SUSE Security Update: Security update for Real Time Linux Kernel
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2013:1744-1
Rating:             important
References:         #763463 #794824 #797526 #804950 #816099 #820848 
                    #821259 #821465 #826102 #827246 #827416 #828714 
                    #828894 #829682 #831029 #831143 #831380 #832292 
                    #833321 #833588 #833635 #833820 #833858 #834204 
                    #834600 #834905 #835094 #835684 #835930 #836218 
                    #836347 #836801 #837372 #837803 #838346 #838448 
                    #840830 #841094 #841402 #841498 #842063 #842604 
                    #844513 
Cross-References:   CVE-2013-2206
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 11 SP2
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has 42 fixes is
   now available. It includes one version update.

Description:


   The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 2 kernel for
   RealTime was updated  to version 3.0.101 and also includes
   various other bug and security fixes.

   The following features have been added:

   * Drivers: hv: Support handling multiple VMBUS versions
   (FATE#314665).
   * Drivers: hv: Save and export negotiated vmbus version
   (FATE#314665).
   * Drivers: hv: Move vmbus version definitions to
   hyperv.h (FATE#314665).

   The following security issue has been fixed:

   * CVE-2013-2206: The sctp_sf_do_5_2_4_dupcook function
   in net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c in the SCTP implementation in
   the Linux kernel did not properly handle associations
   during the processing of a duplicate COOKIE ECHO chunk,
   which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service
   (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly
   have unspecified other impact via crafted SCTP traffic.
   (bnc#826102)

   The following non-security bugs have been fixed:

   * mm: Do not walk all of system memory during show_mem
   (Reduce tasklist_lock hold times (bnc#821259)).
   * mm, memcg: introduce own oom handler to iterate only
   over its own threads.
   * mm, memcg: move all oom handling to memcontrol.c.
   * mm, oom: avoid looping when chosen thread detaches
   its mm.
   * mm, oom: fold oom_kill_task() into oom_kill_process().
   * mm, oom: introduce helper function to process threads
   during scan.
   * mm, oom: reduce dependency on tasklist_lock.
   * kernel: sclp console hangs (bnc#841498, LTC#95711).
   * splice: fix racy pipe->buffers uses (bnc#827246).
   * blktrace: fix race with open trace files and
   directory removal (bnc#832292).
   * Set proper SK when CK_COND is set (bnc#833588).
   * iommu/vt-d: add quirk for broken interrupt remapping
   on 55XX chipsets (bnc#844513).
   * x86/iommu/vt-d: Expand interrupt remapping quirk to
   cover x58 chipset (bnc#844513).
   * iommu/vt-d: Only warn about broken interrupt
   remapping (bnc#844513).
   * iommu: Remove stack trace from broken irq remapping
   warning (bnc#844513).
   * intel-iommu: Fix leaks in pagetable freeing
   (bnc#841402).
   * softirq: reduce latencies (bnc#797526).
   * softirq: Fix lockup related to stop_machine being
   stuck in __do_softirq (bnc#797526).
   * bounce: Bounce memory pool initialisation (bnc#836347)
   * writeback: Do not sync data dirtied after sync start
   (bnc#833820).
   * config//debug: Enable FSCACHE_DEBUG and
   CACHEFILES_DEBUG (bnc#837372).
   * Fixed Xen guest freezes (bnc#829682, bnc#842063).
   * SUNRPC: close a rare race in xs_tcp_setup_socket
   (bnc#794824).
   * NFS: make nfs_flush_incompatible more generous
   (bnc#816099).
   * NFS: don't try to use lock state when we hold a
   delegation (bnc#831029).
   * nfs_lookup_revalidate(): fix a leak (bnc#828894).
   * fs: do_add_mount()/umount -l races (bnc#836801).
   * cifs: fill TRANS2_QUERY_FILE_INFO ByteCount fields
   (bnc#804950).
   * cifs: Fix EREMOTE errors encountered on DFS links
   (bnc#831143).
   * xfs: growfs: use uncached buffers for new headers   (bnc#842604).
   * xfs: avoid double-free in xfs_attr_node_addname.
   * xfs: Check the return value of xfs_buf_get()
   (bnc#842604).
   * iscsi: don't hang in endless loop if no targets
   present (bnc#841094).
   * reiserfs: fix race with flush_used_journal_lists and
   flush_journal_list (bnc#837803).
   * md: Throttle number of pending write requests in
   md/raid10 (bnc#833858).
   * dm: ignore merge_bvec for snapshots when safe
   (bnc#820848).
   * rcu: Do not trigger false positive RCU stall
   detection (bnc#834204).
   * net/mlx4_en: Fix BlueFlame race (bnc#835684).
   * net: remove skb_orphan_try() (bnc#834600).
   * bonding: check bond->vlgrp in bond_vlan_rx_kill_vid()
   (bnc#834905).
   * ipv6: don't call fib6_run_gc() until routing is ready
   (bnc#836218).
   * ipv6: prevent fib6_run_gc() contention (bnc#797526).
   * ipv6: update ip6_rt_last_gc every time GC is run
   (bnc#797526).
   * netfilter: nf_conntrack: use RCU safe kfree for
   conntrack extensions (bnc#827416 bko#60853
   bugzilla.netfilter.org:714).
   * netfilter: prevent race condition breaking net
   reference counting (bnc#835094).
   * sctp: deal with multiple COOKIE_ECHO chunks
   (bnc#826102).
   * quirks: add touchscreen that is dazzeled by remote
   wakeup (bnc#835930).
   * bnx2x: Change to D3hot only on removal (bnc#838448).
   * vmxnet3: prevent div-by-zero panic when ring resizing
   uninitialized dev (bnc#833321).
   * Drivers: hv: util: Fix a bug in version negotiation
   code for util services (bnc#828714).
   * Drivers: hv: util: Correctly support ws2008R2 and
   earlier (bnc#838346).
   * Drivers: hv: util: Fix a bug in util version
   negotiation code (bnc#838346).
   * elousb: some systems cannot stomach work around
   (bnc#840830).
   * bio-integrity: track owner of integrity payload
   (bnc#831380).
   * lib/radix-tree.c: make radix_tree_node_alloc() work
   correctly within interrupt (bnc#763463).
   * series.conf: disable XHCI ring expansion patches
   because on machines with large memory they cause a
   starvation problem (bnc#833635)
   * rpm/old-flavors, rpm/mkspec: Add version information
   to obsolete flavors (bnc#821465).
   * rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: Move the xenpae obsolete
   to the old-flavors file.
   * rpm/old-flavors: Convert the old-packages.conf file
   to a flat list.
   * rpm/old-packages.conf: Drop bogus obsoletes for "smp"
   (bnc#821465).
   * rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: Make sure that all KMP
   obsoletes are versioned (bnc#821465).
   * rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: Remove unversioned
   provides/obsoletes for packages that were only seen in
   openSUSE releases up to 11.0. (bnc#821465).
   * sched/workqueue: Only wake up idle workers if not
   blocked on sleeping spin lock.
   * genirq: Set irq thread to RT priority on creation.
   * timers: prepare for full preemption improve.
   * kernel/cpu: fix cpu down problem if kthread's cpu is
   going down.
   * kernel/hotplug: restore original cpu mask oncpu/down.
   * drm/i915: drop trace_i915_gem_ring_dispatch on rt.
   * rt,ntp: Move call to schedule_delayed_work() to
   helper thread.
   * hwlat-detector: Update hwlat_detector to add outer
   loop detection.
   * hwlat-detect/trace: Export trace_clock_local for
   hwlat-detector.
   * hwlat-detector: Use trace_clock_local if available.
   * hwlat-detector: Use thread instead of stop machine.
   * genirq: do not invoke the affinity callback via a
   workqueue.

   Security Issues:

   * CVE-2013-2206
   

Indications:

   Everyone using the Real Time Linux Kernel on x86_64 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 Real Time 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slertesp2-kernel-8546

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 11 SP2 (x86_64) [New Version: 3.0.101.rt130]:

      cluster-network-kmp-rt-1.4_3.0.101_rt130_0.5-2.18.71
      cluster-network-kmp-rt_trace-1.4_3.0.101_rt130_0.5-2.18.71
      drbd-kmp-rt-8.4.2_3.0.101_rt130_0.5-0.6.6.62
      drbd-kmp-rt_trace-8.4.2_3.0.101_rt130_0.5-0.6.6.62
      iscsitarget-kmp-rt-1.4.20_3.0.101_rt130_0.5-0.25.25.10
      iscsitarget-kmp-rt_trace-1.4.20_3.0.101_rt130_0.5-0.25.25.10
      kernel-rt-3.0.101.rt130-0.5.1
      kernel-rt-base-3.0.101.rt130-0.5.1
      kernel-rt-devel-3.0.101.rt130-0.5.1
      kernel-rt_trace-3.0.101.rt130-0.5.1
      kernel-rt_trace-base-3.0.101.rt130-0.5.1
      kernel-rt_trace-devel-3.0.101.rt130-0.5.1
      kernel-source-rt-3.0.101.rt130-0.5.1
      kernel-syms-rt-3.0.101.rt130-0.5.1
      lttng-modules-kmp-rt-2.0.4_3.0.101_rt130_0.5-0.9.9.1
      lttng-modules-kmp-rt_trace-2.0.4_3.0.101_rt130_0.5-0.9.9.1
      ocfs2-kmp-rt-1.6_3.0.101_rt130_0.5-0.11.70
      ocfs2-kmp-rt_trace-1.6_3.0.101_rt130_0.5-0.11.70
      ofed-kmp-rt-1.5.2_3.0.101_rt130_0.5-0.28.28.42
      ofed-kmp-rt_trace-1.5.2_3.0.101_rt130_0.5-0.28.28.42


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2206.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/763463
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/794824
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/797526
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/804950
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/816099
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/820848
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/821259
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/821465
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/826102
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/827246
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/827416
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/828714
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/828894
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/829682
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/831029
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/831143
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/831380
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/832292
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/833321
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/833588
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/833635
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/833820
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/833858
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/834204
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/834600
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/834905
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/835094
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/835684
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/835930
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/836218
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/836347
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/836801
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/837372
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/837803
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/838346
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/838448
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/840830
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/841094
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/841402
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/841498
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/842063
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/842604
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/844513
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login

SuSE: 2013:1744-1: important: Real Time Linux Kernel

November 22, 2013
An update that solves one vulnerability and has 42 fixes is An update that solves one vulnerability and has 42 fixes is An update that solves one vulnerability and has 42 fixes is ...

Summary

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 2 kernel for RealTime was updated to version 3.0.101 and also includes various other bug and security fixes. The following features have been added: * Drivers: hv: Support handling multiple VMBUS versions (FATE#314665). * Drivers: hv: Save and export negotiated vmbus version (FATE#314665). * Drivers: hv: Move vmbus version definitions to hyperv.h (FATE#314665). The following security issue has been fixed: * CVE-2013-2206: The sctp_sf_do_5_2_4_dupcook function in net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c in the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle associations during the processing of a duplicate COOKIE ECHO chunk, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted SCTP traffic. (bnc#826102) The following non-security bugs have been fixed: * mm: Do not walk...

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References

#763463 #794824 #797526 #804950 #816099 #820848

#821259 #821465 #826102 #827246 #827416 #828714

#828894 #829682 #831029 #831143 #831380 #832292

#833321 #833588 #833635 #833820 #833858 #834204

#834600 #834905 #835094 #835684 #835930 #836218

#836347 #836801 #837372 #837803 #838346 #838448

#840830 #841094 #841402 #841498 #842063 #842604

#844513

Cross- CVE-2013-2206

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 11 SP2

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2206.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/763463

https://bugzilla.novell.com/794824

https://bugzilla.novell.com/797526

https://bugzilla.novell.com/804950

https://bugzilla.novell.com/816099

https://bugzilla.novell.com/820848

https://bugzilla.novell.com/821259

https://bugzilla.novell.com/821465

https://bugzilla.novell.com/826102

https://bugzill...

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Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:1744-1
Rating: important

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