[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:1330-1: important: kernel: security and bugfix update

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openSUSE Security Update: kernel: security and bugfix update

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2012:1330-1

Rating: important

References: #762693 #765230 #771392 #772566 #772831 #772923

#773406 #774523 #774859 #776925 #778630 #779432

#780624 #781134

Cross-References: CVE-2012-3412 CVE-2012-3520

Affected Products:

openSUSE 12.2

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An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has 12 fixes

is now available.

 

Description:

 

This kernel update to 3.4.11 fixes various bugs and

security issues.

 

The changes up to 3.4.11 contain both security and bugfixes

and are not explicitly listed here.

 

Following security issues were fixed: CVE-2012-3520: Force

passing credentials, otherwise local services could be

fooled to assume requests coming from root.

 

CVE-2012-3412: Do not allow extreme TSO parameters in the

sfc driver and tcp stack.

 

Following non-security bugs were fixed:

- nbd: clear waiting_queue on shutdown (bnc#778630).

- NFS: avoid warning from nfs_drop_nlink (bnc#780624).

- net: do not disable sg for packets requiring no checksum

(bnc#774859).

 

- sfc: Fix maximum number of TSO segments and minimum TX

queue size (bnc#774523 CVE-2012-3412).

- net: Allow driver to limit number of GSO segments per skb

(bnc#774523 CVE-2012-3412).

 

- drm/nouveau: fix booting with plymouth + dumb support

(bnc#771392).

 

- memcg: warn on deeper hierarchies with use_hierarchy==0

(bnc#781134).

 

- Linux 3.4.11.

- Update config files.

- Refresh patches.suse/scsi-error-test-unit-ready-timeout.

 

- Btrfs: fix tree log remove space corner case (bnc#779432)

 

- irq_remap: disable IRQ remapping if any IOAPIC lacks an

IOMMU.

 

- Linux 3.4.10.

 

- Linux 3.4.9.

- kABI: protect struct irq_desc.

 

- Linux 3.4.8.

- kABI: sdhci, remove inclusion.

 

- reiserfs: fix deadlock with nfs racing on create/lookup

(bnc#762693).

 

- Properly update Xen patches to 3.4.7.

- Refresh other Xen patches (bnc#772831).

 

- config: enable various ARM errata workarounds to improve

stability

 

- Import kabi files for 12.2

 

- rpm/config.sh: Build the KOTD against 12.2

 

- ASoC: omap: Add missing modules aliases to get sound

working on omap devices.

 

- Update config files to fix build

 

- rt2800: add chipset revision RT5390R support (bnc#772566).

 

- reiserfs: fix deadlocks with quotas

 

- ACPI, APEI: Fixup common access width firmware bug

(bnc#765230).

 

- i2c/busses: Fix build error if

CONFIG_I2C_DESIGNWARE_PLATFORM=y and CONFIG_I2C_DESIGN.

 

- Update ARM configs to match kernel 3.4.7

 

- Update ARM omap2plus config to match kernel 3.4.7 and add

Smartreflex support (auto voltage)

 

- ALSA: hda - Fix mute-LED GPIO initialization for IDT

codecs (bnc#772923).

- ALSA: hda - Fix polarity of mute LED on HP Mini 210

(bnc#772923).

 

- Linux 3.4.7.

- Refresh patches.suse/dm-raid45-26-Nov-2009.patch.

 

- Enable RTL8150 for omap2plus Generic USB Network device

that also works fine on ARM, so enable it

 

- update RNDIS_OID_GEN_RNDIS_CONFIG_PARAMETER patch name

 

- Drivers: hv: Cleanup the guest ID computation.

 

- hyperv: Add a check for ring_size value.

- hyperv: Add error handling to rndis_filter_device_add().

- Drivers: hv: Change the hex constant to a decimal

constant.

- hyperv: Add support for setting MAC from within guests.

- net/hyperv: Use wait_event on outstanding sends during

device removal.

- hv: add RNDIS_OID_GEN_RNDIS_CONFIG_PARAMETER.

 

- Refresh patches.suse/SUSE-bootsplash. Fix wrong vfree()

(bnc#773406)

 

 

Patch Instructions:

 

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

 

- openSUSE 12.2:

 

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2012-700

 

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

 

 

Package List:

 

- openSUSE 12.2 (i586 x86_64):

 

kernel-default-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-default-base-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-default-base-debuginfo-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-default-debuginfo-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-default-debugsource-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-default-devel-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-default-devel-debuginfo-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-syms-3.4.11-2.16.1

 

- openSUSE 12.2 (i686 x86_64):

 

kernel-debug-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-debug-base-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-debug-base-debuginfo-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-debug-debugsource-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-debug-devel-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-desktop-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-desktop-base-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-desktop-base-debuginfo-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-desktop-debuginfo-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-desktop-debugsource-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-desktop-devel-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-desktop-devel-debuginfo-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-ec2-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-ec2-base-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-ec2-base-debuginfo-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-ec2-debuginfo-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-ec2-debugsource-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-ec2-devel-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-ec2-devel-debuginfo-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-ec2-extra-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-ec2-extra-debuginfo-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-trace-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-trace-base-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-trace-base-debuginfo-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-trace-debuginfo-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-trace-debugsource-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-trace-devel-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-trace-devel-debuginfo-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-vanilla-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-vanilla-debuginfo-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-vanilla-debugsource-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-vanilla-devel-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-vanilla-devel-debuginfo-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-xen-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-xen-base-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-xen-base-debuginfo-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-xen-debuginfo-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-xen-debugsource-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-xen-devel-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-xen-devel-debuginfo-3.4.11-2.16.1

 

- openSUSE 12.2 (noarch):

 

kernel-devel-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-docs-3.4.11-2.16.2

kernel-source-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-source-vanilla-3.4.11-2.16.1

 

- openSUSE 12.2 (i686):

 

kernel-pae-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-pae-base-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-pae-base-debuginfo-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-pae-debuginfo-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-pae-debugsource-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-pae-devel-3.4.11-2.16.1

kernel-pae-devel-debuginfo-3.4.11-2.16.1

 

 

References:

 

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3412.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3520.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/762693

https://bugzilla.novell.com/765230

https://bugzilla.novell.com/771392

https://bugzilla.novell.com/772566

https://bugzilla.novell.com/772831

https://bugzilla.novell.com/772923

https://bugzilla.novell.com/773406

https://bugzilla.novell.com/774523

https://bugzilla.novell.com/774859

https://bugzilla.novell.com/776925

https://bugzilla.novell.com/778630

https://bugzilla.novell.com/779432

https://bugzilla.novell.com/780624

https://bugzilla.novell.com/781134

 

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