Security update for Xen

SUSE Security Update: Security update for Xen
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:0613-1
Rating: important
References: #861318 #882089 #895528 #901488 #903680 #904255 #906996 #910254 #910681 #912011 #918995 #918998 #919098 #919464 #919663
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12

  • An update that solves 8 vulnerabilities and has 7 fixes is now available.

    Description:


    The XEN hypervisor received updates to fix various security issues and
    bugs.

    The following security issues were fixed:
    - CVE-2015-2151: XSA-123: A hypervisor memory corruption due to x86
    emulator flaw.
    - CVE-2015-2045: XSA-122: Information leak through version information
    hypercall.
    - CVE-2015-2044: XSA-121: Information leak via internal x86 system device
    emulation.
    - CVE-2015-2152: XSA-119: HVM qemu was unexpectedly enabling emulated VGA
    graphics backends.
    - CVE-2014-3615: Information leakage when guest sets high graphics
    resolution.
    - CVE-2015-0361: XSA-116: A xen crash due to use after free on hvm guest
    teardown.
    - CVE-2014-9065, CVE-2014-9066: XSA-114: xen: p2m lock starvation.

    Also the following bugs were fixed:
    - bnc#919098 - XEN blktap device intermittently fails to connect
    - bnc#882089 - Windows 2012 R2 fails to boot up with greater than 60 vcpus
    - bnc#903680 - Problems with detecting free loop devices on Xen guest
    startup
    - bnc#861318 - xentop reports "Found interface vif101.0 but domain 101
    does not exist."
    - Update seabios to rel-1.7.3.1 which is the correct version for Xen 4.4
    - Enhancement to virsh/libvirtd "send-key" command The xen side small fix.
    (FATE#317240)
    - bnc#901488 - Intel ixgbe driver assigns rx/tx queues per core resulting
    in irq problems on servers with a large amount of CPU cores
    - bnc#910254 - SLES11 SP3 Xen VT-d igb NIC doesn't work
    - Add domain_migrate_constraints_set API to Xend's http interface
    (FATE#317239)
    - Restore missing fixes from block-dmmd script
    - bnc#904255 - XEN boot hangs in early boot on UEFI system
    - bsc#912011 - high ping latency after upgrade to latest SLES11SP3 on xen
    Dom0
    - Fix missing banner by restoring the figlet program.

    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 Software Development Kit 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-147=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-147=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-147=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 (x86_64):
      • xen-debugsource-4.4.1_10-9.1
      • xen-devel-4.4.1_10-9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x86_64):
      • xen-4.4.1_10-9.1
      • xen-debugsource-4.4.1_10-9.1
      • xen-doc-html-4.4.1_10-9.1
      • xen-kmp-default-4.4.1_10_k3.12.36_38-9.1
      • xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.4.1_10_k3.12.36_38-9.1
      • xen-libs-32bit-4.4.1_10-9.1
      • xen-libs-4.4.1_10-9.1
      • xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.4.1_10-9.1
      • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.4.1_10-9.1
      • xen-tools-4.4.1_10-9.1
      • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.4.1_10-9.1
      • xen-tools-domU-4.4.1_10-9.1
      • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.4.1_10-9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):
      • xen-4.4.1_10-9.1
      • xen-debugsource-4.4.1_10-9.1
      • xen-kmp-default-4.4.1_10_k3.12.36_38-9.1
      • xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.4.1_10_k3.12.36_38-9.1
      • xen-libs-32bit-4.4.1_10-9.1
      • xen-libs-4.4.1_10-9.1
      • xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.4.1_10-9.1
      • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.4.1_10-9.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3615.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9065.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9066.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0361.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2044.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2045.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2151.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2152.html
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/861318
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/882089
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/895528
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/901488
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/903680
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/904255
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/906996
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/910254
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/910681
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/912011
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/918995
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/918998
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/919098
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/919464
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/919663