SUSE-SU-2017:1301-1: kernel-bigmem&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise

Vulnerability summary

SUSE-SU-2017:1301-1 is a vulnerability in kernel-bigmem&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise with no CVSS score yet.

Timeline

1. 15-05-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 04-02-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Security update for the Linux Kernel The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. Notable new features: - Toleration of newer crypto hardware for z Systems - USB 2.0 Link power management for Haswell-ULT The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2017-7308: The packet_set_ring function in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel did not properly validate certain block-size data, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls (bnc#1031579) - CVE-2017-2671: The ping_unhash function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel was too late in obtaining a certain lock and consequently could not ensure that disconnect function calls are safe, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by leveraging access to the protocol value of IPPROTO_ICMP in a socket system call (bnc#1031003) - CVE-2017-7184: The xfrm_replay_verify_len function in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel did not validate certain size data after an XFRM_MSG_NEWAE update, which allowed local users to obtain root privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based out-of-bounds access) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability (bsc#1030573). - CVE-2017-5970: The ipv4_pktinfo_prepare function in net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via (1) an application that made crafted system calls or possibly (2) IPv4 traffic with invalid IP options (bsc#1024938). - CVE-2017-7616: Incorrect error handling in the set_mempolicy and mbind compat syscalls in mm/mempolicy.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized stack data by triggering failure of a certain bitmap operation (bsc#1033336). - CVE-2017-7294: The vmw_surface_define_ioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c in the Linux kernel did not validate addition of certain levels data, which allowed local users to trigger an integer overflow and out-of-bounds write, and cause a denial of service (system hang or crash) or possibly gain privileges, via a crafted ioctl call for a /dev/dri/renderD* device (bnc#1031440) - CVE-2017-7261: The vmw_surface_define_ioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c in the Linux kernel did not check for a zero value of certain levels data, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (ZERO_SIZE_PTR dereference, and GPF and possibly panic) via a crafted ioctl call for a /dev/dri/renderD* device (bnc#1031052) - CVE-2017-7187: The sg_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large command size in an SG_NEXT_CMD_LEN ioctl call, leading to out-of-bounds write access in the sg_write function (bnc#1030213) - CVE-2017-6348: The hashbin_delete function in net/irda/irqueue.c in the Linux kernel improperly managed lock dropping, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via crafted operations on IrDA devices (bnc#1027178) - CVE-2017-5669: The do_shmat function in ipc/shm.c in the Linux kernel did not restrict the address calculated by a certain rounding operation, which allowed local users to map page zero, and consequently bypass a protection mechanism that exists for the mmap system call, by making crafted shmget and shmat system calls in a privileged context (bnc#1026914) - CVE-2015-3288: mm/memory.c in the Linux kernel mishandled anonymous pages, which allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (page tainting) via a crafted application that triggers writing to page zero (bsc#979021). - CVE-2016-10200: Race condition in the L2TPv3 IP Encapsulation feature in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by making multiple bind system calls without properly ascertaining whether a socket has the SOCK_ZAPPED status, related to net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c and net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c (bnc#1028415) - CVE-2016-5243: The tipc_nl_compat_link_dump function in net/tipc/netlink_compat.c in the Linux kernel did not properly copy a certain string, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a Netlink message (bnc#983212) - CVE-2017-6353: net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict association peel-off operations during certain wait states, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (invalid unlock and double free) via a multithreaded application (bnc#1027066) - CVE-2017-6214: The tcp_splice_read function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and soft lockup) via vectors involving a TCP packet with the URG flag (bnc#1026722) - CVE-2017-6074: The dccp_rcv_state_process function in net/dccp/input.c in the Linux kernel mishandled DCCP_PKT_REQUEST packet data structures in the LISTEN state, which allowed local users to obtain root privileges or cause a denial of service (double free) via an application that made an IPV6_RECVPKTINFO setsockopt system call (bnc#1026024) - CVE-2017-5986: Race condition in the sctp_wait_for_sndbuf function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and panic) via a multithreaded application that peels off an association in a certain buffer-full state (bsc#1025235) - CVE-2015-8970: crypto/algif_skcipher.c in the Linux kernel did not verify that a setkey operation has been performed on an AF_ALG socket an accept system call is processed, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted application that does not supply a key, related to the lrw_crypt function in crypto/lrw.c (bsc#1008374). The following non-security bugs were fixed: - NFSD: do not risk using duplicate owner/file/delegation ids (bsc#1029212). - RAID1: avoid unnecessary spin locks in I/O barrier code (bsc#982783, bsc#1026260). - SUNRPC: Clean up the slot table allocation (bsc#1013862). - SUNRPC: Initalise the struct xprt upon allocation (bsc#1013862). - USB: cdc-acm: fix broken runtime suspend (bsc#1033771). - USB: cdc-acm: fix open and suspend race (bsc#1033771). - USB: cdc-acm: fix potential urb leak and PM imbalance in write (bsc#1033771). - USB: cdc-acm: fix runtime PM for control messages (bsc#1033771). - USB: cdc-acm: fix runtime PM imbalance at shutdown (bsc#1033771). - USB: cdc-acm: fix shutdown and suspend race (bsc#1033771). - USB: cdc-acm: fix write and resume race (bsc#1033771). - USB: cdc-acm: fix write and suspend race (bsc#1033771). - USB: hub: Fix crash after failure to read BOS descriptor - USB: serial: iuu_phoenix: fix NULL-deref at open (bsc#1033794). - USB: serial: kl5kusb105: fix line-state error handling (bsc#1021256). - USB: serial: mos7720: fix NULL-deref at open (bsc#1033816). - USB: serial: mos7720: fix parallel probe (bsc#1033816). - USB: serial: mos7720: fix parport use-after-free on probe errors (bsc#1033816). - USB: serial: mos7720: fix use-after-free on probe errors (bsc#1033816). - USB: serial: mos7840: fix NULL-deref at open (bsc#1034026). - USB: xhci-mem: use passed in GFP flags instead of GFP_KERNEL (bsc#1023014). - Update metadata for serial fixes (bsc#1013070) - Use PF_LESS_THROTTLE in loop device thread (bsc#1027101). - clocksource: Remove 'weak' from clocksource_default_clock() declaration (bnc#1013018). - dlm: backport 'fix lvb invalidation conditions' (bsc#1005651). - drm/mgag200: Add support for G200e rev 4 (bnc#995542, comment #81) - enic: set skb->hash type properly (bsc#911105). - ext4: fix mballoc breakage with 64k block size (bsc#1013018). - ext4: fix stack memory corruption with 64k block size (bsc#1013018). - ext4: reject inodes with negative size (bsc#1013018). - fuse: initialize fc->release before calling it (bsc#1013018). - i40e/i40evf: Break up xmit_descriptor_count from maybe_stop_tx (bsc#985561). - i40e/i40evf: Fix mixed size frags and linearization (bsc#985561). - i40e/i40evf: Limit TSO to 7 descriptors for payload instead of 8 per packet (bsc#985561). - i40e/i40evf: Rewrite logic for 8 descriptor per packet check (bsc#985561). - i40e: Fix TSO with more than 8 frags per segment issue (bsc#985561). - i40e: Impose a lower limit on gso size (bsc#985561). - i40e: Limit TX descriptor count in cases where frag size is greater than 16K (bsc#985561). - i40e: avoid null pointer dereference (bsc#909486). - jbd: Fix oops in journal_remove_journal_head() (bsc#1017143). - jbd: do not wait (forever) for stale tid caused by wraparound (bsc#1020229). - kABI: mask struct xfs_icdinode change (bsc#1024788). - kabi: Protect xfs_mount and xfs_buftarg (bsc#1024508). - kabi: fix (bsc#1008893). - lockd: use init_utsname for id encoding (bsc#1033804). - lockd: use rpc client's cl_nodename for id encoding (bsc#1033804). - md linear: fix a race between linear_add() and linear_congested() (bsc#1018446). - md/linear: shutup lockdep warnning (bsc#1018446). - mm/mempolicy.c: do not put mempolicy before using its nodemask (bnc#931620). - ocfs2: do not write error flag to user structure we cannot copy from/to (bsc#1013018). - ocfs2: fix crash caused by stale lvb with fsdlm plugin (bsc#1013800). - ocfs2: fix error return code in ocfs2_info_handle_freefrag() (bsc#1013018). - ocfs2: null deref on allocation error (bsc#1013018). - pciback: only check PF if actually dealing with a VF (bsc#999245). - pciback: use pci_physfn() (bsc#999245). - posix-timers: Fix stack info leak in timer_create() (bnc#1013018). - powerpc,cpuidle: Dont toggle CPUIDLE_FLAG_IGNORE while setting smt_snooze_delay (bsc#1023163). - powerpc/fadump: Fix the race in crash_fadump() (bsc#1022971). - powerpc/fadump: Reserve memory at an offset closer to bottom of RAM (bsc#1032141). - powerpc/fadump: Update fadump documentation (bsc#1032141). - powerpc/nvram: Fix an incorrect partition merge (bsc#1016489). - powerpc/vdso64: Use double word compare on pointers (bsc#1016489). - rcu: Call out dangers of expedited RCU primitives (bsc#1008893). - rcu: Direct algorithmic SRCU implementation (bsc#1008893). - rcu: Flip ->completed only once per SRCU grace period (bsc#1008893). - rcu: Implement a variant of Peter's SRCU algorithm (bsc#1008893). - rcu: Increment upper bit only for srcu_read_lock() (bsc#1008893). - rcu: Remove fast check path from __synchronize_srcu() (bsc#1008893). - s390/kmsg: add missing kmsg descriptions (bnc#1025702). - s390/vmlogrdr: fix IUCV buffer allocation (bnc#1025702). - s390/zcrypt: Introduce CEX6 toleration - sched/core: Fix TASK_DEAD race in finish_task_switch() (bnc#1013018). - sched/loadavg: Fix loadavg artifacts on fully idle and on fully loaded systems (bnc#1013018). - scsi: zfcp: do not trace pure benign residual HBA responses at default level (bnc#1025702). - scsi: zfcp: fix rport unblock race with LUN recovery (bnc#1025702). - scsi: zfcp: fix use-after-'free' in FC ingress path after TMF (bnc#1025702). - scsi: zfcp: fix use-after-free by not tracing WKA port open/close on failed send (bnc#1025702). - sfc: reduce severity of PIO buffer alloc failures (bsc#1019168). - tcp: abort orphan sockets stalling on zero window probes (bsc#1021913). - vfs: split generic splice code from i_mutex locking (bsc#1024788). - virtio_scsi: fix memory leak on full queue condition (bsc#1028880). - vmxnet3: segCnt can be 1 for LRO packets (bsc#988065, bsc#1029770). - xen-blkfront: correct maximum segment accounting (bsc#1018263). - xen-blkfront: do not call talk_to_blkback when already connected to blkback. - xen-blkfront: free resources if xlvbd_alloc_gendisk fails. - xfs: Fix lock ordering in splice write (bsc#1024788). - xfs: Make xfs_icdinode->di_dmstate atomic_t (bsc#1024788). - xfs: do not assert fail on non-async buffers on ioacct decrement (bsc#1024508). - xfs: exclude never-released buffers from buftarg I/O accounting (bsc#1024508). - xfs: fix buffer overflow dm_get_dirattrs/dm_get_dirattrs2 (bsc#989056). - xfs: fix up xfs_swap_extent_forks inline extent handling (bsc#1023888). - xfs: kill xfs_itruncate_start (bsc#1024788). - xfs: remove the i_new_size field in struct xfs_inode (bsc#1024788). - xfs: remove the i_size field in struct xfs_inode (bsc#1024788). - xfs: remove xfs_itruncate_data (bsc#1024788). - xfs: replace global xfslogd wq with per-mount wq (bsc#1024508). - xfs: split xfs_itruncate_finish (bsc#1024788). - xfs: split xfs_setattr (bsc#1024788). - xfs: track and serialize in-flight async buffers against unmount (bsc#1024508). - xfs_dmapi: fix the debug compilation of xfs_dmapi (bsc#989056).

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