Security update for the Linux Kernel

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:0801-1
Rating: important
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2019-2024 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2019-2024 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2019-9213 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2019-9213 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2019-9213 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Bootstrap Kit 12 12-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP3

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has 53 security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 kernel was updated to 4.4.176 to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

  • CVE-2019-9213: expand_downwards in mm/mmap.c lacked a check for the mmap minimum address, which made it easier for attackers to exploit kernel NULL pointer dereferences on non-SMAP platforms. This is related to a capability check for the wrong task (bnc#1128166).
  • CVE-2019-2024: A use-after-free when disconnecting a source was fixed which could lead to crashes. bnc#1129179).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

  • ax25: fix possible use-after-free (bnc#1012382).
  • block_dev: fix crash on chained bios with O_DIRECT (bsc#1090435).
  • block: do not use bio->bi_vcnt to figure out segment number (bsc#1128893).
  • bnxt_re: Fix couple of memory leaks that could lead to IOMMU call traces (bsc#1020413).
  • bpf: fix replace_map_fd_with_map_ptr's ldimm64 second imm field (bsc#1012382).
  • btrfs: ensure that a DUP or RAID1 block group has exactly two stripes (bsc#1128452).
  • ceph: avoid repeatedly adding inode to mdsc->snap_flush_list (bsc#1126773).
  • ch: add missing mutex_lock()/mutex_unlock() in ch_release() (bsc#1124235).
  • ch: fixup refcounting imbalance for SCSI devices (bsc#1124235).
  • copy_mount_string: Limit string length to PATH_MAX (bsc#1082943).
  • device property: Fix the length used in PROPERTY_ENTRY_STRING() (bsc#1129770).
  • drivers: hv: vmbus: Check for ring when getting debug info (bsc#1126389).
  • drm: Fix error handling in drm_legacy_addctx (bsc#1106929)
  • drm/nouveau/bios/ramcfg: fix missing parentheses when calculating RON (bsc#1106929)
  • drm/nouveau/pmu: do not print reply values if exec is false (bsc#1106929)
  • drm/radeon/evergreen_cs: fix missing break in switch statement (bsc#1106929)
  • drm/vmwgfx: Do not double-free the mode stored in par->set_mode (bsc#1103429)
  • enic: add wq clean up budget (bsc#1075697, bsc#1120691. bsc#1102959).
  • enic: do not overwrite error code (bnc#1012382).
  • fbdev: chipsfb: remove set but not used variable 'size' (bsc#1106929)
  • ibmvnic: Report actual backing device speed and duplex values (bsc#1129923).
  • ibmvscsi: Fix empty event pool access during host removal (bsc#1119019).
  • input: mms114 - fix license module information (bsc#1087092).
  • iommu/dmar: Fix buffer overflow during PCI bus notification (bsc#1129237).
  • iommu/io-pgtable-arm-v7s: Only kmemleak_ignore L2 tables (bsc#1129238).
  • iommu/vt-d: Check identity map for hot-added devices (bsc#1129239).
  • iommu/vt-d: Fix NULL pointer reference in intel_svm_bind_mm() (bsc#1129240).
  • ixgbe: fix crash in build_skb Rx code path (git-fixes).
  • kabi: protect struct inet_peer (kabi).
  • kallsyms: Handle too long symbols in kallsyms.c (bsc#1126805).
  • KMPs: obsolete older KMPs of the same flavour (bsc#1127155, bsc#1109137).
  • kvm: arm/arm64: vgic-its: Check CBASER/BASER validity before enabling the ITS (bsc#1109248).
  • kvm: arm/arm64: vgic-its: Check GITS_BASER Valid bit before saving tables (bsc#1109248).
  • kvm: arm/arm64: vgic-its: Fix return value for device table restore (bsc#1109248).
  • kvm: arm/arm64: vgic-its: Fix vgic_its_restore_collection_table returned value (bsc#1109248).
  • kvm: nVMX: Do not halt vcpu when L1 is injecting events to L2 (bsc#1129413).
  • kvm: nVMX: Free the VMREAD/VMWRITE bitmaps if alloc_kvm_area() fails (bsc#1129414).
  • kvm: nVMX: NMI-window and interrupt-window exiting should wake L2 from HLT (bsc#1129415).
  • kvm: nVMX: Set VM instruction error for VMPTRLD of unbacked page (bsc#1129416).
  • kvm: VMX: Do not allow reexecute_instruction() when skipping MMIO instr (bsc#1129417).
  • kvm: vmx: Set IA32_TSC_AUX for legacy mode guests (bsc#1129418).
  • kvm: x86: Add AMD's EX_CFG to the list of ignored MSRs (bsc#1127082).
  • kvm: x86: IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES is always supported (bsc#1129419).
  • libceph: handle an empty authorize reply (bsc#1126772).
  • mdio_bus: Fix use-after-free on device_register fails (git-fixes).
  • mfd: as3722: Handle interrupts on suspend (bnc#1012382).
  • mfd: as3722: Mark PM functions as __maybe_unused (bnc#1012382).
  • mISDN: fix a race in dev_expire_timer() (bnc#1012382).
  • mlxsw: pci: Correctly determine if descriptor queue is full (git-fixes).
  • mlxsw: reg: Use correct offset in field definiton (git-fixes).
  • mm, devm_memremap_pages: mark devm_memremap_pages() EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL (bnc#1012382).
  • mm,memory_hotplug: fix scan_movable_pages() for gigantic hugepages (bsc#1127731).
  • net: Add header for usage of fls64() (bnc#1012382).
  • net: Do not allocate page fragments that are not skb aligned (bnc#1012382).
  • net: dsa: bcm_sf2: Do not assume DSA master supports WoL (git-fixes).
  • net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: fix port VLAN maps (git-fixes).
  • net: Fix for_each_netdev_feature on Big endian (bnc#1012382).
  • net: fix IPv6 prefix route residue (bnc#1012382).
  • net/hamradio/6pack: Convert timers to use timer_setup() (git-fixes).
  • net/hamradio/6pack: use mod_timer() to rearm timers (git-fixes).
  • net: ipv4: use a dedicated counter for icmp_v4 redirect packets (bnc#1012382).
  • net: lan78xx: Fix race in tx pending skb size calculation (git-fixes).
  • net/mlx4_core: drop useless LIST_HEAD (git-fixes).
  • net/mlx4_core: Fix qp mtt size calculation (git-fixes).
  • net/mlx4_core: Fix reset flow when in command polling mode (git-fixes).
  • net/mlx4: Fix endianness issue in qp context params (git-fixes).
  • net/mlx5: Continue driver initialization despite debugfs failure (git-fixes).
  • net/mlx5e: Fix TCP checksum in LRO buffers (git-fixes).
  • net/mlx5: Fix driver load bad flow when having fw initializing timeout (git-fixes).
  • net/mlx5: fix uaccess beyond "count" in debugfs read/write handlers (git-fixes).
  • net/mlx5: Fix use-after-free in self-healing flow (git-fixes).
  • net/mlx5: Return success for PAGE_FAULT_RESUME in internal error state (git-fixes).
  • net: mv643xx_eth: fix packet corruption with TSO and tiny unaligned packets (git-fixes).
  • net: phy: Avoid polling PHY with PHY_IGNORE_INTERRUPTS (git-fixes).
  • net: phy: bcm7xxx: Fix shadow mode 2 disabling (git-fixes).
  • net: qca_spi: Fix race condition in spi transfers (git-fixes).
  • net: stmmac: Fix a race in EEE enable callback (bnc#1012382).
  • net: stmmac: Fix a race in EEE enable callback (git-fixes).
  • net: thunderx: set tso_hdrs pointer to NULL in nicvf_free_snd_queue (git-fixes).
  • net/x25: do not hold the cpu too long in x25_new_lci() (bnc#1012382).
  • PCI/PME: Fix hotplug/sysfs remove deadlock in pcie_pme_remove() (bsc#1129241).
  • perf/x86: Add sysfs entry to freeze counters on SMI (bsc#1121805).
  • perf/x86/intel: Delay memory deallocation until x86_pmu_dead_cpu() (bsc#1121805).
  • perf/x86/intel: Do not enable freeze-on-smi for PerfMon V1 (bsc#1121805).
  • perf/x86/intel: Fix memory corruption (bsc#1121805).
  • perf/x86/intel: Generalize dynamic constraint creation (bsc#1121805).
  • perf/x86/intel: Implement support for TSX Force Abort (bsc#1121805).
  • perf/x86/intel: Make cpuc allocations consistent (bsc#1121805).
  • phy: micrel: Ensure interrupts are reenabled on resume (git-fixes).
  • powerpc/pseries: Add CPU dlpar remove functionality (bsc#1128756).
  • powerpc/pseries: Consolidate CPU hotplug code to hotplug-cpu.c (bsc#1128756).
  • powerpc/pseries: Factor out common cpu hotplug code (bsc#1128756).
  • powerpc/pseries: Perform full re-add of CPU for topology update post-migration (bsc#1128756).
  • pppoe: fix reception of frames with no mac header (git-fixes).
  • pptp: dst_release sk_dst_cache in pptp_sock_destruct (git-fixes).
  • pseries/energy: Use OF accessor function to read ibm,drc-indexes (bsc#1129080).
  • rdma/bnxt_re: Synchronize destroy_qp with poll_cq (bsc#1125446).
  • Revert "mm, devm_memremap_pages: mark devm_memremap_pages() EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL" (bnc#1012382).
  • Revert "x86/platform/UV: Use efi_runtime_lock to serialise BIOS calls" (bsc#1128565).
  • s390/qeth: cancel close_dev work before removing a card (LTC#175898, bsc#1127561).
  • scsi: aacraid: Fix missing break in switch statement (bsc#1128696).
  • scsi: ibmvscsi: Fix empty event pool access during host removal (bsc#1119019).
  • scsi: lpfc: do not set queue->page_count to 0 if pc_sli4_params.wqpcnt is invalid (bsc#1127725).
  • scsi: qla2xxx: Fix early srb free on abort (bsc#1121713).
  • scsi: qla2xxx: Fix for double free of SRB structure (bsc#1121713).
  • scsi: qla2xxx: Increase abort timeout value (bsc#1121713).
  • scsi: qla2xxx: Move {get|rel}_sp to base_qpair struct (bsc#1121713).
  • scsi: qla2xxx: Return switch command on a timeout (bsc#1121713).
  • scsi: qla2xxx: Turn off IOCB timeout timer on IOCB completion (bsc#1121713).
  • scsi: qla2xxx: Use correct qpair for ABTS/CMD (bsc#1121713).
  • scsi: sym53c8xx: fix NULL pointer dereference panic in sym_int_sir() (bsc#1125315).
  • sky2: Increase D3 delay again (bnc#1012382).
  • tcp: clear icsk_backoff in tcp_write_queue_purge() (bnc#1012382).
  • tcp: tcp_v4_err() should be more careful (bnc#1012382).
  • team: avoid complex list operations in team_nl_cmd_options_set() (bnc#1012382).
  • team: Free BPF filter when unregistering netdev (git-fixes).
  • tracing: Do not free iter->trace in fail path of tracing_open_pipe() (bsc#1129581).
  • vsock: cope with memory allocation failure at socket creation time (bnc#1012382).
  • vxlan: test dev->flags & IFF_UP before calling netif_rx() (bnc#1012382).
  • wireless: airo: potential buffer overflow in sprintf() (bsc#1120902).
  • x86: Add TSX Force Abort CPUID/MSR (bsc#1121805).
  • x86: Fix incorrect value for X86_FEATURE_TSX_FORCE_ABORT
  • x86: livepatch: Treat R_X86_64_PLT32 as R_X86_64_PC32 (bnc#1012382).
  • xen, cpu_hotplug: Prevent an out of bounds access (bsc#1065600).
  • xen: remove pre-xen3 fallback handlers (bsc#1065600).
  • xfs: remove filestream item xfs_inode reference (bsc#1127961).

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-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-BSK-12-SP3-2019-801=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2019-801=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-HA-12-SP3-2019-801=1 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2019-801=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-HA-12-SP3-2019-801=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-SP3-2019-801=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2019-801=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2019-801=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2019-801=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP3-2019-801=1
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Bootstrap Kit 12 12-SP3 (nosrc s390x)
    • kernel-zfcpdump-4.4.176-94.88.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Bootstrap Kit 12 12-SP3 (s390x)
    • kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource-4.4.176-94.88.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 (nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-default-4.4.176-94.88.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • kernel-default-extra-debuginfo-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-default-devel-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-syms-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-default-extra-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-default-debugsource-4.4.176-94.88.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 (noarch)
    • kernel-source-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-devel-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-macros-4.4.176-94.88.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • ocfs2-kmp-default-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • cluster-md-kmp-default-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-default-devel-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • dlm-kmp-default-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-default-base-debuginfo-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-syms-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-default-base-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-default-debugsource-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • gfs2-kmp-default-4.4.176-94.88.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (nosrc ppc64le x86_64)
    • kernel-default-4.4.176-94.88.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (noarch)
    • kernel-source-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-devel-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-macros-4.4.176-94.88.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • ocfs2-kmp-default-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • cluster-md-kmp-default-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • dlm-kmp-default-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-default-debugsource-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • gfs2-kmp-default-4.4.176-94.88.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP3 (nosrc)
    • kernel-default-4.4.176-94.88.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • kgraft-patch-4_4_176-94_88-default-1-4.9.1
    • kgraft-patch-4_4_176-94_88-default-debuginfo-1-4.9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 (noarch)
    • kernel-docs-4.4.176-94.88.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-obs-build-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-obs-build-debugsource-4.4.176-94.88.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 nosrc)
    • kernel-default-4.4.176-94.88.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-default-devel-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-default-base-debuginfo-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-syms-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-default-base-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-default-debugsource-4.4.176-94.88.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (noarch)
    • kernel-source-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-devel-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-macros-4.4.176-94.88.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (s390x)
    • kernel-default-man-4.4.176-94.88.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (aarch64 nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-default-4.4.176-94.88.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • kernel-default-devel-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-default-base-debuginfo-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-syms-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-default-base-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-default-debugsource-4.4.176-94.88.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (noarch)
    • kernel-source-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-devel-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-macros-4.4.176-94.88.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP3 (nosrc)
    • kernel-default-4.4.176-94.88.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP3 (x86_64)
    • kernel-default-extra-debuginfo-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-default-extra-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-default-debugsource-4.4.176-94.88.1
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 (nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-default-4.4.176-94.88.1
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 (x86_64)
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-default-debugsource-4.4.176-94.88.1
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0 (nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-default-4.4.176-94.88.1
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0 (x86_64)
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-default-debugsource-4.4.176-94.88.1
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0 (nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-default-4.4.176-94.88.1
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0 (x86_64)
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-4.4.176-94.88.1
    • kernel-default-debugsource-4.4.176-94.88.1

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