Security update for the Linux Kernel

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1301-1
Rating: important
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2015-3288 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2015-8970 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2015-8970 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2016-10200 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-10200 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-5243 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2017-2671 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-2671 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2017-5669 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-5970 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2017-5986 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2017-6074 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-6074 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-6074 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-6214 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2017-6348 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2017-6348 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2017-6353 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2017-6353 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2017-7184 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-7184 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-7187 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2017-7187 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-7187 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-7261 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2017-7294 ( SUSE ): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
  • CVE-2017-7294 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-7294 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-7308 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-7308 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-7616 ( SUSE ): 4.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2017-7616 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4

An update that solves 18 vulnerabilities and has 41 security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

Notable new features:

  • Toleration of newer crypto hardware for z Systems
  • USB 2.0 Link power management for Haswell-ULT

The following security bugs were fixed:

  • CVE-2017-7308: The packet_set_ring function in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel did not properly validate certain block-size data, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls (bnc#1031579)
  • CVE-2017-2671: The ping_unhash function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel was too late in obtaining a certain lock and consequently could not ensure that disconnect function calls are safe, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by leveraging access to the protocol value of IPPROTO_ICMP in a socket system call (bnc#1031003)
  • CVE-2017-7184: The xfrm_replay_verify_len function in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel did not validate certain size data after an XFRM_MSG_NEWAE update, which allowed local users to obtain root privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based out-of-bounds access) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability (bsc#1030573).
  • CVE-2017-5970: The ipv4_pktinfo_prepare function in net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via (1) an application that made crafted system calls or possibly (2) IPv4 traffic with invalid IP options (bsc#1024938).
  • CVE-2017-7616: Incorrect error handling in the set_mempolicy and mbind compat syscalls in mm/mempolicy.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized stack data by triggering failure of a certain bitmap operation (bsc#1033336).
  • CVE-2017-7294: The vmw_surface_define_ioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c in the Linux kernel did not validate addition of certain levels data, which allowed local users to trigger an integer overflow and out-of-bounds write, and cause a denial of service (system hang or crash) or possibly gain privileges, via a crafted ioctl call for a /dev/dri/renderD* device (bnc#1031440)
  • CVE-2017-7261: The vmw_surface_define_ioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c in the Linux kernel did not check for a zero value of certain levels data, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (ZERO_SIZE_PTR dereference, and GPF and possibly panic) via a crafted ioctl call for a /dev/dri/renderD* device (bnc#1031052)
  • CVE-2017-7187: The sg_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large command size in an SG_NEXT_CMD_LEN ioctl call, leading to out-of-bounds write access in the sg_write function (bnc#1030213)
  • CVE-2017-6348: The hashbin_delete function in net/irda/irqueue.c in the Linux kernel improperly managed lock dropping, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via crafted operations on IrDA devices (bnc#1027178)
  • CVE-2017-5669: The do_shmat function in ipc/shm.c in the Linux kernel did not restrict the address calculated by a certain rounding operation, which allowed local users to map page zero, and consequently bypass a protection mechanism that exists for the mmap system call, by making crafted shmget and shmat system calls in a privileged context (bnc#1026914)
  • CVE-2015-3288: mm/memory.c in the Linux kernel mishandled anonymous pages, which allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (page tainting) via a crafted application that triggers writing to page zero (bsc#979021).
  • CVE-2016-10200: Race condition in the L2TPv3 IP Encapsulation feature in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by making multiple bind system calls without properly ascertaining whether a socket has the SOCK_ZAPPED status, related to net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c and net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c (bnc#1028415)
  • CVE-2016-5243: The tipc_nl_compat_link_dump function in net/tipc/netlink_compat.c in the Linux kernel did not properly copy a certain string, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a Netlink message (bnc#983212)
  • CVE-2017-6353: net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict association peel-off operations during certain wait states, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (invalid unlock and double free) via a multithreaded application (bnc#1027066)
  • CVE-2017-6214: The tcp_splice_read function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and soft lockup) via vectors involving a TCP packet with the URG flag (bnc#1026722)
  • CVE-2017-6074: The dccp_rcv_state_process function in net/dccp/input.c in the Linux kernel mishandled DCCP_PKT_REQUEST packet data structures in the LISTEN state, which allowed local users to obtain root privileges or cause a denial of service (double free) via an application that made an IPV6_RECVPKTINFO setsockopt system call (bnc#1026024)
  • CVE-2017-5986: Race condition in the sctp_wait_for_sndbuf function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and panic) via a multithreaded application that peels off an association in a certain buffer-full state (bsc#1025235)
  • CVE-2015-8970: crypto/algif_skcipher.c in the Linux kernel did not verify that a setkey operation has been performed on an AF_ALG socket an accept system call is processed, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted application that does not supply a key, related to the lrw_crypt function in crypto/lrw.c (bsc#1008374).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

  • NFSD: do not risk using duplicate owner/file/delegation ids (bsc#1029212).
  • RAID1: avoid unnecessary spin locks in I/O barrier code (bsc#982783, bsc#1026260).
  • SUNRPC: Clean up the slot table allocation (bsc#1013862).
  • SUNRPC: Initalise the struct xprt upon allocation (bsc#1013862).
  • USB: cdc-acm: fix broken runtime suspend (bsc#1033771).
  • USB: cdc-acm: fix open and suspend race (bsc#1033771).
  • USB: cdc-acm: fix potential urb leak and PM imbalance in write (bsc#1033771).
  • USB: cdc-acm: fix runtime PM for control messages (bsc#1033771).
  • USB: cdc-acm: fix runtime PM imbalance at shutdown (bsc#1033771).
  • USB: cdc-acm: fix shutdown and suspend race (bsc#1033771).
  • USB: cdc-acm: fix write and resume race (bsc#1033771).
  • USB: cdc-acm: fix write and suspend race (bsc#1033771).
  • USB: hub: Fix crash after failure to read BOS descriptor
  • USB: serial: iuu_phoenix: fix NULL-deref at open (bsc#1033794).
  • USB: serial: kl5kusb105: fix line-state error handling (bsc#1021256).
  • USB: serial: mos7720: fix NULL-deref at open (bsc#1033816).
  • USB: serial: mos7720: fix parallel probe (bsc#1033816).
  • USB: serial: mos7720: fix parport use-after-free on probe errors (bsc#1033816).
  • USB: serial: mos7720: fix use-after-free on probe errors (bsc#1033816).
  • USB: serial: mos7840: fix NULL-deref at open (bsc#1034026).
  • USB: xhci-mem: use passed in GFP flags instead of GFP_KERNEL (bsc#1023014).
  • Update metadata for serial fixes (bsc#1013070)
  • Use PF_LESS_THROTTLE in loop device thread (bsc#1027101).
  • clocksource: Remove "weak" from clocksource_default_clock() declaration (bnc#1013018).
  • dlm: backport "fix lvb invalidation conditions" (bsc#1005651).
  • drm/mgag200: Add support for G200e rev 4 (bnc#995542, comment #81)
  • enic: set skb->hash type properly (bsc#911105).
  • ext4: fix mballoc breakage with 64k block size (bsc#1013018).
  • ext4: fix stack memory corruption with 64k block size (bsc#1013018).
  • ext4: reject inodes with negative size (bsc#1013018).
  • fuse: initialize fc->release before calling it (bsc#1013018).
  • i40e/i40evf: Break up xmit_descriptor_count from maybe_stop_tx (bsc#985561).
  • i40e/i40evf: Fix mixed size frags and linearization (bsc#985561).
  • i40e/i40evf: Limit TSO to 7 descriptors for payload instead of 8 per packet (bsc#985561).
  • i40e/i40evf: Rewrite logic for 8 descriptor per packet check (bsc#985561).
  • i40e: Fix TSO with more than 8 frags per segment issue (bsc#985561).
  • i40e: Impose a lower limit on gso size (bsc#985561).
  • i40e: Limit TX descriptor count in cases where frag size is greater than 16K (bsc#985561).
  • i40e: avoid null pointer dereference (bsc#909486).
  • jbd: Fix oops in journal_remove_journal_head() (bsc#1017143).
  • jbd: do not wait (forever) for stale tid caused by wraparound (bsc#1020229).
  • kABI: mask struct xfs_icdinode change (bsc#1024788).
  • kabi: Protect xfs_mount and xfs_buftarg (bsc#1024508).
  • kabi: fix (bsc#1008893).
  • lockd: use init_utsname for id encoding (bsc#1033804).
  • lockd: use rpc client's cl_nodename for id encoding (bsc#1033804).
  • md linear: fix a race between linear_add() and linear_congested() (bsc#1018446).
  • md/linear: shutup lockdep warnning (bsc#1018446).
  • mm/mempolicy.c: do not put mempolicy before using its nodemask (bnc#931620).
  • ocfs2: do not write error flag to user structure we cannot copy from/to (bsc#1013018).
  • ocfs2: fix crash caused by stale lvb with fsdlm plugin (bsc#1013800).
  • ocfs2: fix error return code in ocfs2_info_handle_freefrag() (bsc#1013018).
  • ocfs2: null deref on allocation error (bsc#1013018).
  • pciback: only check PF if actually dealing with a VF (bsc#999245).
  • pciback: use pci_physfn() (bsc#999245).
  • posix-timers: Fix stack info leak in timer_create() (bnc#1013018).
  • powerpc,cpuidle: Dont toggle CPUIDLE_FLAG_IGNORE while setting smt_snooze_delay (bsc#1023163).
  • powerpc/fadump: Fix the race in crash_fadump() (bsc#1022971).
  • powerpc/fadump: Reserve memory at an offset closer to bottom of RAM (bsc#1032141).
  • powerpc/fadump: Update fadump documentation (bsc#1032141).
  • powerpc/nvram: Fix an incorrect partition merge (bsc#1016489).
  • powerpc/vdso64: Use double word compare on pointers (bsc#1016489).
  • rcu: Call out dangers of expedited RCU primitives (bsc#1008893).
  • rcu: Direct algorithmic SRCU implementation (bsc#1008893).
  • rcu: Flip ->completed only once per SRCU grace period (bsc#1008893).
  • rcu: Implement a variant of Peter's SRCU algorithm (bsc#1008893).
  • rcu: Increment upper bit only for srcu_read_lock() (bsc#1008893).
  • rcu: Remove fast check path from __synchronize_srcu() (bsc#1008893).
  • s390/kmsg: add missing kmsg descriptions (bnc#1025702).
  • s390/vmlogrdr: fix IUCV buffer allocation (bnc#1025702).
  • s390/zcrypt: Introduce CEX6 toleration
  • sched/core: Fix TASK_DEAD race in finish_task_switch() (bnc#1013018).
  • sched/loadavg: Fix loadavg artifacts on fully idle and on fully loaded systems (bnc#1013018).
  • scsi: zfcp: do not trace pure benign residual HBA responses at default level (bnc#1025702).
  • scsi: zfcp: fix rport unblock race with LUN recovery (bnc#1025702).
  • scsi: zfcp: fix use-after-"free" in FC ingress path after TMF (bnc#1025702).
  • scsi: zfcp: fix use-after-free by not tracing WKA port open/close on failed send (bnc#1025702).
  • sfc: reduce severity of PIO buffer alloc failures (bsc#1019168).
  • tcp: abort orphan sockets stalling on zero window probes (bsc#1021913).
  • vfs: split generic splice code from i_mutex locking (bsc#1024788).
  • virtio_scsi: fix memory leak on full queue condition (bsc#1028880).
  • vmxnet3: segCnt can be 1 for LRO packets (bsc#988065, bsc#1029770).
  • xen-blkfront: correct maximum segment accounting (bsc#1018263).
  • xen-blkfront: do not call talk_to_blkback when already connected to blkback.
  • xen-blkfront: free resources if xlvbd_alloc_gendisk fails.
  • xfs: Fix lock ordering in splice write (bsc#1024788).
  • xfs: Make xfs_icdinode->di_dmstate atomic_t (bsc#1024788).
  • xfs: do not assert fail on non-async buffers on ioacct decrement (bsc#1024508).
  • xfs: exclude never-released buffers from buftarg I/O accounting (bsc#1024508).
  • xfs: fix buffer overflow dm_get_dirattrs/dm_get_dirattrs2 (bsc#989056).
  • xfs: fix up xfs_swap_extent_forks inline extent handling (bsc#1023888).
  • xfs: kill xfs_itruncate_start (bsc#1024788).
  • xfs: remove the i_new_size field in struct xfs_inode (bsc#1024788).
  • xfs: remove the i_size field in struct xfs_inode (bsc#1024788).
  • xfs: remove xfs_itruncate_data (bsc#1024788).
  • xfs: replace global xfslogd wq with per-mount wq (bsc#1024508).
  • xfs: split xfs_itruncate_finish (bsc#1024788).
  • xfs: split xfs_setattr (bsc#1024788).
  • xfs: track and serialize in-flight async buffers against unmount (bsc#1024508).
  • xfs_dmapi: fix the debug compilation of xfs_dmapi (bsc#989056).

Special Instructions and Notes:

  • Please reboot the system after installing this update.

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sdksp4-linux-kernel-13105=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-linux-kernel-13105=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-linux-kernel-13105=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (noarch)
    • kernel-docs-3.0.101-100.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64 nosrc)
    • kernel-default-3.0.101-100.1
    • kernel-trace-3.0.101-100.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • kernel-trace-base-3.0.101-100.1
    • kernel-syms-3.0.101-100.1
    • kernel-default-devel-3.0.101-100.1
    • kernel-source-3.0.101-100.1
    • kernel-default-base-3.0.101-100.1
    • kernel-trace-devel-3.0.101-100.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (nosrc x86_64 i586)
    • kernel-xen-3.0.101-100.1
    • kernel-ec2-3.0.101-100.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (x86_64 i586)
    • kernel-xen-devel-3.0.101-100.1
    • kernel-ec2-devel-3.0.101-100.1
    • kernel-ec2-base-3.0.101-100.1
    • kernel-xen-base-3.0.101-100.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (nosrc i586)
    • kernel-pae-3.0.101-100.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (i586)
    • kernel-pae-base-3.0.101-100.1
    • kernel-pae-devel-3.0.101-100.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64 nosrc)
    • kernel-ppc64-3.0.101-100.1
    • kernel-bigmem-3.0.101-100.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64)
    • kernel-ppc64-base-3.0.101-100.1
    • kernel-ppc64-devel-3.0.101-100.1
    • kernel-bigmem-devel-3.0.101-100.1
    • kernel-bigmem-base-3.0.101-100.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x)
    • kernel-default-man-3.0.101-100.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 nosrc)
    • kernel-ppc64-3.0.101-100.1
    • kernel-bigmem-3.0.101-100.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64)
    • kernel-ppc64-base-3.0.101-100.1
    • kernel-ppc64-devel-3.0.101-100.1
    • kernel-bigmem-devel-3.0.101-100.1
    • kernel-bigmem-base-3.0.101-100.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-default-3.0.101-100.1
    • kernel-trace-3.0.101-100.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • kernel-trace-base-3.0.101-100.1
    • kernel-syms-3.0.101-100.1
    • kernel-default-devel-3.0.101-100.1
    • kernel-source-3.0.101-100.1
    • kernel-default-base-3.0.101-100.1
    • kernel-trace-devel-3.0.101-100.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-xen-3.0.101-100.1
    • kernel-ec2-3.0.101-100.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (x86_64)
    • kernel-xen-devel-3.0.101-100.1
    • kernel-ec2-devel-3.0.101-100.1
    • kernel-ec2-base-3.0.101-100.1
    • kernel-xen-base-3.0.101-100.1

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