[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:2018-1: important: Security update for the Linux Kernel

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SUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:2018-1

Rating: important

References: #909589 #954847 #971030 #974620 #979915 #982544

#983721 #984755 #986362 #986572 #988498

Cross-References: CVE-2016-4470 CVE-2016-4997 CVE-2016-5829

 

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-EXTRA

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

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An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has 8 fixes

is now available.

 

Description:

 

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various

security and bugfixes.

 

The following security bugs were fixed:

- CVE-2016-5829: Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the

hiddev_ioctl_usage function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c in the Linux

kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have

unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) HIDIOCGUSAGES or (2)

HIDIOCSUSAGES ioctl call (bnc#986572).

- CVE-2016-4997: The compat IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt implementation

in the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed local users to

gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by

leveraging in-container root access to provide a crafted offset value

that triggers an unintended decrement (bnc#986362).

- CVE-2016-4470: The key_reject_and_link function in security/keys/key.c

in the Linux kernel did not ensure that a certain data structure is

initialized, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service

(system crash) via vectors involving a crafted keyctl request2 command

(bnc#984755).

 

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

- RDMA/cxgb4: Configure 0B MRs to match HW implementation (bsc#909589).

- RDMA/cxgb4: Do not hang threads forever waiting on WR replies

(bsc#909589).

- RDMA/cxgb4: Fix locking issue in process_mpa_request (bsc#909589).

- RDMA/cxgb4: Handle NET_XMIT return codes (bsc#909589).

- RDMA/cxgb4: Increase epd buff size for debug interface (bsc#909589).

- RDMA/cxgb4: Limit MRs to less than 8GB for T4/T5 devices (bsc#909589).

- RDMA/cxgb4: Serialize CQ event upcalls with CQ destruction (bsc#909589).

- RDMA/cxgb4: Wake up waiters after flushing the qp (bsc#909589).

- bridge: superfluous skb->nfct check in br_nf_dev_queue_xmit (bsc#982544).

- iucv: call skb_linearize() when needed (bnc#979915, LTC#141240).

- kabi: prevent spurious modversion changes after bsc#982544 fix

(bsc#982544).

- mm/swap.c: flush lru pvecs on compound page arrival (bnc#983721).

- mm: Fix DIF failures on ext3 filesystems (bsc#971030).

- net/qlge: Avoids recursive EEH error (bsc#954847).

- netfilter: bridge: Use __in6_dev_get rather than in6_dev_get in

br_validate_ipv6 (bsc#982544).

- netfilter: bridge: do not leak skb in error paths (bsc#982544).

- netfilter: bridge: forward IPv6 fragmented packets (bsc#982544).

- qeth: delete napi struct when removing a qeth device (bnc#979915,

LTC#143590).

- s390/mm: fix asce_bits handling with dynamic pagetable levels

(bnc#979915, LTC#141456).

- s390/pci: fix use after free in dma_init (bnc#979915, LTC#141626).

- s390: fix test_fp_ctl inline assembly contraints (bnc#979915,

LTC#143138).

- sched/cputime: Fix clock_nanosleep()/clock_gettime() inconsistency

(bnc#988498).

- sched/cputime: Fix cpu_timer_sample_group() double accounting

(bnc#988498).

- sched: Provide update_curr callbacks for stop/idle scheduling classes

(bnc#988498).

- x86/mm/pat, /dev/mem: Remove superfluous error message (bsc#974620).

 

 

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 11-SP4:

 

zypper in -t patch sdksp4-kernel-12685=1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:

 

zypper in -t patch slessp4-kernel-12685=1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-EXTRA:

 

zypper in -t patch slexsp3-kernel-12685=1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:

 

zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-kernel-12685=1

 

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

 

 

Package List:

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (noarch):

 

kernel-docs-3.0.101-80.2

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

 

kernel-default-3.0.101-80.1

kernel-default-base-3.0.101-80.1

kernel-default-devel-3.0.101-80.1

kernel-source-3.0.101-80.1

kernel-syms-3.0.101-80.1

kernel-trace-3.0.101-80.1

kernel-trace-base-3.0.101-80.1

kernel-trace-devel-3.0.101-80.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 x86_64):

 

kernel-ec2-3.0.101-80.1

kernel-ec2-base-3.0.101-80.1

kernel-ec2-devel-3.0.101-80.1

kernel-xen-3.0.101-80.1

kernel-xen-base-3.0.101-80.1

kernel-xen-devel-3.0.101-80.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (s390x):

 

kernel-default-man-3.0.101-80.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (ppc64):

 

kernel-ppc64-3.0.101-80.1

kernel-ppc64-base-3.0.101-80.1

kernel-ppc64-devel-3.0.101-80.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586):

 

kernel-pae-3.0.101-80.1

kernel-pae-base-3.0.101-80.1

kernel-pae-devel-3.0.101-80.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-EXTRA (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

 

kernel-default-extra-3.0.101-80.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-EXTRA (i586 x86_64):

 

kernel-xen-extra-3.0.101-80.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-EXTRA (x86_64):

 

kernel-trace-extra-3.0.101-80.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-EXTRA (ppc64):

 

kernel-ppc64-extra-3.0.101-80.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-EXTRA (i586):

 

kernel-pae-extra-3.0.101-80.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

 

kernel-default-debuginfo-3.0.101-80.1

kernel-default-debugsource-3.0.101-80.1

kernel-trace-debuginfo-3.0.101-80.1

kernel-trace-debugsource-3.0.101-80.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 s390x x86_64):

 

kernel-default-devel-debuginfo-3.0.101-80.1

kernel-trace-devel-debuginfo-3.0.101-80.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 x86_64):

 

kernel-ec2-debuginfo-3.0.101-80.1

kernel-ec2-debugsource-3.0.101-80.1

kernel-xen-debuginfo-3.0.101-80.1

kernel-xen-debugsource-3.0.101-80.1

kernel-xen-devel-debuginfo-3.0.101-80.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (ppc64):

 

kernel-ppc64-debuginfo-3.0.101-80.1

kernel-ppc64-debugsource-3.0.101-80.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586):

 

kernel-pae-debuginfo-3.0.101-80.1

kernel-pae-debugsource-3.0.101-80.1

kernel-pae-devel-debuginfo-3.0.101-80.1

 

 

References:

 

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4470.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4997.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5829.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/909589

https://bugzilla.suse.com/954847

https://bugzilla.suse.com/971030

https://bugzilla.suse.com/974620

https://bugzilla.suse.com/979915

https://bugzilla.suse.com/982544

https://bugzilla.suse.com/983721

https://bugzilla.suse.com/984755

https://bugzilla.suse.com/986362

https://bugzilla.suse.com/986572

https://bugzilla.suse.com/988498

 

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