Security update for the Linux Kernel

SUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:2580-1
Rating: important
References: #1065600 #1136666 #1152148 #1155798 #1156395 #1170232 #1171000 #1171073 #1171558 #1172419 #1172873 #1173060 #1173267 #1174029 #1174110 #1174111 #1174484 #1174486 #1175263 #1175667 #1175787 #1175952 #1175996 #1175997 #1175998 #1175999 #1176000 #1176001 #1176022 #1176063 #1176069
Cross-References:CVE-2020-14386
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15-SP2

An update that solves one vulnerability and has 30 fixes is now available.

Description:

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP2 Azure kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.
The following security bug was fixed:

  • CVE-2020-14386: Fixed a potential local privilege escalation via memory corruption (bsc#1176069).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:
  • bcache: allocate meta data pages as compound pages (bsc#1172873).
  • block: check queue's limits.discard_granularity in __blkdev_issue_discard() (bsc#1152148).
  • block: improve discard bio alignment in __blkdev_issue_discard() (bsc#1152148).
  • char: virtio: Select VIRTIO from VIRTIO_CONSOLE (bsc#1175667).
  • dax: do not print error message for non-persistent memory block device (bsc#1171073).
  • dax: print error message by pr_info() in __generic_fsdax_supported() (bsc#1171073).
  • device property: Fix the secondary firmware node handling in set_primary_fwnode() (git-fixes).
  • dpaa_eth: Fix one possible memleak in dpaa_eth_probe (bsc#1175996).
  • drm/amd/powerplay: Fix hardmins not being sent to SMU for RV (git-fixes).
  • drm/msm/a6xx: fix crashdec section name typo (git-fixes).
  • drm/msm/adreno: fix updating ring fence (git-fixes).
  • drm/msm/gpu: make ringbuffer readonly (git-fixes).
  • drm/xen-front: Fix misused IS_ERR_OR_NULL checks (bsc#1065600).
  • efi: Add support for EFI_RT_PROPERTIES table (bsc#1174029, bsc#1174110, bsc#1174111).
  • efi: avoid error message when booting under Xen (bsc#1172419).
  • efi/efivars: Expose RT service availability via efivars abstraction (bsc#1174029, bsc#1174110, bsc#1174111).
  • efi: libstub/tpm: enable tpm eventlog function for ARM platforms (bsc#1173267).
  • efi: Mark all EFI runtime services as unsupported on non-EFI boot (bsc#1174029, bsc#1174110, bsc#1174111).
  • efi: Register EFI rtc platform device only when available (bsc#1174029, bsc#1174110, bsc#1174111).
  • efi: Store mask of supported runtime services in struct efi (bsc#1174029, bsc#1174110, bsc#1174111).
  • efi: Use EFI ResetSystem only when available (bsc#1174029, bsc#1174110, bsc#1174111).
  • efi: Use more granular check for availability for variable services (bsc#1174029, bsc#1174110, bsc#1174111).
  • ext4: handle read only external journal device (bsc#1176063).
  • felix: Fix initialization of ioremap resources (bsc#1175997).
  • Fix build error when CONFIG_ACPI is not set/enabled: (bsc#1065600).
  • infiniband: hfi1: Use EFI GetVariable only when available (bsc#1174029, bsc#1174110, bsc#1174111).
  • integrity: Check properly whether EFI GetVariable() is available (bsc#1174029, bsc#1174110, bsc#1174111).
  • kabi: Fix kABI after EFI_RT_PROPERTIES table backport (bsc#1174029, bsc#1174110, bsc#1174111).
  • kabi/severities: ignore kABI for net/ethernet/mscc/ References: bsc#1176001,bsc#1175999 Exported symbols from drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ are only used by drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/
  • mei: fix CNL itouch device number to match the spec (bsc#1175952).
  • mei: me: disable mei interface on LBG servers (bsc#1175952).
  • mei: me: disable mei interface on Mehlow server platforms (bsc#1175952).
  • mmc: dt-bindings: Add resets/reset-names for Mediatek MMC bindings (git-fixes).
  • mmc: mediatek: add optional module reset property (git-fixes).
  • mmc: sdhci-acpi: Fix HS400 tuning for AMDI0040 (git-fixes).
  • net: dsa: felix: send VLANs on CPU port as egress-tagged (bsc#1175998).
  • net: dsa: ocelot: the MAC table on Felix is twice as large (bsc#1175999).
  • net: enetc: fix an issue about leak system resources (bsc#1176000).
  • net: mscc: ocelot: fix untagged packet drops when enslaving to vlan aware bridge (bsc#1176001).
  • obsolete_kmp: provide newer version than the obsoleted one (boo#1170232).
  • PCI: Add device even if driver attach failed (git-fixes).
  • PCI: Avoid Pericom USB controller OHCI/EHCI PME# defect (git-fixes).
  • PCI: Mark AMD Navi10 GPU rev 0x00 ATS as broken (git-fixes).
  • PM: sleep: core: Fix the handling of pending runtime resume requests (git-fixes).
  • powerpc/book3s64/radix: Fix boot failure with large amount of guest memory (bsc#1176022 ltc#187208).
  • powerpc/perf: Fix crashes with generic_compat_pmu & BHRB (bsc#1156395).
  • regulator: fix memory leak on error path of regulator_register() (git-fixes).
  • Revert "xen/balloon: Fix crash when ballooning on x86 32 bit PAE" (bsc#1065600).
  • sched: Add a tracepoint to track rq->nr_running (bnc#1155798 (CPU scheduler functional and performance backports)).
  • sched: Better document ttwu() (bnc#1155798 (CPU scheduler functional and performance backports)).
  • sched/cputime: Improve cputime_adjust() (bnc#1155798 (CPU scheduler functional and performance backports)).
  • sched/debug: Add new tracepoints to track util_est (bnc#1155798 (CPU scheduler functional and performance backports)).
  • sched/debug: Fix the alignment of the show-state debug output (bnc#1155798 (CPU scheduler functional and performance backports)).
  • sched/fair: fix NOHZ next idle balance (bnc#1155798 (CPU scheduler functional and performance backports)).
  • sched/fair: Remove unused 'sd' parameter from scale_rt_capacity() (bnc#1155798 (CPU scheduler functional and performance backports)).
  • sched/fair: update_pick_idlest() Select group with lowest group_util when idle_cpus are equal (bnc#1155798 (CPU scheduler functional and performance backports)).
  • sched: Fix use of count for nr_running tracepoint (bnc#1155798 (CPU scheduler functional and performance backports)).
  • sched: nohz: stop passing around unused "ticks" parameter (bnc#1155798 (CPU scheduler functional and performance backports)).
  • sched/pelt: Remove redundant cap_scale() definition (bnc#1155798 (CPU scheduler functional and performance backports)).
  • scsi: iscsi: Use EFI GetVariable only when available (bsc#1174029, bsc#1174110, bsc#1174111).
  • scsi: lpfc: Add and rename a whole bunch of function parameter descriptions (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666 bsc#1174486 bsc#1175787 bsc#1171000 jsc#SLE-15796 jsc#SLE-15449).
  • scsi: lpfc: Add description for lpfc_release_rpi()'s 'ndlpl param (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666 bsc#1174486 bsc#1175787 bsc#1171000 jsc#SLE-15796 jsc#SLE-15449).
  • scsi: lpfc: Add missing misc_deregister() for lpfc_init() (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666 bsc#1174486 bsc#1175787 bsc#1171000 jsc#SLE-15796 jsc#SLE-15449).
  • scsi: lpfc: Avoid another null dereference in lpfc_sli4_hba_unset() (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666 bsc#1174486 bsc#1175787 bsc#1171000 jsc#SLE-15796 jsc#SLE-15449).
  • scsi: lpfc: Correct some pretty obvious misdocumentation (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666 bsc#1174486 bsc#1175787 bsc#1171000 jsc#SLE-15796 jsc#SLE-15449).
  • scsi: lpfc: Ensure variable has the same stipulations as code using it (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666 bsc#1174486 bsc#1175787 bsc#1171000 jsc#SLE-15796 jsc#SLE-15449).
  • scsi: lpfc: Fix a bunch of kerneldoc misdemeanors (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666 bsc#1174486 bsc#1175787 bsc#1171000 jsc#SLE-15796 jsc#SLE-15449).
  • scsi: lpfc: Fix FCoE speed reporting (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666 bsc#1174486 bsc#1175787 bsc#1171000 jsc#SLE-15796 jsc#SLE-15449).
  • scsi: lpfc: Fix kerneldoc parameter formatting/misnaming/missing issues (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666 bsc#1174486 bsc#1175787 bsc#1171000 jsc#SLE-15796 jsc#SLE-15449).
  • scsi: lpfc: Fix LUN loss after cable pull (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666 bsc#1174486 bsc#1175787 bsc#1171000 jsc#SLE-15796 jsc#SLE-15449).
  • scsi: lpfc: Fix no message shown for lpfc_hdw_queue out of range value (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666 bsc#1174486 bsc#1175787 bsc#1171000 jsc#SLE-15796 jsc#SLE-15449).
  • scsi: lpfc: Fix oops when unloading driver while running mds diags (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666 bsc#1174486 bsc#1175787 bsc#1171000 jsc#SLE-15796 jsc#SLE-15449).
  • scsi: lpfc: Fix retry of PRLI when status indicates its unsupported (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666 bsc#1174486 bsc#1175787 bsc#1171000 jsc#SLE-15796 jsc#SLE-15449).
  • scsi: lpfc: Fix RSCN timeout due to incorrect gidft counter (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666 bsc#1174486 bsc#1175787 bsc#1171000 jsc#SLE-15796 jsc#SLE-15449).
  • scsi: lpfc: Fix some function parameter descriptions (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666 bsc#1174486 bsc#1175787 bsc#1171000 jsc#SLE-15796 jsc#SLE-15449).
  • scsi: lpfc: Fix typo in comment for ULP (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666 bsc#1174486 bsc#1175787 bsc#1171000 jsc#SLE-15796 jsc#SLE-15449).
  • scsi: lpfc: Fix-up around 120 documentation issues (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666 bsc#1174486 bsc#1175787 bsc#1171000 jsc#SLE-15796 jsc#SLE-15449).
  • scsi: lpfc: Fix-up formatting/docrot where appropriate (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666 bsc#1174486 bsc#1175787 bsc#1171000 jsc#SLE-15796 jsc#SLE-15449).
  • scsi: lpfc: Fix validation of bsg reply lengths (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666 bsc#1174486 bsc#1175787 bsc#1171000 jsc#SLE-15796 jsc#SLE-15449).
  • scsi: lpfc: NVMe remote port devloss_tmo from lldd (bcs#1173060 bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666 bsc#1174486 bsc#1175787 bsc#1171000 jsc#SLE-15796 jsc#SLE-15449). Replace
patches.suse/lpfc-synchronize-nvme-transport-and-lpfc-driver-devloss_tmo.pa tch with upstream version of the fix.
  • scsi: lpfc: nvmet: Avoid hang / use-after-free again when destroying targetport (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666 bsc#1174486 bsc#1175787 bsc#1171000 jsc#SLE-15796 jsc#SLE-15449).
  • scsi: lpfc: Provide description for lpfc_mem_alloc()'s 'align' param (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666 bsc#1174486 bsc#1175787 bsc#1171000 jsc#SLE-15796 jsc#SLE-15449).
  • scsi: lpfc: Quieten some printks (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666 bsc#1174486 bsc#1175787 bsc#1171000 jsc#SLE-15796 jsc#SLE-15449).
  • scsi: lpfc: Remove unused variable 'pg_addr' (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666 bsc#1174486 bsc#1175787 bsc#1171000 jsc#SLE-15796 jsc#SLE-15449).
  • scsi: lpfc: Update lpfc version to 12.8.0.3 (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666 bsc#1174486 bsc#1175787 bsc#1171000 jsc#SLE-15796 jsc#SLE-15449).
  • scsi: lpfc: Use __printf() format notation (bsc#1171558 bsc#1136666 bsc#1174486 bsc#1175787 bsc#1171000 jsc#SLE-15796 jsc#SLE-15449).
  • sdhci: tegra: Add missing TMCLK for data timeout (git-fixes).
  • sdhci: tegra: Remove SDHCI_QUIRK_DATA_TIMEOUT_USES_SDCLK for Tegra186 (git-fixes).
  • sdhci: tegra: Remove SDHCI_QUIRK_DATA_TIMEOUT_USES_SDCLK for Tegra210 (git-fixes).
  • Set VIRTIO_CONSOLE=y (bsc#1175667).
  • USB: cdc-acm: rework notification_buffer resizing (git-fixes).
  • USB: gadget: f_tcm: Fix some resource leaks in some error paths (git-fixes).
  • USB: host: ohci-exynos: Fix error handling in exynos_ohci_probe() (git-fixes).
  • USB: host: xhci: fix ep context print mismatch in debugfs (git-fixes).
  • USB: Ignore UAS for JMicron JMS567 ATA/ATAPI Bridge (git-fixes).
  • USB: quirks: Ignore duplicate endpoint on Sound Devices MixPre-D (git-fixes).
  • USB: rename USB quirk to USB_QUIRK_ENDPOINT_IGNORE (git-fixes).
  • USB: serial: ftdi_sio: clean up receive processing (git-fixes).
  • USB: serial: ftdi_sio: fix break and sysrq handling (git-fixes).
  • USB: serial: ftdi_sio: make process-packet buffer unsigned (git-fixes).
  • virtio_pci_modern: Fix the comment of virtio_pci_find_capability() (git-fixes).
  • x86/ima: Use EFI GetVariable only when available (bsc#1174029, bsc#1174110, bsc#1174111).
  • xen/balloon: fix accounting in alloc_xenballooned_pages error path (bsc#1065600).
  • xen/balloon: make the balloon wait interruptible (bsc#1065600).
  • xen/gntdev: Fix dmabuf import with non-zero sgt offset (bsc#1065600).
  • xhci: Always restore EP_SOFT_CLEAR_TOGGLE even if ep reset failed (git-fixes).

    • Special Instructions and Notes:

    Please reboot the system after installing this update.

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Security 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 Module for Public Cloud 15-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-15-SP2-2020-2580=1

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15-SP2 (x86_64):
      • kernel-azure-5.3.18-18.18.1
      • kernel-azure-debuginfo-5.3.18-18.18.1
      • kernel-azure-debugsource-5.3.18-18.18.1
      • kernel-azure-devel-5.3.18-18.18.1
      • kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo-5.3.18-18.18.1
      • kernel-syms-azure-5.3.18-18.18.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15-SP2 (noarch):
      • kernel-devel-azure-5.3.18-18.18.1
      • kernel-source-azure-5.3.18-18.18.1

    References: