openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2019-1085)

high Nessus Plugin ID 123545

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The openSUSE Leap 42.3 kernel was updated to 4.4.176 to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

- CVE-2019-9213: expand_downwards in mm/mmap.c lacked a check for the mmap minimum address, which made it easier for attackers to exploit kernel NULL pointer dereferences on non-SMAP platforms. This is related to a capability check for the wrong task (bnc#1128166).

- CVE-2019-2024: A use-after-free when disconnecting a source was fixed which could lead to crashes.
bnc#1129179).

The following non-security bugs were fixed :

- ax25: fix possible use-after-free (bnc#1012382).

- block_dev: fix crash on chained bios with O_DIRECT (bsc#1090435).

- block: do not use bio->bi_vcnt to figure out segment number (bsc#1128893).

- bnxt_re: Fix couple of memory leaks that could lead to IOMMU call traces (bsc#1020413).

- bpf: fix replace_map_fd_with_map_ptr's ldimm64 second imm field (bsc#1012382).

- btrfs: ensure that a DUP or RAID1 block group has exactly two stripes (bsc#1128452).

- ceph: avoid repeatedly adding inode to mdsc->snap_flush_list (bsc#1126773).

- ch: add missing mutex_lock()/mutex_unlock() in ch_release() (bsc#1124235).

- ch: fixup refcounting imbalance for SCSI devices (bsc#1124235).

- copy_mount_string: Limit string length to PATH_MAX (bsc#1082943).

- device property: Fix the length used in PROPERTY_ENTRY_STRING() (bsc#1129770).

- Drivers: hv: vmbus: Check for ring when getting debug info (bsc#1126389).

- drm: Fix error handling in drm_legacy_addctx (bsc#1106929)

- drm/nouveau/bios/ramcfg: fix missing parentheses when calculating RON (bsc#1106929)

- drm/nouveau/pmu: do not print reply values if exec is false (bsc#1106929)

- drm/radeon/evergreen_cs: fix missing break in switch statement (bsc#1106929)

- drm/vmwgfx: Do not double-free the mode stored in par->set_mode (bsc#1103429)

- enic: add wq clean up budget (bsc#1075697, bsc#1120691.
bsc#1102959).

- enic: do not overwrite error code (bnc#1012382).

- fbdev: chipsfb: remove set but not used variable 'size' (bsc#1106929)

- ibmvnic: Report actual backing device speed and duplex values (bsc#1129923).

- ibmvscsi: Fix empty event pool access during host removal (bsc#1119019).

- Input: mms114 - fix license module information (bsc#1087092).

- iommu/dmar: Fix buffer overflow during PCI bus notification (bsc#1129237).

- iommu/io-pgtable-arm-v7s: Only kmemleak_ignore L2 tables (bsc#1129238).

- iommu/vt-d: Check identity map for hot-added devices (bsc#1129239).

- iommu/vt-d: Fix NULL pointer reference in intel_svm_bind_mm() (bsc#1129240).

- ixgbe: fix crash in build_skb Rx code path (git-fixes).

- kABI: protect struct inet_peer (kabi).

- kallsyms: Handle too long symbols in kallsyms.c (bsc#1126805).

- KMPs: obsolete older KMPs of the same flavour (bsc#1127155, bsc#1109137).

- KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-its: Check CBASER/BASER validity before enabling the ITS (bsc#1109248).

- KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-its: Check GITS_BASER Valid bit before saving tables (bsc#1109248).

- KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-its: Fix return value for device table restore (bsc#1109248).

- KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-its: Fix vgic_its_restore_collection_table returned value (bsc#1109248).

- kvm: nVMX: Do not halt vcpu when L1 is injecting events to L2 (bsc#1129413).

- kvm: nVMX: Free the VMREAD/VMWRITE bitmaps if alloc_kvm_area() fails (bsc#1129414).

- kvm: nVMX: NMI-window and interrupt-window exiting should wake L2 from HLT (bsc#1129415).

- kvm: nVMX: Set VM instruction error for VMPTRLD of unbacked page (bsc#1129416).

- kvm: VMX: Do not allow reexecute_instruction() when skipping MMIO instr (bsc#1129417).

- kvm: vmx: Set IA32_TSC_AUX for legacy mode guests (bsc#1129418).

- kvm: x86: Add AMD's EX_CFG to the list of ignored MSRs (bsc#1127082).

- kvm: x86: IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES is always supported (bsc#1129419).

- libceph: handle an empty authorize reply (bsc#1126772).

- mdio_bus: Fix use-after-free on device_register fails (git-fixes).

- mfd: as3722: Handle interrupts on suspend (bnc#1012382).

- mfd: as3722: Mark PM functions as __maybe_unused (bnc#1012382).

- mISDN: fix a race in dev_expire_timer() (bnc#1012382).

- mlxsw: pci: Correctly determine if descriptor queue is full (git-fixes).

- mlxsw: reg: Use correct offset in field definiton (git-fixes).

- mm, devm_memremap_pages: mark devm_memremap_pages() EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL (bnc#1012382).

- mm,memory_hotplug: fix scan_movable_pages() for gigantic hugepages (bsc#1127731).

- net: Add header for usage of fls64() (bnc#1012382).

- net: Do not allocate page fragments that are not skb aligned (bnc#1012382).

- net: dsa: bcm_sf2: Do not assume DSA master supports WoL (git-fixes).

- net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: fix port VLAN maps (git-fixes).

- net: Fix for_each_netdev_feature on Big endian (bnc#1012382).

- net: fix IPv6 prefix route residue (bnc#1012382).

- net/hamradio/6pack: Convert timers to use timer_setup() (git-fixes).

- net/hamradio/6pack: use mod_timer() to rearm timers (git-fixes).

- net: ipv4: use a dedicated counter for icmp_v4 redirect packets (bnc#1012382).

- net: lan78xx: Fix race in tx pending skb size calculation (git-fixes).

- net/mlx4_core: drop useless LIST_HEAD (git-fixes).

- net/mlx4_core: Fix qp mtt size calculation (git-fixes).

- net/mlx4_core: Fix reset flow when in command polling mode (git-fixes).

- net/mlx4: Fix endianness issue in qp context params (git-fixes).

- net/mlx5: Continue driver initialization despite debugfs failure (git-fixes).

- net/mlx5e: Fix TCP checksum in LRO buffers (git-fixes).

- net/mlx5: Fix driver load bad flow when having fw initializing timeout (git-fixes).

- net/mlx5: fix uaccess beyond 'count' in debugfs read/write handlers (git-fixes).

- net/mlx5: Fix use-after-free in self-healing flow (git-fixes).

- net/mlx5: Return success for PAGE_FAULT_RESUME in internal error state (git-fixes).

- net: mv643xx_eth: fix packet corruption with TSO and tiny unaligned packets (git-fixes).

- net: phy: Avoid polling PHY with PHY_IGNORE_INTERRUPTS (git-fixes).

- net: phy: bcm7xxx: Fix shadow mode 2 disabling (git-fixes).

- net: qca_spi: Fix race condition in spi transfers (git-fixes).

- net: stmmac: Fix a race in EEE enable callback (bnc#1012382).

- net: stmmac: Fix a race in EEE enable callback (git-fixes).

- net: thunderx: set tso_hdrs pointer to NULL in nicvf_free_snd_queue (git-fixes).

- net/x25: do not hold the cpu too long in x25_new_lci() (bnc#1012382).

- pci/pme: Fix hotplug/sysfs remove deadlock in pcie_pme_remove() (bsc#1129241).

- perf/x86: Add sysfs entry to freeze counters on SMI (bsc#1121805).

- perf/x86/intel: Delay memory deallocation until x86_pmu_dead_cpu() (bsc#1121805).

- perf/x86/intel: Do not enable freeze-on-smi for PerfMon V1 (bsc#1121805).

- perf/x86/intel: Fix memory corruption (bsc#1121805).

- perf/x86/intel: Generalize dynamic constraint creation (bsc#1121805).

- perf/x86/intel: Implement support for TSX Force Abort (bsc#1121805).

- perf/x86/intel: Make cpuc allocations consistent (bsc#1121805).

- phy: micrel: Ensure interrupts are reenabled on resume (git-fixes).

- powerpc/pseries: Add CPU dlpar remove functionality (bsc#1128756).

- powerpc/pseries: Consolidate CPU hotplug code to hotplug-cpu.c (bsc#1128756).

- powerpc/pseries: Factor out common cpu hotplug code (bsc#1128756).

- powerpc/pseries: Perform full re-add of CPU for topology update post-migration (bsc#1128756).

- pppoe: fix reception of frames with no mac header (git-fixes).

- pptp: dst_release sk_dst_cache in pptp_sock_destruct (git-fixes).

- pseries/energy: Use OF accessor function to read ibm,drc-indexes (bsc#1129080).

- RDMA/bnxt_re: Synchronize destroy_qp with poll_cq (bsc#1125446).

- Refresh patches.suse/scsi-do-not-print-reservation-conflict-for- TEST-UNIT.patch (bsc#1119843)

- Revert 'mm, devm_memremap_pages: mark devm_memremap_pages() EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL' (bnc#1012382).

- Revert 'x86/platform/UV: Use efi_runtime_lock to serialise BIOS calls' (bsc#1128565).

- s390/qeth: cancel close_dev work before removing a card (LTC#175898, bsc#1127561).

- scsi: aacraid: Fix missing break in switch statement (bsc#1128696).

- scsi: ibmvscsi: Fix empty event pool access during host removal (bsc#1119019).

- scsi: lpfc: do not set queue->page_count to 0 if pc_sli4_params.wqpcnt is invalid (bsc#1127725).

- scsi: qla2xxx: Fix early srb free on abort (bsc#1121713).

- scsi: qla2xxx: Fix for double free of SRB structure (bsc#1121713).

- scsi: qla2xxx: Increase abort timeout value (bsc#1121713).

- scsi: qla2xxx: Move (get|rel)_sp to base_qpair struct (bsc#1121713).

- scsi: qla2xxx: Return switch command on a timeout (bsc#1121713).

- scsi: qla2xxx: Turn off IOCB timeout timer on IOCB completion (bsc#1121713).

- scsi: qla2xxx: Use correct qpair for ABTS/CMD (bsc#1121713).

- scsi: sym53c8xx: fix NULL pointer dereference panic in sym_int_sir() (bsc#1125315).

- sky2: Increase D3 delay again (bnc#1012382).

- tcp: clear icsk_backoff in tcp_write_queue_purge() (bnc#1012382).

- tcp: tcp_v4_err() should be more careful (bnc#1012382).

- team: avoid complex list operations in team_nl_cmd_options_set() (bnc#1012382).

- team: Free BPF filter when unregistering netdev (git-fixes).

- tracing: Do not free iter->trace in fail path of tracing_open_pipe() (bsc#1129581).

- vsock: cope with memory allocation failure at socket creation time (bnc#1012382).

- vxlan: test dev->flags & IFF_UP before calling netif_rx() (bnc#1012382).

- wireless: airo: potential buffer overflow in sprintf() (bsc#1120902).

- x86: Add TSX Force Abort CPUID/MSR (bsc#1121805).

- x86: livepatch: Treat R_X86_64_PLT32 as R_X86_64_PC32 (bnc#1012382).

- xen, cpu_hotplug: Prevent an out of bounds access (bsc#1065600).

- xen: remove pre-xen3 fallback handlers (bsc#1065600).

- xfs: remove filestream item xfs_inode reference (bsc#1127961).

Solution

Update the affected the Linux Kernel packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 123545

File Name: openSUSE-2019-1085.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/1/2019

Updated: 6/6/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-2024

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-debug-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-default-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-vanilla-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-macros, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-default-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-vanilla-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-vanilla-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-vanilla-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-obs-build, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-debug-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-obs-qa, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-default-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-source-vanilla, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-default-base-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-debug, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-debug-base-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-vanilla, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-docs-pdf, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-debug-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-source, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-obs-build-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-syms, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-vanilla-base-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-default-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kernel-docs-html

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/30/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/5/2019

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) rds_atomic_free_op NULL pointer dereference Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-2024, CVE-2019-9213

Detections

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