Security update for xen

SUSE Security Update: Security update for xen
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:2338-1
Rating: moderate
References: #947165 #950703 #950704 #950705 #950706 #951845 #954018 #954405 #955399 #956408 #956409 #956411 #956592 #956832
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4
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    An update that solves 13 vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available.

    Description:


    This update fixes the following security issues:

    - bsc#955399 - Fix xm migrate --log_progress. Due to logic error progress
    was not logged when requested.

    - bsc#956832 - CVE-2015-8345: xen: qemu: net: eepro100: infinite loop in
    processing command block list

    - bsc#956592 - xen: virtual PMU is unsupported (XSA-163)

    - bsc#956408 - CVE-2015-8339, CVE-2015-8340: xen: XENMEM_exchange error
    handling issues (XSA-159)

    - bsc#956409 - CVE-2015-8341: xen: libxl leak of pv kernel and initrd on
    error (XSA-160)

    - bsc#956411 - CVE-2015-7504: xen: heap buffer overflow vulnerability in
    pcnet emulator (XSA-162)

    - bsc#947165 - CVE-2015-7311: xen: libxl fails to honour readonly flag on
    disks with qemu-xen (xsa-142)

    - bsc#955399 - Fix xm migrate --live. The options were not passed due to
    a merge error. As a result the migration was not live, instead the
    suspended guest was migrated.

    - bsc#954405 - CVE-2015-8104: Xen: guest to host DoS by triggering an
    infinite loop in microcode via #DB exception

    - bsc#954018 - CVE-2015-5307: xen: x86: CPU lockup during fault delivery
    (XSA-156)


    - bsc#950704 - CVE-2015-7970: xen: x86: Long latency populate-on-demand
    operation is not preemptible (XSA-150)

    - bsc#951845 - CVE-2015-7972: xen: x86: populate-on-demand balloon size
    inaccuracy can crash guests (XSA-153)

    - Drop 5604f239-x86-PV-properly-populate-descriptor-tables.patch

    - bsc#950703 - CVE-2015-7969: xen: leak of main per-domain vcpu pointer
    array (DoS) (XSA-149)

    - bsc#950705 - CVE-2015-7969: xen: x86: leak of per-domain
    profiling-related vcpu pointer array (DoS) (XSA-151)

    - bsc#950706 - CVE-2015-7971: xen: x86: some pmu and profiling hypercalls
    log without rate limiting (XSA-152)

    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-xen-20151203-12277=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch slessp4-xen-20151203-12277=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp4-xen-20151203-12277=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-xen-20151203-12277=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (i586 x86_64):
      • xen-devel-4.4.3_06-29.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 x86_64):
      • xen-kmp-default-4.4.3_06_3.0.101_65-29.1
      • xen-libs-4.4.3_06-29.1
      • xen-tools-domU-4.4.3_06-29.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (x86_64):
      • xen-4.4.3_06-29.1
      • xen-doc-html-4.4.3_06-29.1
      • xen-libs-32bit-4.4.3_06-29.1
      • xen-tools-4.4.3_06-29.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586):
      • xen-kmp-pae-4.4.3_06_3.0.101_65-29.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4 (i586 x86_64):
      • xen-kmp-default-4.4.3_06_3.0.101_65-29.1
      • xen-libs-4.4.3_06-29.1
      • xen-tools-domU-4.4.3_06-29.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4 (x86_64):
      • xen-4.4.3_06-29.1
      • xen-doc-html-4.4.3_06-29.1
      • xen-libs-32bit-4.4.3_06-29.1
      • xen-tools-4.4.3_06-29.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4 (i586):
      • xen-kmp-pae-4.4.3_06_3.0.101_65-29.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 x86_64):
      • xen-debuginfo-4.4.3_06-29.1
      • xen-debugsource-4.4.3_06-29.1

    References: