951638). - bcache: Convert try_wait to wait_queue_head_t (bnc#951638). - bcache: Explicitly track btree node's parent (bnc#951638). - bcache: Fix a bug when detaching (bsc#951638). - bcache: Fix a lockdep splat in an error path (bnc#951638). - bcache: Fix a shutdown bug (bsc#951638). - bcache: Fix more early shutdown bugs (bsc#951638). - bcache: Fix sysfs splat on shutdown with flash only devs (bsc#951638). - bcache: Insert multiple keys at a time (bnc#951638). - bcache: kill closure locking usage (bnc#951638). - bcache: Refactor journalling flow control (bnc#951638). - bcache: Refactor request_write() (bnc#951638). - bcache: Use blkdev_issue_discard() (bnc#951638). - btrfs: Adjust commit-transaction condition to avoid NO_SPACE more (bsc#958647). - btrfs: Adjust commit-transaction condition to avoid NO_SPACE more (bsc#958647). - btrfs: cleanup: remove no-used alloc_chunk in btrfs_check_data_free_space() (bsc#958647). - btrfs: cleanup: remove no-used alloc_chunk in btrfs_check_data_free_space() (bsc#958647). - btrfs: fix condition of commit transaction (bsc#958647). - btrfs: fix condition of commit transaction (bsc#958647). - btrfs: fix file corruption and data loss after cloning inline extents (bnc#956053). - btrfs: Fix out-of-space bug (bsc#958647). - btrfs: Fix out-of-space bug (bsc#958647). - btrfs: Fix tail space processing in find_free_dev_extent() (bsc#958647). - btrfs: Fix tail space processing in find_free_dev_extent() (bsc#958647). - btrfs: fix the number of transaction units needed to remove a block group (bsc#958647). - btrfs: fix the number of transaction units needed to remove a block group (bsc#958647). - btrfs: fix truncation of compressed and inlined extents (bnc#956053). - btrfs: Set relative data on clear btrfs_block_group_cache->pinned (bsc#958647). - btrfs: Set relative data on clear btrfs_block_group_cache->pinned (bsc#958647). - btrfs: use global reserve when deleting unused block group after ENOSPC (bsc#958647). - btrfs: use global reserve when deleting unused block group after ENOSPC (bsc#958647). - cache: Fix sysfs splat on shutdown with flash only devs (bsc#951638). - cpu: Defer smpboot kthread unparking until CPU known to scheduler (bsc#936773). - cpusets, isolcpus: exclude isolcpus from load balancing in cpusets (bsc#957395). - cxgb4i: Increased the value of MAX_IMM_TX_PKT_LEN from 128 to 256 bytes (bsc#950580). - dlm: make posix locks interruptible, (bsc#947241). - dmapi: Fix xfs dmapi to not unlock & lock XFS_ILOCK_EXCL (bsc#949744). - dm: do not start current request if it would've merged with the previous (bsc#904348). - dm: impose configurable deadline for dm_request_fn's merge heuristic (bsc#904348). - dm-snap: avoid deadock on s->lock when a read is split (bsc#939826). - dm sysfs: introduce ability to add writable attributes (bsc#904348). - drm: Allocate new master object when client becomes master (bsc#956876, bsc#956801). - drm: Fix KABI of "struct drm_file" (bsc#956876, bsc#956801). - drm/i915: add hotplug activation period to hotplug update mask (bsc#953980). - drm/i915: clean up backlight conditional build (bsc#941113). - drm/i915: debug print on backlight register (bsc#941113). - drm/i915: do full backlight setup at enable time (bsc#941113). - drm/i915: do not save/restore backlight registers in KMS (bsc#941113). - drm/i915: Eliminate lots of WARNs when there's no backlight present (bsc#941113). - drm/i915: fix gen2-gen3 backlight set (bsc#941113,bsc#953971). - drm/i915: Fix gen3 self-refresh watermarks (bsc#953830,bsc#953971). - drm/i915: Fix missing backlight update during panel disablement (bsc#941113). - drm/i915: Fix SRC_COPY width on 830/845g (bsc#758040). - drm/i915: gather backlight information at setup (bsc#941113). - drm/i915: handle backlight through chip specific functions (bsc#941113). - drm/i915: Ignore "digital output" and "not HDMI output" bits for eDP detection (bsc#949192). - drm/i915: make asle notifications update backlight on all connectors (bsc#941113). - drm/i915: make backlight info per-connector (bsc#941113). - drm/i915: move backlight level setting in enable/disable to hooks (bsc#941113). - drm/i915: move opregion asle request handling to a work queue (bsc#953826). - drm/i915: nuke get max backlight functions (bsc#941113). - drm/i915/opregion: fix build error on CONFIG_ACPI=n (bsc#953826). - drm/i915: restore backlight precision when converting from ACPI (bsc#941113). - drm/i915/tv: add ->get_config callback (bsc#953830). - drm/i915: use backlight legacy combination mode also for i915gm/i945gm (bsc#941113). - drm/i915: use the initialized backlight max value instead of reading it (bsc#941113). - drm/i915: vlv does not have pipe field in backlight registers (bsc#941113). - fanotify: fix notification of groups with inode & mount marks (bsc#955533). - Fix remove_and_add_spares removes drive added as spare in slot_store (bsc#956717). - genksyms: Handle string literals with spaces in reference files (bsc#958510). - genksyms: Handle string literals with spaces in reference files (bsc#958510). - hwrng: Add a driver for the hwrng found in power7+ systems (fate#315784). in the non-RT kernel to minimize the differences. - ipv4: Do not increase PMTU with Datagram Too Big message (bsc#955224). - ipv6: distinguish frag queues by device for multicast and link-local packets (bsc#955422). - ixgbe: fix broken PFC with X550 (bsc#951864). - ixgbe: use correct fcoe ddp max check (bsc#951864). - kabi: Fix spurious kabi change in mm/util.c. - kABI: protect struct ahci_host_priv. - kabi: Restore kabi in struct iscsi_tpg_attrib (bsc#954635). - kabi: Restore kabi in struct se_cmd (bsc#954635). - kabi: Restore kabi in struct se_subsystem_api (bsc#954635). - ktime: add ktime_after and ktime_before helper (bsc#904348). - mm: factor commit limit calculation (VM Performance). - mm: get rid of "vmalloc_info" from /proc/meminfo (VM Performance). - mm: hugetlbfs: skip shared VMAs when unmapping private pages to satisfy a fault (Automatic NUMA Balancing (fate#315482)). - mm: remove PG_waiters from PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_FREE (bnc#943959). - mm: vmscan: never isolate more pages than necessary (VM Performance). - Move ktime_after patch to the networking section - nfsrdma: Fix regression in NFSRDMA server (bsc#951110). - pci: Drop "setting latency timer" messages (bsc#956047). - pci: Update VPD size with correct length (bsc#924493). - perf/x86/intel/uncore: Delete an unnecessary check before pci_dev_put() call (bsc#955136). - perf/x86/intel/uncore: Delete an unnecessary check before pci_dev_put() call (bsc#955136). - perf/x86/intel/uncore: Fix multi-segment problem of perf_event_intel_uncore (bsc#955136). - perf/x86/intel/uncore: Fix multi-segment problem of perf_event_intel_uncore (bsc#955136). - pm, hinernate: use put_page in release_swap_writer (bnc#943959). - rcu: Eliminate deadlock between CPU hotplug and expedited grace periods (bsc#949706). - Re-add copy_page_vector_to_user() - ring-buffer: Always run per-cpu ring buffer resize with schedule_work_on() (bnc#956711). - route: Use ipv4_mtu instead of raw rt_pmtu (bsc#955224). - rpm/constraints.in: Require 14GB worth of disk space on POWER The builds started to fail randomly due to ENOSPC errors. - rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: Always build zImage for ARM - rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: Do not explicitly set DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH is a selectable Kconfig option since 2.6.39 and is enabled in our configs. - rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: Drop the %build_src_dir macro It is the parent directory of the O= directory. - rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: really pass down %{?_smp_mflags} - rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: Use parallel make in all invocations Also, remove the lengthy comment, since we are using a standard rpm macro now. - rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: Use upstream script to support config.addon - s390/dasd: fix disconnected device with valid path mask (bnc#954986, LTC#132707). - s390/dasd: fix invalid PAV assignment after suspend/resume (bnc#954986, LTC#132706). - s390/dasd: fix list_del corruption after lcu changes (bnc#954986, LTC#133077). - sched: Call select_idle_sibling() when not affine_sd (Scheduler Performance). - sched/core: Fix task and run queue sched_info::run_delay inconsistencies (bnc#949100). - sched, isolcpu: make cpu_isolated_map visible outside scheduler (bsc#957395). - sched/numa: Check all nodes when placing a pseudo-interleaved group (Automatic NUMA Balancing (fate#315482)). - sched/numa: Fix math underflow in task_tick_numa() (Automatic NUMA Balancing (fate#315482)). - sched/numa: Only consider less busy nodes as numa balancing destinations (Automatic NUMA Balancing (fate#315482)). - sched: Put expensive runtime debugging checks under a separate Kconfig entry (Scheduler performance). - scsi: hosts: update to use ida_simple for host_no (bsc#939926) - sunrpc/cache: make cache flushing more reliable (bsc#947478). - sunrpc: Fix oops when trace sunrpc_task events in nfs client (bnc#956703). - supported.conf: Support peak_pci and sja1000: These 2 CAN drivers are supported in the RT kernel for a long time so we can also support them - target/pr: fix core_scsi3_pr_seq_non_holder() caller (bnc#952666). - target: Send UA upon LUN RESET tmr completion (bsc#933514). - target: use "se_dev_entry" when allocating UAs (bsc#933514). - Update config files. (bnc#955644) - Update kabi files with sbc_parse_cdb symbol change (bsc#954635). - usbvision fix overflow of interfaces array (bnc#950998). - vmxnet3: adjust ring sizes when interface is down (bsc#950750). - vmxnet3: Fix ethtool -S to return correct rx queue stats (bsc#950750). - x86/efi: Fix invalid parameter error when getting hibernation key (fate#316350, bsc#956284). - x86/evtchn: make use of PHYSDEVOP_map_pirq. - x86/mm: Add parenthesis for TLB tracepoint size calculation (VM Performance (Reduce IPIs during reclaim)). - x86/mm/hotplug: Modify PGD entry when removing memory (VM Functionality, bnc#955148). - x86/mm/hotplug: Pass sync_global_pgds() a correct argument in remove_pagetable() (VM Functionality, bnc#955148). - x86/tsc: Let high latency PIT fail fast in quick_pit_calibrate() (bsc#953717). - xen: fix boot crash in EC2 settings (bsc#956147). - xen: refresh patches.xen/xen-x86_64-m2p-strict (bsc#956147). - xen: Update Xen patches to 3.12.50. - xfs: always drain dio before extending aio write submission (bsc#949744). - xfs: DIO needs an ioend for writes (bsc#949744). - xfs: DIO write completion size updates race (bsc#949744). - xfs: DIO writes within EOF do not need an ioend (bsc#949744). - xfs: direct IO EOF zeroing needs to drain AIO (bsc#949744). - xfs: do not allocate an ioend for direct I/O completions (bsc#949744). - xfs: factor DIO write mapping from get_blocks (bsc#949744). - xfs: handle DIO overwrite EOF update completion correctly (bsc#949744). - xfs: move DIO mapping size calculation (bsc#949744). - xfs: using generic_file_direct_write() is unnecessary (bsc#949744). - xhci: Add spurious wakeup quirk for LynxPoint-LP controllers (bnc#951165). - xhci: Workaround to get Intel xHCI reset working more reliably (bnc#957546). - zfcp: fix fc_host port_type with NPIV (bnc#954986, LTC#132479). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP1-2015-985=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2015-985=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2015-985=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-12-2015-985=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-2015-985=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2015-985=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP1 (x86_64): kernel-default-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-default-debugsource-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-default-extra-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-default-extra-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64): kernel-obs-build-3.12.51-60.20.1 kernel-obs-build-debugsource-3.12.51-60.20.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1 (noarch): kernel-docs-3.12.51-60.20.2 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64): kernel-default-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-default-base-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-default-base-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-default-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-default-debugsource-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-default-devel-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-syms-3.12.51-60.20.2 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (x86_64): kernel-xen-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-xen-base-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-xen-base-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-xen-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-xen-debugsource-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-xen-devel-3.12.51-60.20.2 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (noarch): kernel-devel-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-macros-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-source-3.12.51-60.20.2 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (s390x): kernel-default-man-3.12.51-60.20.2 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12 (x86_64): kernel-ec2-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-ec2-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-ec2-debugsource-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-ec2-devel-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-ec2-extra-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-ec2-extra-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 (x86_64): kgraft-patch-3_12_51-60_20-default-1-4.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_51-60_20-xen-1-4.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (x86_64): kernel-default-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-default-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-default-debugsource-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-default-devel-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-default-extra-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-default-extra-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-syms-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-xen-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-xen-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-xen-debugsource-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-xen-devel-3.12.51-60.20.2 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (noarch): kernel-devel-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-macros-3.12.51-60.20.2 kernel-source-3.12.51-60.20.2

References

#758040 #814440 #904348 #921949 #924493 #926238

#933514 #936773 #939826 #939926 #940776 #941113

#941202 #943959 #944296 #947241 #947478 #949100

#949192 #949706 #949744 #949936 #950013 #950580

#950750 #950998 #951110 #951165 #951440 #951638

#951864 #952384 #952666 #953717 #953826 #953830

#953971 #953980 #954635 #954986 #955136 #955148

#955224 #955354 #955422 #955533 #955644 #956047

#956053 #956147 #956284 #956703 #956711 #956717

#956801 #956876 #957395 #957546 #958504 #958510

#958647

Cross- CVE-2015-0272 CVE-2015-2925 CVE-2015-5156

CVE-2015-7799 CVE-2015-7872 CVE-2015-7990

CVE-2015-8215

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0272.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2925.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5156.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7799.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7872.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7990.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8215.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/758040

https://bugzilla.suse.com/814440

https://bugzilla.suse.com/904348

https://bugzilla.suse.com/921949

https://bugzilla.suse.com/924493

https://bugzilla.suse.com/926238

https://bugzilla.suse.com/933514

https://bugzilla.suse.com/936773

https://bugzilla.suse.com/939826

https://bugzilla.suse.com/939926

https://bugzilla.suse.com/940776

https://bugzilla.suse.com/941113

https://bugzilla.suse.com/941202

https://bugzilla.suse.com/943959

https://bugzilla.suse.com/944296

https://bugzilla.suse.com/947241

https://bugzilla.suse.com/947478

https://bugzilla.suse.com/949100

https://bugzilla.suse.com/949192

https://bugzilla.suse.com/949706

https://bugzilla.suse.com/949744

https://bugzilla.suse.com/949936

https://bugzilla.suse.com/950013

https://bugzilla.suse.com/950580

https://bugzilla.suse.com/950750

https://bugzilla.suse.com/950998

https://bugzilla.suse.com/951110

https://bugzilla.suse.com/951165

https://bugzilla.suse.com/951440

https://bugzilla.suse.com/951638

https://bugzilla.suse.com/951864

https://bugzilla.suse.com/952384

https://bugzilla.suse.com/952666

https://bugzilla.suse.com/953717

https://bugzilla.suse.com/953826

https://bugzilla.suse.com/953830

https://bugzilla.suse.com/953971

https://bugzilla.suse.com/953980

https://bugzilla.suse.com/954635

https://bugzilla.suse.com/954986

https://bugzilla.suse.com/955136

https://bugzilla.suse.com/955148

https://bugzilla.suse.com/955224

https://bugzilla.suse.com/955354

https://bugzilla.suse.com/955422

https://bugzilla.suse.com/955533

https://bugzilla.suse.com/955644

https://bugzilla.suse.com/956047

https://bugzilla.suse.com/956053

https://bugzilla.suse.com/956147

https://bugzilla.suse.com/956284

https://bugzilla.suse.com/956703

https://bugzilla.suse.com/956711

https://bugzilla.suse.com/956717

https://bugzilla.suse.com/956801

https://bugzilla.suse.com/956876

https://bugzilla.suse.com/957395

https://bugzilla.suse.com/957546

https://bugzilla.suse.com/958504

https://bugzilla.suse.com/958510

https://bugzilla.suse.com/958647

Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:2292-1
Rating: important

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