Security update for the Linux Kernel

SUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:0471-1
Rating: important
References: #1003153 #1003925 #1004462 #1004517 #1005666 #1007197 #1008833 #1008979 #1009969 #1010040 #1010475 #1010478 #1010501 #1010502 #1010507 #1010612 #1010711 #1010716 #1011820 #1012422 #1013038 #1013531 #1013540 #1013542 #1014746 #1016482 #1017410 #1017589 #1017710 #1019300 #1019851 #1020602 #1021258 #881008 #915183 #958606 #961257 #970083 #971989 #976195 #978094 #980371 #980560 #981038 #981597 #981709 #982282 #982544 #983619 #983721 #983977 #984148 #984419 #984755 #985978 #986362 #986365 #986445 #986569 #986572 #986811 #986941 #987542 #987565 #987576 #989152 #990384 #991608 #991665 #993392 #993890 #993891 #994296 #994748 #994881 #995968 #997708 #998795 #999584 #999600 #999932 #999943
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12
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    An update that solves 34 vulnerabilities and has 48 fixes is now available.

    Description:



    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 GA LTSS kernel was updated to 3.12.61 to
    receive various security and bugfixes.

    The following feature was implemented:

    - The ext2 filesystem got reenabled and supported to allow support for
    "XIP" (Execute In Place) (FATE#320805).


    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2017-5551: The tmpfs filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel
    preserved the setgid bit during a setxattr call, which allowed local
    users to gain group privileges by leveraging the existence of a setgid
    program with restrictions on execute permissions (bsc#1021258).
    - CVE-2016-7097: The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel
    preserved the setgid bit during a setxattr call, which allowed local
    users to gain group privileges by leveraging the existence of a setgid
    program with restrictions on execute permissions (bnc#995968).
    - CVE-2017-2583: A Linux kernel built with the Kernel-based Virtual
    Machine (CONFIG_KVM) support was vulnerable to an incorrect segment
    selector(SS) value error. A user/process inside guest could have used
    this flaw to crash the guest resulting in DoS or potentially escalate
    their privileges inside guest. (bsc#1020602).
    - CVE-2017-2584: arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel allowed local
    users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a
    denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted application that
    leverages instruction emulation for fxrstor, fxsave, sgdt, and sidt
    (bnc#1019851).
    - CVE-2016-10088: The sg implementation in the Linux kernel did not
    properly restrict write operations in situations where the KERNEL_DS
    option is set, which allowed local users to read or write to arbitrary
    kernel memory locations or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by
    leveraging access to a /dev/sg device, related to block/bsg.c and
    drivers/scsi/sg.c. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an
    incomplete fix for CVE-2016-9576 (bnc#1017710).
    - CVE-2016-8645: The TCP stack in the Linux kernel mishandled skb
    truncation, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service
    (system crash) via a crafted application that made sendto system calls,
    related to net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c and net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c (bnc#1009969).
    - CVE-2016-8399: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel
    networking subsystem could enable a local malicious application to
    execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is
    rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged
    process and current compiler optimizations restrict access to the
    vulnerable code. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18.
    Android ID: A-31349935 (bnc#1014746).
    - CVE-2016-9806: Race condition in the netlink_dump function in
    net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to
    cause a denial of service (double free) or possibly have unspecified
    other impact via a crafted application that made sendmsg system calls,
    leading to a free operation associated with a new dump that started
    earlier than anticipated (bnc#1013540).
    - CVE-2016-9756: arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel did not
    properly initialize Code Segment (CS) in certain error cases, which
    allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack
    memory via a crafted application (bnc#1013038).
    - CVE-2016-9793: The sock_setsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the
    Linux kernel mishandled negative values of sk_sndbuf and sk_rcvbuf,
    which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory
    corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact
    by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for a crafted setsockopt
    system call with the (1) SO_SNDBUFFORCE or (2) SO_RCVBUFFORCE option
    (bnc#1013531).
    - CVE-2016-7910: Use-after-free vulnerability in the disk_seqf_stop
    function in block/genhd.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to
    gain privileges by leveraging the execution of a certain stop operation
    even if the corresponding start operation had failed (bnc#1010716).
    - CVE-2015-8962: Double free vulnerability in the sg_common_write function
    in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain
    privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system
    crash) by detaching a device during an SG_IO ioctl call (bnc#1010501).
    - CVE-2016-7913: The xc2028_set_config function in
    drivers/media/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c in the Linux kernel allowed local
    users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free)
    via vectors involving omission of the firmware name from a certain data
    structure (bnc#1010478).
    - CVE-2016-7911: Race condition in the get_task_ioprio function in
    block/ioprio.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain
    privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted
    ioprio_get system call (bnc#1010711).
    - CVE-2015-8964: The tty_set_termios_ldisc function in
    drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to
    obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading a tty data
    structure (bnc#1010507).
    - CVE-2015-8963: Race condition in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux
    kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of
    service (use-after-free) by leveraging incorrect handling of an swevent
    data structure during a CPU unplug operation (bnc#1010502).
    - CVE-2016-7914: The assoc_array_insert_into_terminal_node function in
    lib/assoc_array.c in the Linux kernel did not check whether a slot is a
    leaf, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from
    kernel memory or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference
    and out-of-bounds read) via an application that uses associative-array
    data structures, as demonstrated by the keyutils test suite
    (bnc#1010475).
    - CVE-2016-8633: drivers/firewire/net.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote
    attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted fragmented packets
    (bnc#1008833).
    - CVE-2016-9083: drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c in the Linux kernel allowed
    local users to bypass integer overflow checks, and cause a denial of
    service (memory corruption) or have unspecified other impact, by
    leveraging access to a vfio PCI device file for a VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS
    ioctl call, aka a "state machine confusion bug (bnc#1007197).
    - CVE-2016-9084: drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c in the Linux kernel
    misused the kzalloc function, which allowed local users to cause a
    denial of service (integer overflow) or have unspecified other impact by
    leveraging access to a vfio PCI device file (bnc#1007197).
    - CVE-2016-7042: The proc_keys_show function in security/keys/proc.c in
    the Linux kernel uses an incorrect buffer size for certain timeout data,
    which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (stack memory
    corruption and panic) by reading the /proc/keys file (bnc#1004517).
    - CVE-2015-8956: The rfcomm_sock_bind function in
    net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to
    obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer
    dereference) via vectors involving a bind system call on a Bluetooth
    RFCOMM socket (bnc#1003925).
    - CVE-2016-8658: Stack-based buffer overflow in the
    brcmf_cfg80211_start_ap function in
    drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c in the Linux
    kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system crash)
    or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long SSID Information
    Element in a command to a Netlink socket (bnc#1004462).
    - CVE-2016-7425: The arcmsr_iop_message_xfer function in
    drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_hba.c in the Linux kernel did not restrict a
    certain length field, which allowed local users to gain privileges or
    cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via an
    ARCMSR_MESSAGE_WRITE_WQBUFFER control code (bnc#999932).
    - CVE-2016-6327: drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c in the Linux kernel
    allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer
    dereference and system crash) by using an ABORT_TASK command to abort a
    device write operation (bnc#994748).
    - CVE-2016-6828: The tcp_check_send_head function in include/net/tcp.h in
    the Linux kernel did not properly maintain certain SACK state after a
    failed data copy, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service
    (tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue use-after-free and system crash) via a
    crafted SACK option (bnc#994296).
    - CVE-2016-5696: net/ipv4/tcp_input.c in the Linux kernel did not properly
    determine the rate of challenge ACK segments, which made it easier for
    remote attackers to hijack TCP sessions via a blind in-window attack
    (bnc#989152).
    - CVE-2016-6130: Race condition in the sclp_ctl_ioctl_sccb function in
    drivers/s390/char/sclp_ctl.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to
    obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by changing a certain
    length value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability (bnc#987542).
    - CVE-2016-6480: Race condition in the ioctl_send_fib function in
    drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users
    to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access or system crash) by
    changing a certain size value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability
    (bnc#991608).
    - CVE-2016-4998: The IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt implementation in the
    netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a
    denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain sensitive
    information from kernel heap memory by leveraging in-container root
    access to provide a crafted offset value that leads to crossing a
    ruleset blob boundary (bnc#986362 bnc#986365).
    - CVE-2016-5828: The start_thread function in
    arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c in the Linux kernel on powerpc platforms
    mishandled transactional state, which allowed local users to cause a
    denial of service (invalid process state or TM Bad Thing exception, and
    system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by starting and
    suspending a transaction before an exec system call (bnc#986569).
    - CVE-2014-9904: The snd_compress_check_input function in
    sound/core/compress_offload.c in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel
    did not properly check for an integer overflow, which allowed local
    users to cause a denial of service (insufficient memory allocation) or
    possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted
    SNDRV_COMPRESS_SET_PARAMS ioctl call (bnc#986811).
    - CVE-2016-5829: Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the
    hiddev_ioctl_usage function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c in the Linux
    kernel allow 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-2016-4470: 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:

    - base: make module_create_drivers_dir race-free (bnc#983977).
    - btrfs-8448-improve-performance-on-fsync-against-new-inode.patch: Disable
    (bsc#981597).
    - btrfs: account for non-CoW'd blocks in btrfs_abort_transaction
    (bsc#983619).
    - btrfs: be more precise on errors when getting an inode from disk
    (bsc#981038).
    - btrfs: do not create or leak aliased root while cleaning up orphans
    (bsc#994881).
    - btrfs: ensure that file descriptor used with subvol ioctls is a dir
    (bsc#999600).
    - btrfs: fix relocation incorrectly dropping data references (bsc#990384).
    - btrfs: handle quota reserve failure properly (bsc#1005666).
    - btrfs: improve performance on fsync against new inode after
    rename/unlink (bsc#981038).
    - btrfs: increment ctx->pos for every emitted or skipped dirent in readdir
    (bsc#981709).
    - btrfs: remove old tree_root dirent processing in btrfs_real_readdir()
    (bsc#981709).
    - cdc-acm: added sanity checking for probe() (bsc#993891).
    - ext2: Enable ext2 driver in config files (bsc#976195, fate#320805)
    - ext4: Add parameter for tuning handling of ext2 (bsc#976195).
    - ext4: Fixup handling for custom configs in tuning.
    - ftrace/x86: Set ftrace_stub to weak to prevent gcc from using short
    jumps to it (bsc#984419).
    - ipv6: Fix improper use or RCU in
    patches.kabi/ipv6-add-complete-rcu-protection-around-np-opt.kabi.patch.
    (bsc#961257)
    - ipv6: KABI workaround for ipv6: add complete rcu protection around
    np->opt.
    - kabi: prevent spurious modversion changes after bsc#982544 fix
    (bsc#982544).
    - kabi: reintroduce sk_filter (kabi).
    - kaweth: fix firmware download (bsc#993890).
    - kaweth: fix oops upon failed memory allocation (bsc#993890).
    - kgraft/iscsi-target: Do not block kGraft in iscsi_np kthread
    (bsc#1010612, fate#313296).
    - kgraft/xen: Do not block kGraft in xenbus kthread (bsc#1017410,
    fate#313296).
    - kgr: ignore zombie tasks during the patching (bnc#1008979).
    - mm/swap.c: flush lru pvecs on compound page arrival (bnc#983721).
    - mm: thp: fix SMP race condition between THP page fault and MADV_DONTNEED
    (VM Functionality, bnc#986445).
    - modsign: Print appropriate status message when accessing UEFI variable
    (bsc#958606).
    - mpi: Fix NULL ptr dereference in mpi_powm() [ver #3] (bsc#1011820).
    - mpt3sas: Fix panic when aer correct error occurred (bsc#997708,
    bsc#999943).
    - netfilter: allow logging fron non-init netns (bsc#970083).
    - netfilter: bridge: do not leak skb in error paths (bsc#982544).
    - netfilter: bridge: forward IPv6 fragmented packets (bsc#982544).
    - netfilter: bridge: Use __in6_dev_get rather than in6_dev_get in
    br_validate_ipv6 (bsc#982544).
    - nfs: Do not write enable new pages while an invalidation is proceeding
    (bsc#999584).
    - nfs: Fix a regression in the read() syscall (bsc#999584).
    - pci/aer: Clear error status registers during enumeration and restore
    (bsc#985978).
    - ppp: defer netns reference release for ppp channel (bsc#980371).
    - reiserfs: fix race in prealloc discard (bsc#987576).
    - scsi: ibmvfc: Fix I/O hang when port is not mapped (bsc#971989)
    - scsi: Increase REPORT_LUNS timeout (bsc#982282).
    - series.conf: move stray netfilter patches to the right section
    - squashfs3: properly handle dir_emit() failures (bsc#998795).
    - supported.conf: Add ext2
    - timers: Use proper base migration in add_timer_on() (bnc#993392).
    - tty: audit: Fix audit source (bsc#1016482).
    - tty: Prevent ldisc drivers from re-using stale tty fields (bnc#1010507).
    - usb: fix typo in wMaxPacketSize validation (bsc#991665).
    - usb: validate wMaxPacketValue entries in endpoint descriptors
    (bnc#991665).
    - xen: Fix refcnt regression in xen netback introduced by changes made for
    bug#881008 (bnc#978094)
    - xfs: allow lazy sb counter sync during filesystem freeze sequence
    (bsc#980560).
    - xfs: fixed signedness of error code in xfs_inode_buf_verify
    (bsc#1003153).
    - xfs: fix premature enospc on inode allocation (bsc#984148).
    - xfs: get rid of XFS_IALLOC_BLOCKS macros (bsc#984148).
    - xfs: get rid of XFS_INODE_CLUSTER_SIZE macros (bsc#984148).
    - xfs: refactor xlog_recover_process_data() (bsc#1019300).
    - xfs: Silence warnings in xfs_vm_releasepage() (bnc#915183 bsc#987565).
    - xhci: silence warnings in switch (bnc#991665).

    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 Server for SAP 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2017-247=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-247=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-12-2017-247=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12 (noarch):
      • kernel-devel-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-macros-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-source-3.12.61-52.66.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12 (x86_64):
      • kernel-default-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-default-base-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-default-base-debuginfo-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-default-debuginfo-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-default-debugsource-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-default-devel-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-syms-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-xen-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-xen-base-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-xen-base-debuginfo-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-xen-debuginfo-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-xen-debugsource-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-xen-devel-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_66-default-1-2.1
      • kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_66-xen-1-2.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • kernel-default-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-default-base-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-default-base-debuginfo-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-default-debuginfo-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-default-debugsource-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-default-devel-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-syms-3.12.61-52.66.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (noarch):
      • kernel-devel-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-macros-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-source-3.12.61-52.66.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (x86_64):
      • kernel-xen-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-xen-base-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-xen-base-debuginfo-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-xen-debuginfo-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-xen-debugsource-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-xen-devel-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_66-default-1-2.1
      • kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_66-xen-1-2.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (s390x):
      • kernel-default-man-3.12.61-52.66.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12 (x86_64):
      • kernel-ec2-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-ec2-debuginfo-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-ec2-debugsource-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-ec2-devel-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-ec2-extra-3.12.61-52.66.1
      • kernel-ec2-extra-debuginfo-3.12.61-52.66.1

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