Security update for the Linux Kernel

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2016:3063-1
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#1008831 bsc#1011685 bsc#1012754
Cross-References:	CVE-2016-8632 CVE-2016-8655 CVE-2016-9555
CVSS scores:	CVE-2016-8632 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2016-8632 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2016-8655 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2016-8655 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2016-9555 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2016-9555 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2016-9555 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:	Public Cloud Module 12 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 Server 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 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

An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 kernel was updated to receive critical security fixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2016-8655: A race condition in the af_packet packet_set_ring function could be used by local attackers to crash the kernel or gain privileges (bsc#1012754).
• CVE-2016-8632: The tipc_msg_build function in net/tipc/msg.c in the Linux kernel did not validate the relationship between the minimum fragment length and the maximum packet size, which allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability (bnc#1008831).
• CVE-2016-9555: The sctp_sf_ootb function in net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c in the Linux kernel lacks chunk-length checking for the first chunk, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds slab access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted SCTP data (bnc#1011685).

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:

• Public Cloud Module 12
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-12-2016-1781=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2016-1781=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-1781=1

Package List:

• Public Cloud Module 12 (nosrc x86_64)
  • kernel-ec2-3.12.60-52.60.1
• Public Cloud Module 12 (x86_64)
  • kernel-ec2-extra-debuginfo-3.12.60-52.60.1
  • kernel-ec2-extra-3.12.60-52.60.1
  • kernel-ec2-debugsource-3.12.60-52.60.1
  • kernel-ec2-debuginfo-3.12.60-52.60.1
  • kernel-ec2-devel-3.12.60-52.60.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (nosrc x86_64)
  • kernel-xen-3.12.60-52.60.1
  • kernel-default-3.12.60-52.60.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (x86_64)
  • kernel-default-debuginfo-3.12.60-52.60.1
  • kernel-xen-debugsource-3.12.60-52.60.1
  • kernel-default-devel-3.12.60-52.60.1
  • kernel-default-debugsource-3.12.60-52.60.1
  • kernel-default-base-3.12.60-52.60.1
  • kernel-default-base-debuginfo-3.12.60-52.60.1
  • kernel-xen-devel-3.12.60-52.60.1
  • kgraft-patch-3_12_60-52_60-default-1-2.1
  • kernel-xen-debuginfo-3.12.60-52.60.1
  • kernel-xen-base-debuginfo-3.12.60-52.60.1
  • kernel-syms-3.12.60-52.60.1
  • kernel-xen-base-3.12.60-52.60.1
  • kgraft-patch-3_12_60-52_60-xen-1-2.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (noarch)
  • kernel-source-3.12.60-52.60.1
  • kernel-macros-3.12.60-52.60.1
  • kernel-devel-3.12.60-52.60.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (nosrc ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kernel-default-3.12.60-52.60.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kernel-default-debuginfo-3.12.60-52.60.1
  • kernel-default-devel-3.12.60-52.60.1
  • kernel-default-debugsource-3.12.60-52.60.1
  • kernel-default-base-3.12.60-52.60.1
  • kernel-default-base-debuginfo-3.12.60-52.60.1
  • kernel-syms-3.12.60-52.60.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (noarch)
  • kernel-source-3.12.60-52.60.1
  • kernel-macros-3.12.60-52.60.1
  • kernel-devel-3.12.60-52.60.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (s390x)
  • kernel-default-man-3.12.60-52.60.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (nosrc x86_64)
  • kernel-xen-3.12.60-52.60.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (x86_64)
  • kernel-xen-debugsource-3.12.60-52.60.1
  • kernel-xen-devel-3.12.60-52.60.1
  • kernel-xen-debuginfo-3.12.60-52.60.1
  • kernel-xen-base-debuginfo-3.12.60-52.60.1
  • kgraft-patch-3_12_60-52_60-default-1-2.1
  • kernel-xen-base-3.12.60-52.60.1
  • kgraft-patch-3_12_60-52_60-xen-1-2.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8632.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8655.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9555.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1008831
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1011685
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1012754