[RHSA-2013:1860-01] Moderate: kernel security and bug fix update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Moderate: kernel security and bug fix update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:1860-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1860.html

Issue date: 2013-12-19

CVE Names: CVE-2013-4299

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1. Summary:

 

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue and several bugs are

now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 Extended Update Support.

 

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate

security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,

which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in

the References section.

 

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, noarch, ppc, s390x, x86_64

 

3. Description:

 

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux

operating system.

 

* An information leak flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's device

mapper subsystem, under certain conditions, interpreted data written to

snapshot block devices. An attacker could use this flaw to read data from

disk blocks in free space, which are normally inaccessible. (CVE-2013-4299,

Moderate)

 

Red Hat would like to thank Fujitsu for reporting this issue.

 

This update also fixes the following bugs:

 

* A previous fix to the kernel did not contain a memory barrier in the

percpu_up_write() function. Consequently, under certain circumstances, a

race condition could occur, leading to memory corruption and a subsequent

kernel panic. This update introduces a new memory barrier pair, light_mb()

and heavy_mb(), for per-CPU basis read and write semaphores

(percpu-rw-semaphores) ensuring that the race condition can no longer

occur. In addition, the read path performance of "percpu-rw-semaphores" has

been improved. (BZ#884735)

 

* Due to several related bugs in the be2net driver, the driver did not

handle firmware manipulation of the network cards using the Emulex XE201

I/O controller properly. As a consequence, these NICs could not recover

from an error successfully. A series of patches has been applied that fix

the initialization sequence, and firmware download and activation for the

XE201 controller. Error recovery now works as expected for the be2net NICs

using the Emulex XE201 I/O controller. (BZ#1019892)

 

* A bug in the be2net driver could cause packet corruption when handling

VLAN-tagged packets with no assigned VLAN group. This happened because the

be2net driver called a function responsible for VLAN tag reinsertion in a

wrong order in the code. The code has been restructured and the be2net

driver now calls the __vlan_put_tag() function correctly, thus avoiding the

packet corruption. (BZ#1019893)

 

* A previous patch to the kernel introduced the "VLAN tag re-insertion"

workaround to resolve a problem with incorrectly handled VLAN-tagged

packets with no assigned VLAN group while the be2net driver was in

promiscuous mode. However, this solution led to packet corruption and a

subsequent kernel oops if such a processed packet was a GRO packet.

Therefore, a patch has been applied to restrict VLAN tag re-insertion only

to non-GRO packets. The be2net driver now processes VLAN-tagged packets

with no assigned VLAN group correctly in this situation. (BZ#1023347)

 

All kernel users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which

contain backported patches to correct these issues. The system must be

rebooted for this update to take effect.

 

4. Solution:

 

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata

relevant to your system have been applied.

 

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the

Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

 

To install kernel packages manually, use "rpm -ivh [package]". Do not use

"rpm -Uvh" as that will remove the running kernel binaries from your

system. You may use "rpm -e" to remove old kernels after determining that

the new kernel functions properly on your system.

 

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

 

1004233 - CVE-2013-4299 kernel: dm: dm-snapshot data leak

 

6. Package List:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):

 

Source:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.src.rpm

 

i386:

kernel-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.i686.rpm

kernel-PAE-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.i686.rpm

kernel-PAE-debuginfo-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.i686.rpm

kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.i686.rpm

kernel-debug-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.i686.rpm

kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.i686.rpm

kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.i686.rpm

kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.i686.rpm

kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.i686.rpm

kernel-devel-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.i686.rpm

kernel-headers-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.i386.rpm

kernel-xen-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.i686.rpm

kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.i686.rpm

kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.i686.rpm

 

ia64:

kernel-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.ia64.rpm

kernel-debug-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.ia64.rpm

kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.ia64.rpm

kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.ia64.rpm

kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.ia64.rpm

kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.ia64.rpm

kernel-devel-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.ia64.rpm

kernel-headers-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.ia64.rpm

kernel-xen-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.ia64.rpm

kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.ia64.rpm

kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.ia64.rpm

 

noarch:

kernel-doc-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.noarch.rpm

 

ppc:

kernel-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.ppc64.rpm

kernel-debug-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.ppc64.rpm

kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.ppc64.rpm

kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.ppc64.rpm

kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.ppc64.rpm

kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.ppc64.rpm

kernel-devel-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.ppc64.rpm

kernel-headers-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.ppc.rpm

kernel-headers-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.ppc64.rpm

kernel-kdump-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.ppc64.rpm

kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.ppc64.rpm

kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.ppc64.rpm

 

s390x:

kernel-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.s390x.rpm

kernel-debug-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.s390x.rpm

kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.s390x.rpm

kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.s390x.rpm

kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.s390x.rpm

kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.s390x.rpm

kernel-devel-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.s390x.rpm

kernel-headers-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.s390x.rpm

kernel-kdump-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.s390x.rpm

kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.s390x.rpm

kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.s390x.rpm

 

x86_64:

kernel-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debug-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.x86_64.rpm

kernel-devel-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.x86_64.rpm

kernel-headers-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.x86_64.rpm

kernel-xen-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.x86_64.rpm

kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.x86_64.rpm

kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-348.21.1.el5.x86_64.rpm

 

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7. References:

 

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-4299.html

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

 

8. Contact:

 

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact

details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

 

Copyright 2013 Red Hat, Inc.

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