Upstream information

CVE-2012-2373 at MITRE

Description

The Linux kernel before 3.4.5 on the x86 platform, when Physical Address Extension (PAE) is enabled, does not properly use the Page Middle Directory (PMD), which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a crafted application that triggers a race condition.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4
Vector AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete

Note from the SUSE Security Team

This affects only kernels with transparent huge pages support, so SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 and earlier are not affected. SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP2 and openSUSE 12.1 received fixes already.

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 entry: 762991 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

  • SUSE-SU-2012:0789-1, published Mon Jun 25 18:08:23 MDT 2012
    • openSUSE-SU-2012:0781-1 openSUSE-SU-2012:0812-1 openSUSE-SU-2013:0927-1

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
  • kernel-default >= 3.0.34-0.7.9
  • kernel-default-base >= 3.0.34-0.7.9
  • kernel-default-devel >= 3.0.34-0.7.9
  • kernel-default-extra >= 3.0.34-0.7.9
  • kernel-pae >= 3.0.101-0.7.17.1
  • kernel-pae-base >= 3.0.101-0.7.17.1
  • kernel-pae-devel >= 3.0.101-0.7.17.1
  • kernel-pae-extra >= 3.0.101-0.7.17.1
  • kernel-source >= 3.0.34-0.7.9
  • kernel-syms >= 3.0.34-0.7.9
  • kernel-trace >= 3.0.34-0.7.9
  • kernel-trace-base >= 3.0.34-0.7.9
  • kernel-trace-devel >= 3.0.34-0.7.9
  • kernel-trace-extra >= 3.0.34-0.7.9
  • kernel-xen >= 3.0.34-0.7.9
  • kernel-xen-base >= 3.0.34-0.7.9
  • kernel-xen-devel >= 3.0.34-0.7.9
  • kernel-xen-extra >= 3.0.34-0.7.9
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.1.6_04_3.0.101_0.7.17-0.5.16
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.1.6_04_3.0.101_0.7.17-0.5.16
  • xen-kmp-trace >= 4.1.6_04_3.0.101_0.7.17-0.5.16
 Patchnames:
sledsp2-kernel
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
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA kernel-docs-3.0.101-63.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP2
  • cluster-network-kmp-default >= 1.4_3.0.34_0.7-2.10.30
  • cluster-network-kmp-pae >= 1.4_3.0.101_0.7.17-2.18.81
  • cluster-network-kmp-ppc64 >= 1.4_3.0.101_0.7.17-2.18.81
  • cluster-network-kmp-trace >= 1.4_3.0.34_0.7-2.10.30
  • cluster-network-kmp-xen >= 1.4_3.0.101_0.7.17-2.18.81
  • gfs2-kmp-default >= 2_3.0.34_0.7-0.7.30
  • gfs2-kmp-pae >= 2_3.0.101_0.7.17-0.7.109
  • gfs2-kmp-ppc64 >= 2_3.0.101_0.7.17-0.7.109
  • gfs2-kmp-trace >= 2_3.0.34_0.7-0.7.30
  • gfs2-kmp-xen >= 2_3.0.101_0.7.17-0.7.109
  • ocfs2-kmp-default >= 1.6_3.0.34_0.7-0.7.30
  • ocfs2-kmp-pae >= 1.6_3.0.101_0.7.17-0.11.80
  • ocfs2-kmp-ppc64 >= 1.6_3.0.101_0.7.17-0.11.80
  • ocfs2-kmp-trace >= 1.6_3.0.34_0.7-0.7.30
  • ocfs2-kmp-xen >= 1.6_3.0.101_0.7.17-0.11.80
 Patchnames:
sleshasp2-kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • kernel-default >= 3.0.34-0.7.9
  • kernel-default-base >= 3.0.34-0.7.9
  • kernel-default-devel >= 3.0.34-0.7.9
  • kernel-default-man >= 3.0.101-0.7.23.1
  • kernel-ec2 >= 3.0.101-0.7.17.1
  • kernel-ec2-base >= 3.0.101-0.7.17.1
  • kernel-ec2-devel >= 3.0.101-0.7.17.1
  • kernel-pae >= 3.0.101-0.7.17.1
  • kernel-pae-base >= 3.0.101-0.7.17.1
  • kernel-pae-devel >= 3.0.101-0.7.17.1
  • kernel-ppc64 >= 3.0.101-0.7.17.1
  • kernel-ppc64-base >= 3.0.101-0.7.17.1
  • kernel-ppc64-devel >= 3.0.101-0.7.17.1
  • kernel-source >= 3.0.34-0.7.9
  • kernel-syms >= 3.0.34-0.7.9
  • kernel-trace >= 3.0.34-0.7.9
  • kernel-trace-base >= 3.0.34-0.7.9
  • kernel-trace-devel >= 3.0.34-0.7.9
  • kernel-xen >= 3.0.101-0.7.17.1
  • kernel-xen-base >= 3.0.101-0.7.17.1
  • kernel-xen-devel >= 3.0.101-0.7.17.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.1.6_06_3.0.101_0.7.23-0.5.30
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.1.6_06_3.0.101_0.7.23-0.5.30
  • xen-kmp-trace >= 4.1.6_06_3.0.101_0.7.23-0.5.30
 Patchnames:
slessp2-kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • kernel-default >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-default-base >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-default-devel >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-default-man >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-pae >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-pae-base >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-pae-devel >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-ppc64 >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-ppc64-base >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-ppc64-devel >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-source >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-syms >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-trace >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-trace-base >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-trace-devel >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-xen >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-xen-base >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
  • kernel-xen-devel >= 3.0.76-0.11.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA kernel-default-3.0.76-0.11.1
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
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA kernel-default-3.0.101-63.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA kernel-docs-3.0.101-63.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2
  • kernel-default >= 3.0.34-0.7.9
  • kernel-default-base >= 3.0.34-0.7.9
  • kernel-default-devel >= 3.0.34-0.7.9
  • kernel-default-man >= 3.0.101-0.7.23.1
  • kernel-ec2 >= 3.0.101-0.7.17.1
  • kernel-ec2-base >= 3.0.101-0.7.17.1
  • kernel-ec2-devel >= 3.0.101-0.7.17.1
  • kernel-pae >= 3.0.101-0.7.17.1
  • kernel-pae-base >= 3.0.101-0.7.17.1
  • kernel-pae-devel >= 3.0.101-0.7.17.1
  • kernel-ppc64 >= 3.0.101-0.7.17.1
  • kernel-ppc64-base >= 3.0.101-0.7.17.1
  • kernel-ppc64-devel >= 3.0.101-0.7.17.1
  • kernel-source >= 3.0.34-0.7.9
  • kernel-syms >= 3.0.34-0.7.9
  • kernel-trace >= 3.0.34-0.7.9
  • kernel-trace-base >= 3.0.34-0.7.9
  • kernel-trace-devel >= 3.0.34-0.7.9
  • kernel-xen >= 3.0.101-0.7.17.1
  • kernel-xen-base >= 3.0.101-0.7.17.1
  • kernel-xen-devel >= 3.0.101-0.7.17.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.1.6_04_3.0.101_0.7.17-0.5.16
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.1.6_04_3.0.101_0.7.17-0.5.16
  • xen-kmp-trace >= 4.1.6_04_3.0.101_0.7.17-0.5.16
 Patchnames:
slessp2-kernel

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 past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 kernel-default Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 kernel-source Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 kernel-default Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 kernel-source Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS kernel-default Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS kernel-source Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS kernel-source Affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 12:44:41 2013
CVE page last modified: Tue Oct 1 17:13:08 2024