SUSE Security Update: kernel update for SLE11 SP2
______________________________________________________________________________

Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2013:1022-1
Rating:             important
References:         #763968 #764209 #768052 #769685 #788590 #792584 
                    #793139 #797042 #797175 #800907 #802153 #804154 
                    #804609 #805804 #805945 #806431 #806980 #808647 
                    #809122 #809155 #809748 #809895 #810580 #810624 
                    #810722 #812281 #814719 #815356 #815444 #815745 
                    #816443 #816451 #816586 #816668 #816708 #817010 
                    #817339 #818053 #818327 #818371 #818514 #818516 
                    #818798 #819295 #819519 #819655 #819789 #820434 
                    #821560 #821930 #822431 #822722 
Cross-References:   CVE-2013-0160 CVE-2013-1979 CVE-2013-3076
                    CVE-2013-3222 CVE-2013-3223 CVE-2013-3224
                    CVE-2013-3225 CVE-2013-3227 CVE-2013-3228
                    CVE-2013-3229 CVE-2013-3231 CVE-2013-3232
                    CVE-2013-3234 CVE-2013-3235
Affected Products:
                    SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras
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   An update that solves 14 vulnerabilities and has 38 fixes
   is now available.

Description:

   The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 2 kernel was
   updated to Linux kernel 3.0.80, fixing various bugs and
   security issues.

   Following security issues were fixed: CVE-2013-0160: Timing
   side channel on attacks were possible on /dev/ptmx that
   could allow local attackers to predict keypresses like e.g.
   passwords. This has been fixed again by updating
   accessed/modified time on the pty devices in resolution of
   8 seconds, so that idle time detection can still work.

   CVE-2013-3222: The vcc_recvmsg function in net/atm/common.c
   in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain length
   variable, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive
   information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg
   or recvfrom system call.

   CVE-2013-3223: The ax25_recvmsg function in
   net/ax25/af_ax25.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a
   certain data structure, which allowed local users to obtain
   sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a
   crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

   CVE-2013-3224: The bt_sock_recvmsg function in
   net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c in the Linux kernel did not
   properly initialize a certain length variable, which
   allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from
   kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom
   system call.

   CVE-2013-3225: The rfcomm_sock_recvmsg function in
   net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c in the Linux kernel did not
   initialize a certain length variable, which allowed local
   users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack
   memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

   CVE-2013-3227: The caif_seqpkt_recvmsg function in
   net/caif/caif_socket.c in the Linux kernel did not
   initialize a certain length variable, which allowed local
   users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack
   memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

   CVE-2013-3228: The irda_recvmsg_dgram function in
   net/irda/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a
   certain length variable, which allowed local users to
   obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a
   crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

   CVE-2013-3229: The iucv_sock_recvmsg function in
   net/iucv/af_iucv.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a
   certain length variable, which allowed local users to
   obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a
   crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

   CVE-2013-3231: The llc_ui_recvmsg function in
   net/llc/af_llc.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a
   certain length variable, which allowed local users to
   obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a
   crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

   CVE-2013-3232: The nr_recvmsg function in
   net/netrom/af_netrom.c in the Linux kernel did not
   initialize a certain data structure, which allowed local
   users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack
   memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

   CVE-2013-3234: The rose_recvmsg function in
   net/rose/af_rose.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a
   certain data structure, which allowed local users to obtain
   sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a
   crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

   CVE-2013-3235: net/tipc/socket.c in the Linux kernel did
   not initialize a certain data structure and a certain
   length variable, which allowed local users to obtain
   sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a
   crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

   CVE-2013-3076: The crypto API in the Linux kernel did not
   initialize certain length variables, which allowed local
   users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack
   memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call,
   related to the hash_recvmsg function in crypto/algif_hash.c
   and the skcipher_recvmsg function in
   crypto/algif_skcipher.c.

   CVE-2013-1979: The scm_set_cred function in
   include/net/scm.h in the Linux kernel used incorrect uid
   and gid values during credentials passing, which allowed
   local users to gain privileges via a crafted application.

   A kernel information leak via tkill/tgkill was fixed.


   Following bugs were fixed:
   - reiserfs: fix spurious multiple-fill in
   reiserfs_readdir_dentry (bnc#822722).

   - libfc: do not exch_done() on invalid sequence ptr
   (bnc#810722).

   - netfilter: ip6t_LOG: fix logging of packet mark
   (bnc#821930).

   - hyperv: use 3.4 as LIC version string (bnc#822431).

   - virtio_net: introduce VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID
   (bnc#819655).

   - xen/netback: do not disconnect frontend when seeing
   oversize packet.
   - xen/netfront: reduce gso_max_size to account for max TCP
   header.
   - xen/netfront: fix kABI after "reduce gso_max_size to
   account for max TCP header".

   - xfs: Fix kABI due to change in xfs_buf (bnc#815356).

   - xfs: fix race while discarding buffers [V4] (bnc#815356
   (comment 36)).

   - xfs: Serialize file-extending direct IO (bnc#818371).

   - xhci: Do not switch webcams in some HP ProBooks to XHCI
   (bnc#805804).
   - bluetooth: Do not switch BT on HP ProBook 4340
   (bnc#812281).

   - s390/ftrace: fix mcount adjustment (bnc#809895).

   - mm: memory_dev_init make sure nmi watchdog does not
   trigger while registering memory sections (bnc#804609,
   bnc#820434).

   - patches.fixes/xfs-backward-alloc-fix.diff: xfs: Avoid
   pathological backwards allocation (bnc#805945).

   - mm: compaction: Restart compaction from near where it
   left off
   - mm: compaction: cache if a pageblock was scanned and no
   pages were isolated
   - mm: compaction: clear PG_migrate_skip based on compaction
   and reclaim activity
   - mm: compaction: Scan PFN caching KABI workaround
   - mm: page_allocator: Remove first_pass guard
   - mm: vmscan: do not stall on writeback during memory
   compaction Cache compaction restart points for faster
   compaction cycles (bnc#816451)

   - qlge: fix dma map leak when the last chunk is not
   allocated (bnc#819519).

   - SUNRPC: Get rid of the redundant xprt->shutdown bit field
   (bnc#800907).
   - SUNRPC: Ensure that we grab the XPRT_LOCK before calling
   xprt_alloc_slot (bnc#800907).
   - SUNRPC: Fix a UDP transport regression (bnc#800907).
   - SUNRPC: Allow caller of rpc_sleep_on() to select priority
   levels (bnc#800907).
   - SUNRPC: Replace xprt->resend and xprt->sending with a
   priority queue (bnc#800907).
   - SUNRPC: Fix potential races in xprt_lock_write_next()
   (bnc#800907).

   - md: cannot re-add disks after recovery (bnc#808647).

   - fs/xattr.c:getxattr(): improve handling of allocation
   failures (bnc#818053).
   - fs/xattr.c:listxattr(): fall back to vmalloc() if
   kmalloc() failed (bnc#818053).
   - fs/xattr.c:setxattr(): improve handling of allocation
   failures (bnc#818053).
   - fs/xattr.c: suppress page allocation failure warnings
   from sys_listxattr() (bnc#818053).

   - virtio-blk: Call revalidate_disk() upon online disk
   resize (bnc#817339).

   - usb-storage: CY7C68300A chips do not support Cypress
   ATACB (bnc#819295).

   - patches.kernel.org/patch-3.0.60-61: Update references
   (add bnc#810580).

   - usb: Using correct way to clear usb3.0 devices remote
   wakeup feature (bnc#818516).

   - xhci: Fix TD size for isochronous URBs (bnc#818514).

   - ALSA: hda - fixup D3 pin and right channel mute on
   Haswell HDMI audio (bnc#818798).
   - ALSA: hda - Apply pin-enablement workaround to all
   Haswell HDMI codecs (bnc#818798).

   - xfs: fallback to vmalloc for large buffers in
   xfs_attrmulti_attr_get (bnc#818053).
   - xfs: fallback to vmalloc for large buffers in
   xfs_attrlist_by_handle (bnc#818053).
   - xfs: xfs: fallback to vmalloc for large buffers in
   xfs_compat_attrlist_by_handle (bnc#818053).

   - xHCI: store rings type.
   - xhci: Fix hang on back-to-back Set TR Deq Ptr commands.
   - xHCI: check enqueue pointer advance into dequeue seg.
   - xHCI: store rings last segment and segment numbers.
   - xHCI: Allocate 2 segments for transfer ring.
   - xHCI: count free TRBs on transfer ring.
   - xHCI: factor out segments allocation and free function.
   - xHCI: update sg tablesize.
   - xHCI: set cycle state when allocate rings.
   - xhci: Reserve one command for USB3 LPM disable.
   - xHCI: dynamic ring expansion.
   - xhci: Do not warn on empty ring for suspended devices.

   - md/raid1: Do not release reference to device while
   handling read error (bnc#809122, bnc#814719).

   - rpm/mkspec: Stop generating the get_release_number.sh
   file.

   - rpm/kernel-spec-macros: Properly handle KOTD release
   numbers with .g suffix.

   - rpm/kernel-spec-macros: Drop the %release_num macro We no
   longer put the -rcX tag into the release string.

   - rpm/kernel-*.spec.in, rpm/mkspec: Do not force the
   "" string in specfiles.

   - mm/mmap: check for RLIMIT_AS before unmapping
   (bnc#818327).

   - mm: Fix add_page_wait_queue() to work for PG_Locked bit
   waiters (bnc#792584).

   - mm: Fix add_page_wait_queue() to work for PG_Locked bit
   waiters (bnc#792584).

   - bonding: only use primary address for ARP (bnc#815444).
   - bonding: remove entries for master_ip and vlan_ip and
   query devices instead (bnc#815444).


   - mm: speedup in __early_pfn_to_nid (bnc#810624).

   - TTY: fix atime/mtime regression (bnc#815745).

   - sd_dif: problem with verify of type 1 protection
   information (PI) (bnc#817010).

   - sched: harden rq rt usage accounting (bnc#769685,
   bnc#788590).

   - rcu: Avoid spurious RCU CPU stall warnings (bnc#816586).
   - rcu: Dump local stack if cannot dump all CPUs stacks
   (bnc#816586).
   - rcu: Fix detection of abruptly-ending stall (bnc#816586).
   - rcu: Suppress NMI backtraces when stall ends before dump
   (bnc#816586).

   - Update Xen patches to 3.0.74.

   - btrfs: do not re-enter when allocating a chunk.
   - btrfs: save us a read_lock.
   - btrfs: Check CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH for BTRFS_IOC_INO_PATHS.
   - btrfs: remove unused fs_info from btrfs_decode_error().
   - btrfs: handle null fs_info in btrfs_panic().
   - btrfs: fix varargs in __btrfs_std_error.
   - btrfs: fix the race between bio and btrfs_stop_workers.
   - btrfs: fix NULL pointer after aborting a transaction.
   - btrfs: fix infinite loop when we abort on mount.

   - xfs: Do not allocate new buffers on every call to
   _xfs_buf_find (bnc#763968).
   - xfs: fix buffer lookup race on allocation failure
   (bnc#763968).


Special Instructions and Notes:

   Please reboot the system after installing this update.


Package List:

   - SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      ext4-writeable-kmp-default-0_3.0.80_0.5-0.14.57
      ext4-writeable-kmp-trace-0_3.0.80_0.5-0.14.57
      kernel-default-extra-3.0.80-0.5.1

   - SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras (i586 x86_64):

      ext4-writeable-kmp-xen-0_3.0.80_0.5-0.14.57
      kernel-xen-extra-3.0.80-0.5.1

   - SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras (ppc64):

      ext4-writeable-kmp-ppc64-0_3.0.80_0.5-0.14.57
      kernel-ppc64-extra-3.0.80-0.5.1

   - SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras (i586):

      ext4-writeable-kmp-pae-0_3.0.80_0.5-0.14.57
      kernel-pae-extra-3.0.80-0.5.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0160.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1979.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3076.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3222.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3223.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3224.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3225.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3227.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3228.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3229.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3231.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3232.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3234.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3235.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/763968
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/764209
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/768052
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/769685
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/788590
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/792584
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/793139
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/797042
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/797175
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/800907
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/802153
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/804154
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/804609
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/805804
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/805945
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/806431
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/806980
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/808647
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/809122
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/809155
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/809748
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/809895
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/810580
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/810624
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/810722
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/812281
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/814719
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/815356
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/815444
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/815745
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/816443
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/816451
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/816586
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/816668
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/816708
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/817010
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/817339
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/818053
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/818327
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/818371
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/818514
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/818516
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/818798
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/819295
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/819519
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/819655
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/819789
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/820434
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/821560
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/821930
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/822431
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/822722
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/idff/sso
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/idff/sso
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/idff/sso
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/idff/sso
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/idff/sso

SuSE: 2013:1022-1: important: kernel SLE11 SP2

June 17, 2013
An update that solves 14 vulnerabilities and has 38 fixes An update that solves 14 vulnerabilities and has 38 fixes An update that solves 14 vulnerabilities and has 38 fixes is now...

Summary

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 2 kernel was updated to Linux kernel 3.0.80, fixing various bugs and security issues. Following security issues were fixed: CVE-2013-0160: Timing side channel on attacks were possible on /dev/ptmx that could allow local attackers to predict keypresses like e.g. passwords. This has been fixed again by updating accessed/modified time on the pty devices in resolution of 8 seconds, so that idle time detection can still work. CVE-2013-3222: The vcc_recvmsg function in net/atm/common.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain length variable, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call. CVE-2013-3223: The ax25_recvmsg function in net/ax25/af_ax25.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain data structure, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a ...

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References

#763968 #764209 #768052 #769685 #788590 #792584

#793139 #797042 #797175 #800907 #802153 #804154

#804609 #805804 #805945 #806431 #806980 #808647

#809122 #809155 #809748 #809895 #810580 #810624

#810722 #812281 #814719 #815356 #815444 #815745

#816443 #816451 #816586 #816668 #816708 #817010

#817339 #818053 #818327 #818371 #818514 #818516

#818798 #819295 #819519 #819655 #819789 #820434

#821560 #821930 #822431 #822722

Cross- CVE-2013-0160 CVE-2013-1979 CVE-2013-3076

CVE-2013-3222 CVE-2013-3223 CVE-2013-3224

CVE-2013-3225 CVE-2013-3227 CVE-2013-3228

CVE-2013-3229 CVE-2013-3231 CVE-2013-3232

CVE-2013-3234 CVE-2013-3235

Affected Products:

SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0160.html

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Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:1022-1
Rating: important

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