CVE-2013-6885

Upstream information

CVE-2013-6885 at MITRE

Description

The microcode on AMD 16h 00h through 0Fh processors does not properly handle the interaction between locked instructions and write-combined memory types, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted application, aka the errata 793 issue.

---

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	4.7
Vector	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Complete

Note from the SUSE Security Team on the kernel-default package

SUSE will no longer fix all CVEs in the Linux Kernel anymore, but declare some bug classes as won't fix. Please refer to TID 21496 for more details.

Note from the SUSE Security Team on the xen package

This issue likely only affects the XEN hypervisor itself, unless otherwise stated. The userland utilities in -tools and libraries in -libs are shipped together with the xen hypervisor as they are built from one source and do not contain hypervisor specific fixes.

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 849668 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 852967 [VERIFIED / FIXED], 853049 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SU-2014:0372-1, published Thu Mar 13 17:04:10 MDT 2014
• SUSE-SU-2014:0373-1, published Thu Mar 13 17:06:37 MDT 2014
• SUSE-SU-2014:0411-1, published Thu Mar 20 06:04:10 MDT 2014
• SUSE-SU-2014:0446-1, published Tue Mar 25 16:04:11 MDT 2014
• SUSE-SU-2014:0459-1, published Thu Mar 27 19:04:12 MDT 2014
• SUSE-SU-2014:0470-1, published Tue Apr 1 12:04:12 MDT 2014
• SUSE-SU-2014:0531-1, published Tue Apr 15 17:05:12 MDT 2014
• SUSE-SU-2014:0537-1, published Wed Apr 16 18:05:03 MDT 2014
• SUSE-SU-2014:0696-1, published Wed May 21 18:04:13 MDT 2014
• SUSE-SU-2014:0807-1, published Tue Jun 17 17:04:35 MDT 2014
openSUSE-SU-2014:0482-1 openSUSE-SU-2014:0483-1
• openSUSE-SU-2014:0677-1, published Fri Dec 8 15:48:58 2023
• openSUSE-SU-2014:0678-1, published Fri Dec 8 15:48:58 2023
openSUSE-SU-2014:0766-1

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3	kernel-bigsmp-devel >= 3.0.101-0.47.55.1 kernel-default >= 3.0.101-0.21.1 kernel-default-base >= 3.0.101-0.21.1 kernel-default-devel >= 3.0.101-0.21.1 kernel-default-extra >= 3.0.101-0.21.1 kernel-pae >= 3.0.101-0.40.1 kernel-pae-base >= 3.0.101-0.40.1 kernel-pae-devel >= 3.0.101-0.40.1 kernel-pae-extra >= 3.0.101-0.40.1 kernel-source >= 3.0.101-0.21.1 kernel-syms >= 3.0.101-0.21.1 kernel-trace-devel >= 3.0.101-0.21.1 kernel-xen >= 3.0.101-0.21.1 kernel-xen-base >= 3.0.101-0.21.1 kernel-xen-devel >= 3.0.101-0.21.1 kernel-xen-extra >= 3.0.101-0.21.1 xen >= 4.2.4_02-0.7.1 xen-devel >= 4.2.4_02-0.7.1 xen-doc-html >= 4.2.4_02-0.7.1 xen-doc-pdf >= 4.2.4_02-0.7.1 xen-kmp-default >= 4.2.4_02_3.0.101_0.21-0.7.12 xen-kmp-pae >= 4.2.4_04_3.0.101_0.40-0.7.3 xen-libs >= 4.2.4_02-0.7.1 xen-libs-32bit >= 4.2.4_02-0.7.1 xen-tools >= 4.2.4_02-0.7.1 xen-tools-domU >= 4.2.4_02-0.7.1	Patchnames: sdksp3-xen-201402 sledsp3-kernel sledsp3-xen-201402
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4	kernel-docs >= 3.0.101-63.1 xen-devel >= 4.4.2_08-1.7	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA kernel-docs-3.0.101-63.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA xen-devel-4.4.2_08-1.7
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP3	cluster-network-kmp-bigsmp >= 1.4_3.0.101_0.47.55-2.28.1.21 cluster-network-kmp-default >= 1.4_3.0.101_0.21-2.27.54 cluster-network-kmp-pae >= 1.4_3.0.101_0.40-2.27.98 cluster-network-kmp-ppc64 >= 1.4_3.0.101_0.40-2.27.98 cluster-network-kmp-trace >= 1.4_3.0.101_0.21-2.27.54 cluster-network-kmp-xen >= 1.4_3.0.101_0.40-2.27.98 gfs2-kmp-bigsmp >= 2_3.0.101_0.47.55-0.17.1.21 gfs2-kmp-default >= 2_3.0.101_0.21-0.16.60 gfs2-kmp-pae >= 2_3.0.101_0.40-0.16.104 gfs2-kmp-ppc64 >= 2_3.0.101_0.40-0.16.104 gfs2-kmp-trace >= 2_3.0.101_0.21-0.16.60 gfs2-kmp-xen >= 2_3.0.101_0.40-0.16.104 ocfs2-kmp-bigsmp >= 1.6_3.0.101_0.47.55-0.21.1.21 ocfs2-kmp-default >= 1.6_3.0.101_0.21-0.20.54 ocfs2-kmp-pae >= 1.6_3.0.101_0.40-0.20.98 ocfs2-kmp-ppc64 >= 1.6_3.0.101_0.40-0.20.98 ocfs2-kmp-trace >= 1.6_3.0.101_0.21-0.20.54 ocfs2-kmp-xen >= 1.6_3.0.101_0.40-0.20.98	Patchnames: slehasp3-kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 11 SP3	cluster-network-kmp-rt >= 1.4_3.0.101_rt130_0.14-2.27.55 cluster-network-kmp-rt_trace >= 1.4_3.0.101_rt130_0.14-2.27.55 drbd-kmp-rt >= 8.4.4_3.0.101_rt130_0.14-0.22.21 drbd-kmp-rt_trace >= 8.4.4_3.0.101_rt130_0.14-0.22.21 iscsitarget-kmp-rt >= 1.4.20_3.0.101_rt130_0.14-0.38.40 iscsitarget-kmp-rt_trace >= 1.4.20_3.0.101_rt130_0.14-0.38.40 kernel-rt >= 3.0.101.rt130-0.14.1 kernel-rt-base >= 3.0.101.rt130-0.14.1 kernel-rt-devel >= 3.0.101.rt130-0.14.1 kernel-rt_trace >= 3.0.101.rt130-0.14.1 kernel-rt_trace-base >= 3.0.101.rt130-0.14.1 kernel-rt_trace-devel >= 3.0.101.rt130-0.14.1 kernel-source-rt >= 3.0.101.rt130-0.14.1 kernel-syms-rt >= 3.0.101.rt130-0.14.1 lttng-modules-kmp-rt >= 2.1.1_3.0.101_rt130_0.14-0.11.36 lttng-modules-kmp-rt_trace >= 2.1.1_3.0.101_rt130_0.14-0.11.36 ocfs2-kmp-rt >= 1.6_3.0.101_rt130_0.14-0.20.55 ocfs2-kmp-rt_trace >= 1.6_3.0.101_rt130_0.14-0.20.55 ofed-kmp-rt >= 1.5.4.1_3.0.101_rt130_0.14-0.13.46 ofed-kmp-rt_trace >= 1.5.4.1_3.0.101_rt130_0.14-0.13.46	Patchnames: slertesp3-kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS	btrfs-kmp-default >= 0_2.6.32.59_0.13-0.3.163 btrfs-kmp-pae >= 0_2.6.32.59_0.13-0.3.163 btrfs-kmp-xen >= 0_2.6.32.59_0.13-0.3.163 ext4dev-kmp-default >= 0_2.6.32.59_0.13-7.9.130 ext4dev-kmp-pae >= 0_2.6.32.59_0.13-7.9.130 ext4dev-kmp-trace >= 0_2.6.32.59_0.13-7.9.130 ext4dev-kmp-xen >= 0_2.6.32.59_0.13-7.9.130 hyper-v-kmp-default >= 0_2.6.32.59_0.13-0.18.39 hyper-v-kmp-pae >= 0_2.6.32.59_0.13-0.18.39 hyper-v-kmp-trace >= 0_2.6.32.59_0.13-0.18.39 kernel-default >= 2.6.32.59-0.13.1 kernel-default-base >= 2.6.32.59-0.13.1 kernel-default-devel >= 2.6.32.59-0.13.1 kernel-default-man >= 2.6.32.59-0.15.2 kernel-ec2 >= 2.6.32.59-0.15.2 kernel-ec2-base >= 2.6.32.59-0.15.2 kernel-ec2-devel >= 2.6.32.59-0.15.2 kernel-pae >= 2.6.32.59-0.15.2 kernel-pae-base >= 2.6.32.59-0.15.2 kernel-pae-devel >= 2.6.32.59-0.15.2 kernel-source >= 2.6.32.59-0.13.1 kernel-syms >= 2.6.32.59-0.13.1 kernel-trace >= 2.6.32.59-0.13.1 kernel-trace-base >= 2.6.32.59-0.13.1 kernel-trace-devel >= 2.6.32.59-0.13.1 kernel-xen >= 2.6.32.59-0.15.2 kernel-xen-base >= 2.6.32.59-0.15.2 kernel-xen-devel >= 2.6.32.59-0.15.2 xen >= 4.0.3_21548_16-0.5.1 xen-doc-html >= 4.0.3_21548_16-0.5.1 xen-doc-pdf >= 4.0.3_21548_16-0.5.1 xen-kmp-default >= 4.0.3_21548_18_2.6.32.59_0.19-0.9.17 xen-kmp-pae >= 4.0.3_21548_18_2.6.32.59_0.19-0.9.17 xen-kmp-trace >= 4.0.3_21548_18_2.6.32.59_0.19-0.9.17 xen-libs >= 4.0.3_21548_16-0.5.1 xen-tools >= 4.0.3_21548_16-0.5.1 xen-tools-domU >= 4.0.3_21548_16-0.5.1	Patchnames: slessp1-kernel slessp1-xen-201402
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS	kernel-default >= 3.0.101-0.7.19.1 kernel-default-base >= 3.0.101-0.7.19.1 kernel-default-devel >= 3.0.101-0.7.19.1 kernel-default-man >= 3.0.101-0.7.23.1 kernel-ec2 >= 3.0.101-0.7.23.1 kernel-ec2-base >= 3.0.101-0.7.23.1 kernel-ec2-devel >= 3.0.101-0.7.23.1 kernel-pae >= 3.0.101-0.7.23.1 kernel-pae-base >= 3.0.101-0.7.23.1 kernel-pae-devel >= 3.0.101-0.7.23.1 kernel-source >= 3.0.101-0.7.19.1 kernel-syms >= 3.0.101-0.7.19.1 kernel-trace >= 3.0.101-0.7.19.1 kernel-trace-base >= 3.0.101-0.7.19.1 kernel-trace-devel >= 3.0.101-0.7.19.1 kernel-xen >= 3.0.101-0.7.23.1 kernel-xen-base >= 3.0.101-0.7.23.1 kernel-xen-devel >= 3.0.101-0.7.23.1 xen >= 4.1.6_06-0.5.1 xen-devel >= 4.1.6_06-0.5.1 xen-doc-html >= 4.1.6_06-0.5.1 xen-doc-pdf >= 4.1.6_06-0.5.1 xen-kmp-default >= 4.1.6_08_3.0.101_0.7.29-0.5.19 xen-kmp-pae >= 4.1.6_08_3.0.101_0.7.29-0.5.19 xen-kmp-trace >= 4.1.6_08_3.0.101_0.7.29-0.5.19 xen-libs >= 4.1.6_06-0.5.1 xen-libs-32bit >= 4.1.6_06-0.5.1 xen-tools >= 4.1.6_06-0.5.1 xen-tools-domU >= 4.1.6_06-0.5.1	Patchnames: slessp2-kernel slessp2-xen-201402
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3	kernel-bigsmp >= 3.0.101-0.47.55.1 kernel-bigsmp-base >= 3.0.101-0.47.55.1 kernel-bigsmp-devel >= 3.0.101-0.47.55.1 kernel-default >= 3.0.101-0.21.1 kernel-default-base >= 3.0.101-0.21.1 kernel-default-devel >= 3.0.101-0.21.1 kernel-default-man >= 3.0.101-0.40.1 kernel-ec2 >= 3.0.101-0.40.1 kernel-ec2-base >= 3.0.101-0.40.1 kernel-ec2-devel >= 3.0.101-0.40.1 kernel-pae >= 3.0.101-0.40.1 kernel-pae-base >= 3.0.101-0.40.1 kernel-pae-devel >= 3.0.101-0.40.1 kernel-ppc64 >= 3.0.101-0.40.1 kernel-ppc64-base >= 3.0.101-0.40.1 kernel-ppc64-devel >= 3.0.101-0.40.1 kernel-source >= 3.0.101-0.21.1 kernel-syms >= 3.0.101-0.21.1 kernel-trace >= 3.0.101-0.21.1 kernel-trace-base >= 3.0.101-0.21.1 kernel-trace-devel >= 3.0.101-0.21.1 kernel-xen >= 3.0.101-0.40.1 kernel-xen-base >= 3.0.101-0.40.1 kernel-xen-devel >= 3.0.101-0.40.1 xen >= 4.2.4_02-0.7.1 xen-devel >= 4.2.4_02-0.7.1 xen-doc-html >= 4.2.4_02-0.7.1 xen-doc-pdf >= 4.2.4_02-0.7.1 xen-kmp-default >= 4.2.4_04_3.0.101_0.40-0.7.3 xen-kmp-pae >= 4.2.4_04_3.0.101_0.40-0.7.3 xen-libs >= 4.2.4_02-0.7.1 xen-libs-32bit >= 4.2.4_02-0.7.1 xen-tools >= 4.2.4_02-0.7.1 xen-tools-domU >= 4.2.4_02-0.7.1	Patchnames: sdksp3-xen-201402 slessp3-kernel slessp3-xen-201402
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4	kernel-default >= 3.0.101-63.1 kernel-default-base >= 3.0.101-63.1 kernel-default-devel >= 3.0.101-63.1 kernel-default-man >= 3.0.101-63.1 kernel-docs >= 3.0.101-63.1 kernel-pae >= 3.0.101-63.1 kernel-pae-base >= 3.0.101-63.1 kernel-pae-devel >= 3.0.101-63.1 kernel-ppc64 >= 3.0.101-63.1 kernel-ppc64-base >= 3.0.101-63.1 kernel-ppc64-devel >= 3.0.101-63.1 kernel-source >= 3.0.101-63.1 kernel-syms >= 3.0.101-63.1 kernel-trace >= 3.0.101-63.1 kernel-trace-base >= 3.0.101-63.1 kernel-trace-devel >= 3.0.101-63.1 kernel-xen >= 3.0.101-63.1 kernel-xen-base >= 3.0.101-63.1 kernel-xen-devel >= 3.0.101-63.1 xen >= 4.4.2_08-1.7 xen-devel >= 4.4.2_08-1.7 xen-doc-html >= 4.4.2_08-1.7 xen-kmp-default >= 4.4.2_08_3.0.101_63-1.7 xen-kmp-pae >= 4.4.2_08_3.0.101_63-1.7 xen-libs >= 4.4.2_08-1.7 xen-libs-32bit >= 4.4.2_08-1.7 xen-tools >= 4.4.2_08-1.7 xen-tools-domU >= 4.4.2_08-1.7	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA kernel-default-3.0.101-63.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA xen-4.4.2_08-1.7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA kernel-docs-3.0.101-63.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA xen-devel-4.4.2_08-1.7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3	xen-devel >= 4.2.4_02-0.7.1	Patchnames: sdksp3-xen-201402

---

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s)	Source package	State
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE	kernel-source	Already fixed
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1	xen	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2	xen	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3	xen	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4	kernel-source	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3	xen	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4-LTSS	xen	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1	xen	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS	xen	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS	xen	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2	xen	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS	xen	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS	xen	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3	xen	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS	xen	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4	kernel-source	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS	kernel-default	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS	kernel-source	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS	kernel-source	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP1	xen	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2	xen	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3	xen	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1	xen	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1	xen	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2	xen	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3	xen	Released

---

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Nov 29 12:15:30 2013
CVE page last modified: Tue Oct 1 17:17:22 2024