SuSE 11.3 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 7991 / 7992 / 7994)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68954

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 3 kernel has been updated to 3.0.82 and to fix various bugs and security issues.

The following security issues have been fixed :

- The chase_port function in drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via an attempted /dev/ttyUSB read or write operation on a disconnected Edgeport USB serial converter.
(CVE-2013-1774)

- Timing side channel on attacks were possible on /dev/ptmx that could allow local attackers to predict keypresses like e.g. passwords. This has been fixed again by updating accessed/modified time on the pty devices in resolution of 8 seconds, so that idle time detection can still work. (CVE-2013-0160)

- The vcc_recvmsg function in net/atm/common.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain length variable, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call. (CVE-2013-3222)

- The ax25_recvmsg function in net/ax25/af_ax25.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain data structure, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call. (CVE-2013-3223)

- The bt_sock_recvmsg function in net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize a certain length variable, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call. (CVE-2013-3224)

- The rfcomm_sock_recvmsg function in net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain length variable, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call. (CVE-2013-3225)

- The caif_seqpkt_recvmsg function in net/caif/caif_socket.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain length variable, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call. (CVE-2013-3227)

- The irda_recvmsg_dgram function in net/irda/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain length variable, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call. (CVE-2013-3228)

- The iucv_sock_recvmsg function in net/iucv/af_iucv.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain length variable, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call. (CVE-2013-3229)

- The llc_ui_recvmsg function in net/llc/af_llc.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain length variable, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call. (CVE-2013-3231)

- The nr_recvmsg function in net/netrom/af_netrom.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain data structure, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call. (CVE-2013-3232)

- The rose_recvmsg function in net/rose/af_rose.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain data structure, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call. (CVE-2013-3234)

- net/tipc/socket.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain data structure and a certain length variable, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call. (CVE-2013-3235)

- The crypto API in the Linux kernel did not initialize certain length variables, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call, related to the hash_recvmsg function in crypto/algif_hash.c and the skcipher_recvmsg function in crypto/algif_skcipher.c. (CVE-2013-3076)

- The scm_set_cred function in include/net/scm.h in the Linux kernel used incorrect uid and gid values during credentials passing, which allowed local users to gain privileges via a crafted application. (CVE-2013-1979)

- A kernel information leak via tkill/tgkill was fixed.
The following non-security bugs have been fixed :

S/390 :

- af_iucv: Missing man page (bnc#825037, LTC#94825).

- iucv: fix kernel panic at reboot (bnc#825037, LTC#93803).

- kernel: lost IPIs on CPU hotplug (bnc#825037, LTC#94784).

- dasd: Add missing descriptions for dasd timeout messages (bnc#825037, LTC#94762).

- dasd: Fix hanging device after resume with internal error 13 (bnc#825037, LTC#94554).

- cio: Suppress 2nd path verification during resume (bnc#825037, LTC#94554).

- vmcp: Missing man page (bnc#825037, LTC#94453).

- kernel: 3215 console crash (bnc#825037, LTC#94302).

- netiucv: Hold rtnl between name allocation and device registration. (bnc#824159)

- s390/ftrace: fix mcount adjustment (bnc#809895). HyperV :

- Drivers: hv: Fix a bug in get_vp_index().

- hyperv: Fix a compiler warning in netvsc_send().

- Tools: hv: Fix a checkpatch warning.

- tools: hv: skip iso9660 mounts in hv_vss_daemon.

- tools: hv: use FIFREEZE/FITHAW in hv_vss_daemon.

- tools: hv: use getmntent in hv_vss_daemon.

- Tools: hv: Fix a checkpatch warning.

- tools: hv: fix checks for origin of netlink message in hv_vss_daemon.

- Tools: hv: fix warnings in hv_vss_daemon.

- x86, hyperv: Handle Xen emulation of Hyper-V more gracefully.

- hyperv: Fix a kernel warning from netvsc_linkstatus_callback().

- Drivers: hv: balloon: make local functions static.

- tools: hv: daemon should check type of received Netlink msg.

- tools: hv: daemon setsockopt should use options macros.

- tools: hv: daemon should subscribe only to CN_KVP_IDX group.

- driver: hv: remove cast for kmalloc return value.

- hyperv: use 3.4 as LIC version string (bnc#822431).
BTRFS :

- btrfs: flush delayed inodes if we are short on space.
(bnc#801427)

- btrfs: rework shrink_delalloc. (bnc#801427)

- btrfs: fix our overcommit math. (bnc#801427)

- btrfs: delay block group item insertion. (bnc#801427)

- btrfs: remove bytes argument from do_chunk_alloc.
(bnc#801427)

- btrfs: run delayed refs first when out of space.
(bnc#801427)

- btrfs: do not commit instead of overcommitting.
(bnc#801427)

- btrfs: do not take inode delalloc mutex if we are a free space inode. (bnc#801427)

- btrfs: fix chunk allocation error handling. (bnc#801427)

- btrfs: remove extent mapping if we fail to add chunk.
(bnc#801427)

- btrfs: do not overcommit if we do not have enough space for global rsv. (bnc#801427)

- btrfs: rework the overcommit logic to be based on the total size. (bnc#801427)

- btrfs: steal from global reserve if we are cleaning up orphans. (bnc#801427)

- btrfs: clear chunk_alloc flag on retryable failure.
(bnc#801427)

- btrfs: use reserved space for creating a snapshot.
(bnc#801427)

- btrfs: cleanup to make the function btrfs_delalloc_reserve_metadata more logic. (bnc#801427)

- btrfs: fix space leak when we fail to reserve metadata space. (bnc#801427)

- btrfs: fix space accounting for unlink and rename.
(bnc#801427)

- btrfs: allocate new chunks if the space is not enough for global rsv. (bnc#801427)

- btrfs: various abort cleanups. (bnc#812526 / bnc#801427)

- btrfs: simplify unlink reservations (bnc#801427). XFS :

- xfs: Move allocation stack switch up to xfs_bmapi.
(bnc#815356)

- xfs: introduce XFS_BMAPI_STACK_SWITCH. (bnc#815356)

- xfs: zero allocation_args on the kernel stack.
(bnc#815356)

- xfs: fix debug_object WARN at xfs_alloc_vextent().
(bnc#815356)

- xfs: do not defer metadata allocation to the workqueue.
(bnc#815356)

- xfs: introduce an allocation workqueue. (bnc#815356)

- xfs: fix race while discarding buffers [V4] (bnc#815356 (comment 36)).

- xfs: Serialize file-extending direct IO. (bnc#818371)

- xfs: Do not allocate new buffers on every call to
_xfs_buf_find. (bnc#763968)

- xfs: fix buffer lookup race on allocation failure (bnc#763968). ALSA :

- Fix VT1708 jack detection on SLEPOS machines.
(bnc#813922)

- ALSA: hda - Avoid choose same converter for unused pins.
(bnc#826186)

- ALSA: hda - Cache the MUX selection for generic HDMI.
(bnc#826186)

- ALSA: hda - Haswell converter power state D0 verify.
(bnc#826186)

- ALSA: hda - Do not take unresponsive D3 transition too serious. (bnc#823597)

- ALSA: hda - Introduce bit flags to snd_hda_codec_read/write(). (bnc#823597)

- ALSA: hda - Check CORB overflow. (bnc#823597)

- ALSA: hda - Check validity of CORB/RIRB WP reads.
(bnc#823597)

- ALSA: hda - Fix system panic when DMA > 40 bits for Nvidia audio controllers. (bnc#818465)

- ALSA: hda - Add hint for suppressing lower cap for IDT codecs. (bnc#812332)

- ALSA: hda - Enable mic-mute LED on more HP laptops (bnc#821859). Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) :

- drm/i915: Add wait_for in init_ring_common. (bnc#813604)

- drm/i915: Mark the ringbuffers as being in the GTT domain. (bnc#813604)

- drm/edid: Do not print messages regarding stereo or csync by default. (bnc#821235)

- drm/i915: force full modeset if the connector is in DPMS OFF mode. (bnc#809975)

- drm/i915/sdvo: Use &intel_sdvo->ddc instead of intel_sdvo->i2c for DDC. (bnc#808855)

- drm/mm: fix dump table BUG. (bnc#808837)

- drm/i915: Clear the stolen fb before enabling (bnc#808015). XEN :

- xen/netback: Update references. (bnc#823342)

- xen: Check for insane amounts of requests on the ring.

- Update Xen patches to 3.0.82.

- netback: do not disconnect frontend when seeing oversize packet.

- netfront: reduce gso_max_size to account for max TCP header.

- netfront: fix kABI after 'reduce gso_max_size to account for max TCP header'. Other :

- x86, efi: retry ExitBootServices() on failure.
(bnc#823386)

- x86/efi: Fix dummy variable buffer allocation.
(bnc#822080)

- ext4: avoid hang when mounting non-journal filesystems with orphan list. (bnc#817377)

- mm: compaction: Scan PFN caching KABI workaround (Fix KABI breakage (bnc#825657)).

- autofs4 - fix get_next_positive_subdir(). (bnc#819523)

- ocfs2: Add bits_wanted while calculating credits in ocfs2_calc_extend_credits. (bnc#822077)

- writeback: Avoid needless scanning of b_dirty list.
(bnc#819018)

- writeback: Do not sort b_io list only because of block device inode. (bnc#819018)

- re-enable io tracing. (bnc#785901)

- pciehp: Corrected the old mismatching DMI strings.

- SUNRPC: Prevent an rpc_task wakeup race. (bnc#825591)

- tg3: Prevent system hang during repeated EEH errors.
(bnc#822066)

- scsi_dh_alua: multipath failover fails with error 15.
(bnc#825696)

- Do not switch camera on HP EB 8780. (bnc#797090)

- Do not switch webcam for HP EB 8580w. (bnc#797090)

- mm: fixup compilation error due to an asm write through a const pointer. (bnc#823795)

- do not switch cam port on HP EliteBook 840. (bnc#822164)

- net/sunrpc: xpt_auth_cache should be ignored when expired. (bnc#803320)

- sunrpc/cache: ensure items removed from cache do not have pending upcalls. (bnc#803320)

- sunrpc/cache: remove races with queuing an upcall.
(bnc#803320)

- sunrpc/cache: use cache_fresh_unlocked consistently and correctly. (bnc#803320)

- KVM: x86: emulate movdqa. (bnc#821070)

- KVM: x86: emulator: add support for vector alignment.
(bnc#821070)

- KVM: x86: emulator: expand decode flags to 64 bits.
(bnc#821070)

- xhci - correct comp_mode_recovery_timer on return from hibernate. (bnc#808136)

- md/raid10 enough fixes. (bnc#773837)

- lib/Makefile: Fix oid_registry build dependency.
(bnc#823223)

- Update config files: disable IP_PNP. (bnc#822825)

- Fix kABI breakage for addition of snd_hda_bus.no_response_fallback. (bnc#823597)

- Disable efi pstore by default. (bnc#804482 / bnc#820172)

- md: Fix problem with GET_BITMAP_FILE returning wrong status. (bnc#812974)

- bnx2x: Fix bridged GSO for 57710/57711 chips.
(bnc#819610)

- USB: xHCI: override bogus bulk wMaxPacketSize values.
(bnc#823082)

- BTUSB: Add MediaTek bluetooth MT76x0E support.
(bnc#797727 / bnc#822340)

- qlge: Update version to 1.00.00.32. (bnc#819195)

- qlge: Fix ethtool autoneg advertising. (bnc#819195)

- qlge: Fix receive path to drop error frames.
(bnc#819195)

- qlge: remove NETIF_F_TSO6 flag. (bnc#819195)

- remove init of dev->perm_addr in drivers. (bnc#819195)

- drivers/net: fix up function prototypes after __dev* removals. (bnc#819195)

- qlge: remove __dev* attributes. (bnc#819195)

- drivers: ethernet: qlogic: qlge_dbg.c: Fixed a coding style issue. (bnc#819195)

- cxgb4: Force uninitialized state if FW_ON_ADAPTER is < FW_VERSION and we are the MASTER_PF. (bnc#809130)

- USB: UHCI: fix for suspend of virtual HP controller.
(bnc#817035)

- timer_list: Convert timer list to be a proper seq_file.
(bnc#818047)

- timer_list: Split timer_list_show_tickdevices.
(bnc#818047)

- sched: Fix /proc/sched_debug failure on very very large systems. (bnc#818047)

- sched: Fix /proc/sched_stat failure on very very large systems. (bnc#818047)

- reiserfs: fix spurious multiple-fill in reiserfs_readdir_dentry. (bnc#822722)

- libfc: do not exch_done() on invalid sequence ptr.
(bnc#810722)

- netfilter: ip6t_LOG: fix logging of packet mark.
(bnc#821930)

- virtio_net: introduce VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID.
(bnc#819655)

- HWPOISON: fix misjudgement of page_action() for errors on mlocked pages (Memory failure RAS (bnc#821799)).

- HWPOISON: check dirty flag to match against clean page (Memory failure RAS (bnc#821799)).

- HWPOISON: change order of error_states elements (Memory failure RAS (bnc#821799)).

- mm: hwpoison: fix action_result() to print out dirty/clean (Memory failure RAS (bnc#821799)).

- mm: mmu_notifier: re-fix freed page still mapped in secondary MMU. (bnc#821052)

- Do not switch webcams in some HP ProBooks to XHCI.
(bnc#805804)

- Do not switch BT on HP ProBook 4340. (bnc#812281)

- mm: memory_dev_init make sure nmi watchdog does not trigger while registering memory sections. (bnc#804609, bnc#820434)

- mm: compaction: Restart compaction from near where it left off

- mm: compaction: cache if a pageblock was scanned and no pages were isolated

- mm: compaction: clear PG_migrate_skip based on compaction and reclaim activity

- mm: compaction: Scan PFN caching KABI workaround

- mm: page_allocator: Remove first_pass guard

- mm: vmscan: do not stall on writeback during memory compaction Cache compaction restart points for faster compaction cycles (bnc#816451)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 7991 / 7992 / 7994 as appropriate.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68954

File Name: suse_11_kernel-130702.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/18/2013

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-syms, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-default-extra, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-xen-extra, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-source, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-pae-base, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-trace, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-pae, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-default-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-ec2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xen-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-pae-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-default-man, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-ec2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-ec2-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-trace-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-default-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-xen-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-trace-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kernel-pae-extra

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/2/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0160, CVE-2013-1774, CVE-2013-1979, CVE-2013-3076, CVE-2013-3222, CVE-2013-3223, CVE-2013-3224, CVE-2013-3225, CVE-2013-3227, CVE-2013-3228, CVE-2013-3229, CVE-2013-3231, CVE-2013-3232, CVE-2013-3234, CVE-2013-3235

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