Security update for the Linux Kernel

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:0985-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
Affected Products:
  • Public Cloud Module 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Bootstrap Kit 12 12-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1

An update that solves seven vulnerabilities and has 54 security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel was updated to 3.12.51 to receive various security and bugfixes.

Following features were added: - hwrng: Add a driver for the hwrng found in power7+ systems (fate#315784).

Following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2015-8215: net/ipv6/addrconf.c in the IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel did not validate attempted changes to the MTU value, which allowed context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (packet loss) via a value that is (1) smaller than the minimum compliant value or (2) larger than the MTU of an interface, as demonstrated by a Router Advertisement (RA) message that is not validated by a daemon, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0272. (bsc#955354) - CVE-2015-5156: The virtnet_probe function in drivers/net/virtio_net.c in the Linux kernel attempted to support a FRAGLIST feature without proper memory allocation, which allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and memory corruption) via a crafted sequence of fragmented packets (bnc#940776). - CVE-2015-7872: The key_gc_unused_keys function in security/keys/gc.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via crafted keyctl commands (bnc#951440). - CVE-2015-7799: The slhc_init function in drivers/net/slip/slhc.c in the Linux kernel did not ensure that certain slot numbers are valid, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted PPPIOCSMAXCID ioctl call (bnc#949936). - CVE-2015-2925: The prepend_path function in fs/dcache.c in the Linux kernel did not properly handle rename actions inside a bind mount, which allowed local users to bypass an intended container protection mechanism by renaming a directory, related to a "double-chroot attack (bnc#926238). - CVE-2015-7990: RDS: Verify the underlying transport exists before creating a connection, preventing possible DoS (bsc#952384).

The following non-security bugs were fixed: - af_iucv: avoid path quiesce of severed path in shutdown() (bnc#954986, LTC#131684). - alsa: hda - Disable 64bit address for Creative HDA controllers (bnc#814440). - alsa: hda - Fix noise problems on Thinkpad T440s (boo#958504). - alsa: hda - Fix noise problems on Thinkpad T440s (boo#958504). - apparmor: allow SYS_CAP_RESOURCE to be sufficient to prlimit another task (bsc#921949). - audit: correctly record file names with different path name types (bsc#950013). - audit: create private file name copies when auditing inodes (bsc#950013). - bcache: Add btree_insert_node() (bnc#951638). - bcache: Add explicit keylist arg to btree_insert() (bnc#951638). - bcache: backing device set to clean after finishing detach (bsc#951638). - bcache: backing device set to clean after finishing detach (bsc#951638). - bcache: Clean up keylist code (bnc#951638). - bcache: Convert btree_insert_check_key() to btree_insert_node() (bnc#951638). - bcache: Convert bucket_wait to wait_queue_head_t (bnc#951638). - bcache: Convert try_wait to wait_queue_head_t (bnc#951638). - bcache: Explicitly track btree node's parent (bnc#951638). - bcache: Fix a bug when detaching (bsc#951638). - bcache: Fix a lockdep splat in an error path (bnc#951638). - bcache: Fix a shutdown bug (bsc#951638). - bcache: Fix more early shutdown bugs (bsc#951638). - bcache: Fix sysfs splat on shutdown with flash only devs (bsc#951638). - bcache: Insert multiple keys at a time (bnc#951638). - bcache: kill closure locking usage (bnc#951638). - bcache: Refactor journalling flow control (bnc#951638). - bcache: Refactor request_write() (bnc#951638). - bcache: Use blkdev_issue_discard() (bnc#951638). - btrfs: Adjust commit-transaction condition to avoid NO_SPACE more (bsc#958647). - btrfs: Adjust commit-transaction condition to avoid NO_SPACE more (bsc#958647). - btrfs: cleanup: remove no-used alloc_chunk in btrfs_check_data_free_space() (bsc#958647). - btrfs: cleanup: remove no-used alloc_chunk in btrfs_check_data_free_space() (bsc#958647). - btrfs: fix condition of commit transaction (bsc#958647). - btrfs: fix condition of commit transaction (bsc#958647). - btrfs: fix file corruption and data loss after cloning inline extents (bnc#956053). - btrfs: Fix out-of-space bug (bsc#958647). - btrfs: Fix out-of-space bug (bsc#958647). - btrfs: Fix tail space processing in find_free_dev_extent() (bsc#958647). - btrfs: Fix tail space processing in find_free_dev_extent() (bsc#958647). - btrfs: fix the number of transaction units needed to remove a block group (bsc#958647). - btrfs: fix the number of transaction units needed to remove a block group (bsc#958647). - btrfs: fix truncation of compressed and inlined extents (bnc#956053). - btrfs: Set relative data on clear btrfs_block_group_cache->pinned (bsc#958647). - btrfs: Set relative data on clear btrfs_block_group_cache->pinned (bsc#958647). - btrfs: use global reserve when deleting unused block group after ENOSPC (bsc#958647). - btrfs: use global reserve when deleting unused block group after ENOSPC (bsc#958647). - cache: Fix sysfs splat on shutdown with flash only devs (bsc#951638). - cpu: Defer smpboot kthread unparking until CPU known to scheduler (bsc#936773). - cpusets, isolcpus: exclude isolcpus from load balancing in cpusets (bsc#957395). - cxgb4i: Increased the value of MAX_IMM_TX_PKT_LEN from 128 to 256 bytes (bsc#950580). - dlm: make posix locks interruptible, (bsc#947241). - dmapi: Fix xfs dmapi to not unlock & lock XFS_ILOCK_EXCL (bsc#949744). - dm: do not start current request if it would've merged with the previous (bsc#904348). - dm: impose configurable deadline for dm_request_fn's merge heuristic (bsc#904348). - dm-snap: avoid deadock on s->lock when a read is split (bsc#939826). - dm sysfs: introduce ability to add writable attributes (bsc#904348). - drm: Allocate new master object when client becomes master (bsc#956876, bsc#956801). - drm: Fix KABI of "struct drm_file" (bsc#956876, bsc#956801). - drm/i915: add hotplug activation period to hotplug update mask (bsc#953980). - drm/i915: clean up backlight conditional build (bsc#941113). - drm/i915: debug print on backlight register (bsc#941113). - drm/i915: do full backlight setup at enable time (bsc#941113). - drm/i915: do not save/restore backlight registers in KMS (bsc#941113). - drm/i915: Eliminate lots of WARNs when there's no backlight present (bsc#941113). - drm/i915: fix gen2-gen3 backlight set (bsc#941113,bsc#953971). - drm/i915: Fix gen3 self-refresh watermarks (bsc#953830,bsc#953971). - drm/i915: Fix missing backlight update during panel disablement (bsc#941113). - drm/i915: Fix SRC_COPY width on 830/845g (bsc#758040). - drm/i915: gather backlight information at setup (bsc#941113). - drm/i915: handle backlight through chip specific functions (bsc#941113). - drm/i915: Ignore "digital output" and "not HDMI output" bits for eDP detection (bsc#949192). - drm/i915: make asle notifications update backlight on all connectors (bsc#941113). - drm/i915: make backlight info per-connector (bsc#941113). - drm/i915: move backlight level setting in enable/disable to hooks (bsc#941113). - drm/i915: move opregion asle request handling to a work queue (bsc#953826). - drm/i915: nuke get max backlight functions (bsc#941113). - drm/i915/opregion: fix build error on CONFIG_ACPI=n (bsc#953826). - drm/i915: restore backlight precision when converting from ACPI (bsc#941113). - drm/i915/tv: add ->get_config callback (bsc#953830). - drm/i915: use backlight legacy combination mode also for i915gm/i945gm (bsc#941113). - drm/i915: use the initialized backlight max value instead of reading it (bsc#941113). - drm/i915: vlv does not have pipe field in backlight registers (bsc#941113). - fanotify: fix notification of groups with inode & mount marks (bsc#955533). - Fix remove_and_add_spares removes drive added as spare in slot_store (bsc#956717). - genksyms: Handle string literals with spaces in reference files (bsc#958510). - genksyms: Handle string literals with spaces in reference files (bsc#958510). - hwrng: Add a driver for the hwrng found in power7+ systems (fate#315784). in the non-RT kernel to minimize the differences. - ipv4: Do not increase PMTU with Datagram Too Big message (bsc#955224). - ipv6: distinguish frag queues by device for multicast and link-local packets (bsc#955422). - ixgbe: fix broken PFC with X550 (bsc#951864). - ixgbe: use correct fcoe ddp max check (bsc#951864). - kabi: Fix spurious kabi change in mm/util.c. - kABI: protect struct ahci_host_priv. - kabi: Restore kabi in struct iscsi_tpg_attrib (bsc#954635). - kabi: Restore kabi in struct se_cmd (bsc#954635). - kabi: Restore kabi in struct se_subsystem_api (bsc#954635). - ktime: add ktime_after and ktime_before helper (bsc#904348). - mm: factor commit limit calculation (VM Performance). - mm: get rid of "vmalloc_info" from /proc/meminfo (VM Performance). - mm: hugetlbfs: skip shared VMAs when unmapping private pages to satisfy a fault (Automatic NUMA Balancing (fate#315482)). - mm: remove PG_waiters from PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_FREE (bnc#943959). - mm: vmscan: never isolate more pages than necessary (VM Performance). - Move ktime_after patch to the networking section - nfsrdma: Fix regression in NFSRDMA server (bsc#951110). - pci: Drop "setting latency timer" messages (bsc#956047). - pci: Update VPD size with correct length (bsc#924493). - perf/x86/intel/uncore: Delete an unnecessary check before pci_dev_put() call (bsc#955136). - perf/x86/intel/uncore: Delete an unnecessary check before pci_dev_put() call (bsc#955136). - perf/x86/intel/uncore: Fix multi-segment problem of perf_event_intel_uncore (bsc#955136). - perf/x86/intel/uncore: Fix multi-segment problem of perf_event_intel_uncore (bsc#955136). - pm, hinernate: use put_page in release_swap_writer (bnc#943959). - rcu: Eliminate deadlock between CPU hotplug and expedited grace periods (bsc#949706). - Re-add copy_page_vector_to_user() - ring-buffer: Always run per-cpu ring buffer resize with schedule_work_on() (bnc#956711). - route: Use ipv4_mtu instead of raw rt_pmtu (bsc#955224). - rpm/constraints.in: Require 14GB worth of disk space on POWER The builds started to fail randomly due to ENOSPC errors. - rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: Always build zImage for ARM - rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: Do not explicitly set DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH is a selectable Kconfig option since 2.6.39 and is enabled in our configs. - rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: Drop the %build_src_dir macro It is the parent directory of the O= directory. - rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: really pass down %{?_smp_mflags} - rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: Use parallel make in all invocations Also, remove the lengthy comment, since we are using a standard rpm macro now. - rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: Use upstream script to support config.addon - s390/dasd: fix disconnected device with valid path mask (bnc#954986, LTC#132707). - s390/dasd: fix invalid PAV assignment after suspend/resume (bnc#954986, LTC#132706). - s390/dasd: fix list_del corruption after lcu changes (bnc#954986, LTC#133077). - sched: Call select_idle_sibling() when not affine_sd (Scheduler Performance). - sched/core: Fix task and run queue sched_info::run_delay inconsistencies (bnc#949100). - sched, isolcpu: make cpu_isolated_map visible outside scheduler (bsc#957395). - sched/numa: Check all nodes when placing a pseudo-interleaved group (Automatic NUMA Balancing (fate#315482)). - sched/numa: Fix math underflow in task_tick_numa() (Automatic NUMA Balancing (fate#315482)). - sched/numa: Only consider less busy nodes as numa balancing destinations (Automatic NUMA Balancing (fate#315482)). - sched: Put expensive runtime debugging checks under a separate Kconfig entry (Scheduler performance). - scsi: hosts: update to use ida_simple for host_no (bsc#939926) - sunrpc/cache: make cache flushing more reliable (bsc#947478). - sunrpc: Fix oops when trace sunrpc_task events in nfs client (bnc#956703). - supported.conf: Support peak_pci and sja1000: These 2 CAN drivers are supported in the RT kernel for a long time so we can also support them - target/pr: fix core_scsi3_pr_seq_non_holder() caller (bnc#952666). - target: Send UA upon LUN RESET tmr completion (bsc#933514). - target: use "se_dev_entry" when allocating UAs (bsc#933514). - Update config files. (bnc#955644) - Update kabi files with sbc_parse_cdb symbol change (bsc#954635). - usbvision fix overflow of interfaces array (bnc#950998). - vmxnet3: adjust ring sizes when interface is down (bsc#950750). - vmxnet3: Fix ethtool -S to return correct rx queue stats (bsc#950750). - x86/efi: Fix invalid parameter error when getting hibernation key (fate#316350, bsc#956284). - x86/evtchn: make use of PHYSDEVOP_map_pirq. - x86/mm: Add parenthesis for TLB tracepoint size calculation (VM Performance (Reduce IPIs during reclaim)). - x86/mm/hotplug: Modify PGD entry when removing memory (VM Functionality, bnc#955148). - x86/mm/hotplug: Pass sync_global_pgds() a correct argument in remove_pagetable() (VM Functionality, bnc#955148). - x86/tsc: Let high latency PIT fail fast in quick_pit_calibrate() (bsc#953717). - xen: fix boot crash in EC2 settings (bsc#956147). - xen: refresh patches.xen/xen-x86_64-m2p-strict (bsc#956147). - xen: Update Xen patches to 3.12.50. - xfs: always drain dio before extending aio write submission (bsc#949744). - xfs: DIO needs an ioend for writes (bsc#949744). - xfs: DIO write completion size updates race (bsc#949744). - xfs: DIO writes within EOF do not need an ioend (bsc#949744). - xfs: direct IO EOF zeroing needs to drain AIO (bsc#949744). - xfs: do not allocate an ioend for direct I/O completions (bsc#949744). - xfs: factor DIO write mapping from get_blocks (bsc#949744). - xfs: handle DIO overwrite EOF update completion correctly (bsc#949744). - xfs: move DIO mapping size calculation (bsc#949744). - xfs: using generic_file_direct_write() is unnecessary (bsc#949744). - xhci: Add spurious wakeup quirk for LynxPoint-LP controllers (bnc#951165). - xhci: Workaround to get Intel xHCI reset working more reliably (bnc#957546). - zfcp: fix fc_host port_type with NPIV (bnc#954986, LTC#132479).

Special Instructions and Notes:

  • Please reboot the system after installing this update.

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Bootstrap Kit 12 12-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-BSK-12-SP1-2015-985=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2015-985=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-2015-985=1
  • Public Cloud Module 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-12-2015-985=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2015-985=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2015-985=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2015-985=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP1-2015-985=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Bootstrap Kit 12 12-SP1 (nosrc s390x)
    • kernel-zfcpdump-3.12.51-60.20.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Bootstrap Kit 12 12-SP1 (s390x)
    • kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource-3.12.51-60.20.1
    • kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-xen-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-default-3.12.51-60.20.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • kernel-xen-devel-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-default-debugsource-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-xen-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-default-devel-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-xen-debugsource-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-default-extra-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-default-extra-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-syms-3.12.51-60.20.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (noarch)
    • kernel-macros-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-source-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-devel-3.12.51-60.20.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 (x86_64)
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_51-60_20-default-1-4.1
    • kgraft-patch-3_12_51-60_20-xen-1-4.1
  • Public Cloud Module 12 (nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-ec2-3.12.51-60.20.2
  • Public Cloud Module 12 (x86_64)
    • kernel-ec2-devel-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-ec2-extra-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-ec2-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-ec2-extra-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-ec2-debugsource-3.12.51-60.20.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 (noarch)
    • kernel-docs-3.12.51-60.20.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-obs-build-3.12.51-60.20.1
    • kernel-obs-build-debugsource-3.12.51-60.20.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (nosrc ppc64le x86_64)
    • kernel-default-3.12.51-60.20.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • kernel-default-debugsource-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-default-devel-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-default-base-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-default-base-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-syms-3.12.51-60.20.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (noarch)
    • kernel-macros-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-source-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-devel-3.12.51-60.20.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-xen-3.12.51-60.20.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • kernel-xen-devel-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-xen-base-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-xen-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-xen-debugsource-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-xen-base-3.12.51-60.20.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (nosrc ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-default-3.12.51-60.20.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-default-debugsource-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-default-devel-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-default-base-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-default-base-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-syms-3.12.51-60.20.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (noarch)
    • kernel-macros-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-source-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-devel-3.12.51-60.20.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (s390x)
    • kernel-default-man-3.12.51-60.20.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-xen-3.12.51-60.20.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • kernel-xen-devel-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-xen-base-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-xen-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-xen-debugsource-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-xen-base-3.12.51-60.20.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1 (nosrc)
    • kernel-default-3.12.51-60.20.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • kernel-default-extra-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-default-extra-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-3.12.51-60.20.2
    • kernel-default-debugsource-3.12.51-60.20.2

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