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SUSE: 2012:0153-1 Important: Kernel Update Fixes Multiple Issues

An update that solves 10 vulnerabilities and has 29 fixes An update that solves 10 vulnerabilities and has 29 fixes An update that solves 10 vulnerabilities and has 29 fixes is now available. It includes one version update. is now available. It includes one version update.. SUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0153-1 Rating: important References: #651219 #653260 #668872 #671479 #688996 #694945 #697920 #703156 #706973 #707288 #708625 #711378 #716023 #722910 #724734 #725709 #726600 #726788 #728339 #728626 #729854 #730118 #731004 #731770 #732296 #732677 #733146 #733863 #734056 #735216 #735446 #735453 #735635 #736018 #738400 #740535 #740703 #740867 #742270 Cross-References: CVE-2010-3873 CVE-2010-4164 CVE-2011-2494 CVE-2011-2699 CVE-2011-4077 CVE-2011-4081 CVE-2011-4110 CVE-2011-4127 CVE-2011-4132 CVE-2012-0038 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that solves 10 vulnerabilities and has 29 fixes is now available. It includes one version update. Description: The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP1 kernel has been updated to 2.6.32.54, fixing numerous bugs and security issues. The following security issues have been fixed: * A potential hypervisor escape by issuing SG_IO commands to partitiondevices was fixed by restricting access to these commands. ( CVE-2011-4127 ) * KEYS: Fix a NULL pointer deref in the user-defined key type, which allowed local attackers to Oops the kernel. (CVE-2011-4110 ) * Avoid potential NULL pointer deref in ghash, which allowed local attackers to Oops the kernel. (CVE-2011-4081 ) * Fixed a memory corruption possibility in xfs readlink, which could be used by local attackers to crash the system or potentially execute code by mounting a prepared xfs filesystem image. (CVE-2011-4077 ) * A overflow in the xfs acl handling was fixed that could be used by local attackers to crash the system or potentially execute code by mounting a prepared xfs filesystem image. (CVE-2012-0038 ) * A flaw in the ext3/ext4 filesystem allowed a local attacker to crash the kernel by getting a prepared ext3/ext4 filesystem mounted. ( CVE-2011-4132 ) * Access to the taskstats /proc file was restricted to avoid local attackers gaining knowledge of IO of other users (and so effecting side-channel attacks for e.g. guessing passwords by typing speed). ( CVE-2011-2494 ) * When using X.25 communication a malicious sender could corrupt data structures, causing crashes or potential code execution. Please note that X.25 needs to be setup to make this effective, which these days is usually not the case. (CVE-2010-3873 ) * When using X.25 communication a malicious sender could make the machine leak memory, causing crashes. Please note that X.25 needs to be setup to make this effective, which these days is usually not the case. (CVE-2010-4164 ) * A remote denial of service due to a NULL pointer dereference by using IPv6 fragments was fixed. (CVE-2011-2699 ) The following non-security issues have been fixed (excerpt from changelog): * elousb: Fixed bug in USB core API usage, code cleanup. * cifs: overhaul cifs_revalidate and rename to cifs_revalidate_dentry. * cifs: set server_eof in cifs_fattr_to_inode. * xfs: Fix missing xfs_iunlock() on error recovery path in xfs_readlink(). *Silence some warnings about ioctls on partitions. * netxen: Remove all references to unified firmware file. * bonding: send out gratuitous arps even with no address configured. * patches.fixes/ocfs2-serialize_unaligned_aio.patch: ocfs2: serialize unaligned aio. * patches.fixes/bonding-check-if-clients-MAC-addr-has-changed. patch: Update references. * xfs: Fix wait calculations on lock acquisition and use milliseconds instead of jiffies to print the wait time. * ipmi: reduce polling when interrupts are available. * ipmi: reduce polling. * export shrink_dcache_for_umount_subtree. * patches.suse/stack-unwind: Fix more 2.6.29 merge problems plus a glue code problem. * PM / Sleep: Fix race between CPU hotplug and freezer. * jbd: Issue cache flush after checkpointing. * lpfc: make sure job exists when processing BSG. * blktap: fix locking (again). * xen: Update Xen patches to 2.6.32.52. * reiserfs: Lock buffers unconditionally in reiserfs_write_full_page(). * writeback: Include all dirty inodes in background writeback. * reiserfs: Fix quota mount option parsing. * bonding: check if clients MAC addr has changed. * rpc client can not deal with ENOSOCK, so translate it into ENOCONN. * st: modify tape driver to allow writing immediate filemarks. * xfs: fix for xfssyncd failure to wake. * ipmi: Fix deadlock in start_next_msg(). * net: bind() fix error return on wrong address family. * net: ipv4: relax AF_INET check in bind(). * net/ipv6: check for mistakenly passed in non-AF_INET6 sockaddrs. * Bluetooth: Fixed Atheros AR3012 Maryann PID/VID supported. * percpu: fix chunk range calculation. * x86, UV: Fix kdump reboot. * dm: Use done_bytes for io_completion. * Bluetooth: Add Atheros AR3012 Maryann PID/VID supported. * Bluetooth: Add Atheros AR3012 one PID/VID supported. * fix missing hunk in oplock break patch. * patches.arch/s390-34-01-pfault-cpu-hotplug.patch: Refresh. *Surrounded s390x lowcore change with __GENKSYMS__ * patches.xen/xen3-patch-2.6.30: Refresh. * sched, x86: Avoid unnecessary overflow in sched_clock. * ACPI thermal: Do not invalidate thermal zone if critical trip point is bad. Indications: Everyone using the Linux Kernel on x86 (32 bit) architecture should update. Special Instructions and Notes: Please reboot the system after installing this update. 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 Server 11 SP1 for VMware: zypper in -t patch slessp1-kernel-5723 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1: zypper in -t patch slessp1-kernel-5723 slessp1-kernel-5724 slessp1-kernel-5725 slessp1-kernel-5729 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP1: zypper in -t patch sleshasp1-kernel-5723 sleshasp1-kernel-5724 sleshasp1-kernel-5725 sleshasp1-kernel-5729 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1: zypper in -t patch sledsp1-kernel-5723 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586) [New Version: 2.6.32.54]: btrfs-kmp-default-0_2.6.32.54_0.3-0.3.73 btrfs-kmp-pae-0_2.6.32.54_0.3-0.3.73 ext4dev-kmp-default-0_2.6.32.54_0.3-7.9.40 ext4dev-kmp-pae-0_2.6.32.54_0.3-7.9.40 ext4dev-kmp-trace-0_2.6.32.54_0.3-7.9.40 hyper-v-kmp-default-0_2.6.32.54_0.3-0.18.3 hyper-v-kmp-pae-0_2.6.32.54_0.3-0.18.3 hyper-v-kmp-trace-0_2.6.32.54_0.3-0.18.3 kernel-default-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-default-base-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-default-devel-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-pae-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-pae-base-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-pae-devel-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-source-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-syms-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-trace-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-trace-base-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-trace-devel-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x) [New Version: 2.6.32.54]: btrfs-kmp-default-0_2.6.32.54_0.3-0.3.73 ext4dev-kmp-default-0_2.6.32.54_0.3-7.9.40 ext4dev-kmp-trace-0_2.6.32.54_0.3-7.9.40 kernel-default-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-default-base-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-default-devel-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-source-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-syms-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-trace-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-trace-base-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-trace-devel-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (s390x) [New Version: 2.6.32.54]: kernel-default-man-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ppc64) [New Version: 2.6.32.54]: ext4dev-kmp-ppc64-0_2.6.32.54_0.3-7.9.40 kernel-ppc64-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-ppc64-base-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-ppc64-devel-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586) [New Version: 2.6.32.54]: btrfs-kmp-pae-0_2.6.32.54_0.3-0.3.73 btrfs-kmp-xen-0_2.6.32.54_0.3-0.3.73 ext4dev-kmp-pae-0_2.6.32.54_0.3-7.9.40 ext4dev-kmp-xen-0_2.6.32.54_0.3-7.9.40 hyper-v-kmp-default-0_2.6.32.54_0.3-0.18.3 hyper-v-kmp-pae-0_2.6.32.54_0.3-0.18.3 hyper-v-kmp-trace-0_2.6.32.54_0.3-0.18.3 kernel-ec2-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-ec2-base-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-pae-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-pae-base-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-pae-devel-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-xen-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-xen-base-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-xen-devel-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x): cluster-network-kmp-default-1.4_2.6.32.54_0.3-2.5.25 cluster-network-kmp-trace-1.4_2.6.32.54_0.3-2.5.25 gfs2-kmp-default-2_2.6.32.54_0.3-0.2.72 gfs2-kmp-trace-2_2.6.32.54_0.3-0.2.72 ocfs2-kmp-default-1.6_2.6.32.54_0.3-0.4.2.25 ocfs2-kmp-trace-1.6_2.6.32.54_0.3-0.4.2.25 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP1(ppc64): cluster-network-kmp-ppc64-1.4_2.6.32.54_0.3-2.5.25 gfs2-kmp-ppc64-2_2.6.32.54_0.3-0.2.72 ocfs2-kmp-ppc64-1.6_2.6.32.54_0.3-0.4.2.25 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP1 (i586): cluster-network-kmp-pae-1.4_2.6.32.54_0.3-2.5.25 cluster-network-kmp-xen-1.4_2.6.32.54_0.3-2.5.25 gfs2-kmp-pae-2_2.6.32.54_0.3-0.2.72 gfs2-kmp-xen-2_2.6.32.54_0.3-0.2.72 ocfs2-kmp-pae-1.6_2.6.32.54_0.3-0.4.2.25 ocfs2-kmp-xen-1.6_2.6.32.54_0.3-0.4.2.25 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586) [New Version: 2.6.32.54]: btrfs-kmp-default-0_2.6.32.54_0.3-0.3.73 btrfs-kmp-pae-0_2.6.32.54_0.3-0.3.73 btrfs-kmp-xen-0_2.6.32.54_0.3-0.3.73 hyper-v-kmp-default-0_2.6.32.54_0.3-0.18.3 hyper-v-kmp-pae-0_2.6.32.54_0.3-0.18.3 kernel-default-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-default-base-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-default-devel-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-default-extra-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-desktop-devel-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-pae-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-pae-base-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-pae-devel-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-pae-extra-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-source-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-syms-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-trace-devel-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-xen-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-xen-base-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-xen-devel-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 kernel-xen-extra-2.6.32.54-0.3.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3873.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4164.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2494.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2699.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4077.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4081.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4110.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4127.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4132.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0038.html . 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