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SUSE Security Announcement

Package: kernel
Announcement ID: SUSE-SA:2011:021
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:00:00 +0000
Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4
Vulnerability Type: remote denial of service
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
SUSE Default Package: yes
Cross-References: CVE-2010-4650, CVE-2011-0191, CVE-2011-0521
CVE-2011-0711, CVE-2011-0712, CVE-2011-1010
CVE-2011-1012, CVE-2011-1013, CVE-2011-1016
CVE-2011-1082, CVE-2011-1093, CVE-2011-1160
CVE-2011-1163, CVE-2011-1180, CVE-2011-1182
CVE-2011-1476, CVE-2011-1477, CVE-2011-1478
CVE-2011-1493, CVE-2011-1577, CVE-2011-1581

Content of This Advisory:
1) Security Vulnerability Resolved:
Linux kernel security update
Problem Description
2) Solution or Work-Around
3) Special Instructions and Notes
4) Package Location and Checksums
5) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds:
See SUSE Security Summary Report.
6) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information

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1) Problem Description and Brief Discussion

The openSUSE 11.4 kernel was updated to 2.6.37.6 fixing lots of
bugs and security issues.

Following security issues have been fixed:
CVE-2011-1493: In the rose networking stack, when parsing the
FAC_NATIONAL_DIGIS facilities field, it was possible for a remote host
to provide more digipeaters than expected, resulting in heap corruption.
Check against ROSE_MAX_DIGIS to prevent overflows, and abort facilities
parsing on failure.

CVE-2011-1182: Local attackers could send signals to their programs that
looked like coming from the kernel, potentially gaining privileges in
the context of setuid programs.

CVE-2011-1478: An issue in the core GRO code where an skb belonging to an
unknown VLAN is reused could result in a NULL pointer dereference.

CVE-2011-1476: Specially crafted requests may be written to /dev/sequencer
resulting in an underflow when calculating a size for a copy_from_user()
operation in the driver for MIDI interfaces. On x86, this just returns an
error, but it could have caused memory corruption on other architectures. Other
malformed requests could have resulted in the use of uninitialized variables.

CVE-2011-1477: Due to a failure to validate user-supplied indexes in
the driver for Yamaha YM3812 and OPL-3 chips, a specially crafted ioctl
request could have been sent to /dev/sequencer, resulting in reading
and writing beyond the bounds of heap buffers, and potentially allowing
privilege escalation.

CVE-2011-0191: A information leak in the XFS geometry calls could be used
by local attackers to gain access to kernel information.

CVE-2011-0711: A stack memory information leak in the xfs FSGEOMETRY_V1
ioctl was fixed.

CVE-2011-0521: The dvb_ca_ioctl function in
drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/av7110_ca.c in the Linux kernel did not check
the sign of a certain integer field, which allowed local users to cause
a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified
other impact via a negative value.

CVE-2011-1010: The code for evaluating Mac partitions (in
fs/partitions/mac.c) contained a bug that could crash the kernel
for certain corrupted Mac partitions.

CVE-2011-0712: Multiple buffer overflows in the caiaq Native Instruments
USB audio functionality in the Linux kernel might have allowed attackers
to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact
via a long USB device name, related to (1) the snd_usb_caiaq_audio_init
function in sound/usb/caiaq/audio.c and (2) the snd_usb_caiaq_midi_init
function in sound/usb/caiaq/midi.c.

CVE-2011-1013: A signedness issue in the drm ioctl handling could be used
by local attackers to potentially overflow kernel buffers and execute code.

CVE-2011-1082: The epoll subsystem in Linux did not prevent users from
creating circular epoll file structures, potentially leading to a denial
of service (kernel deadlock).

CVE-2010-4650: A kernel buffer overflow in the cuse server module was fixed,
which might have allowed local privilege escalation.
However only CUSE servers could exploit it and /dev/cuse is normally restricted to root.

CVE-2011-1093: A bug was fixed in the DCCP networking stack where the
order of dccp_rcv_state_process() still permitted reception even after
closing the socket. A Reset after close thus causes a NULL pointer
dereference by not preventing operations on an already torn-down socket.

CVE-2011-1163: The code for evaluating OSF partitions (in
fs/partitions/osf.c) contained a bug that leaks data from kernel heap
memory to userspace for certain corrupted OSF partitions.

CVE-2011-1012: The code for evaluating LDM partitions (in
fs/partitions/ldm.c) contained a bug that could crash the kernel
for certain corrupted LDM partitions.

CVE-2011-1581: Doing bridging with devices with more than 16 receive
queues could crash the kernel.

CVE-2011-1160: Kernel information via the TPM devices could by used by
local attackers to read kernel memory.

CVE-2011-1577: The Linux kernel automatically evaluated partition
tables of storage devices. The code for evaluating EFI GUID partitions
(in fs/partitions/efi.c) contained a bug that causes a kernel oops on
certain corrupted GUID partition tables, which might be used by local
attackers to crash the kernel or potentially execute code.

CVE-2011-1180: In the IrDA module, length fields provided by a peer for names and
attributes may be longer than the destination array sizes and were not checked,
this allowed local attackers (close to the irda port) to potentially corrupt memory.

CVE-2011-1016: The Radeon GPU drivers in the Linux kernel did not properly
validate data related to the AA resolve registers, which allowed local
users to write to arbitrary memory locations associated with (1) Video RAM
(aka VRAM) or (2) the Graphics Translation Table (GTT) via crafted values.

2) Solution or Work-Around

There is no known workaround, please install the update packages.

3) Special Instructions and Notes

Please reboot the machine after installing the update.

4) Package Location and Checksums

The preferred method for installing security updates is to use the YaST
"Online Update" module or the "zypper" commandline tool. The package and
patch management stack will detect which updates are required and
automatically perform the necessary steps to verify and install them.

Alternatively, download the update packages for your distribution manually
and verify their integrity by the methods listed in Section 6 of this
announcement. Then install the packages using the command

rpm -Fhv

to apply the update, replacing with the filename of the
downloaded RPM package.


x86 Platform:

openSUSE 11.4:
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/kernel-debug-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/kernel-debug-base-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/kernel-debug-devel-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/kernel-default-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/kernel-default-base-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/kernel-default-devel-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/kernel-desktop-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/kernel-desktop-base-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/kernel-desktop-devel-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/kernel-ec2-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/kernel-ec2-base-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/kernel-ec2-devel-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/kernel-ec2-extra-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/kernel-pae-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/kernel-pae-base-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/kernel-pae-devel-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/kernel-syms-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/kernel-trace-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/kernel-trace-base-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/kernel-trace-devel-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/kernel-vanilla-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/kernel-vanilla-base-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/kernel-vanilla-devel-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/kernel-vmi-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/kernel-vmi-base-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/kernel-vmi-devel-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/kernel-xen-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/kernel-xen-base-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/kernel-xen-devel-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/preload-kmp-default-1.2_k2.6.37.6_0.5-6.7.3.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/preload-kmp-desktop-1.2_k2.6.37.6_0.5-6.7.3.i586.rpm

Platform Independent:

openSUSE 11.4:
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/noarch/kernel-devel-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.noarch.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/noarch/kernel-docs-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.noarch.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/noarch/kernel-source-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.noarch.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/noarch/kernel-source-vanilla-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.noarch.rpm

x86-64 Platform:

openSUSE 11.4:
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/kernel-debug-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.x86_64.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/kernel-debug-base-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.x86_64.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/kernel-debug-devel-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.x86_64.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/kernel-default-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.x86_64.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/kernel-default-base-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.x86_64.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/kernel-default-devel-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.x86_64.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/kernel-desktop-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.x86_64.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/kernel-desktop-base-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.x86_64.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/kernel-desktop-devel-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.x86_64.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/kernel-ec2-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.x86_64.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/kernel-ec2-base-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.x86_64.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/kernel-ec2-devel-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.x86_64.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/kernel-ec2-extra-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.x86_64.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/kernel-syms-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.x86_64.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/kernel-trace-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.x86_64.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/kernel-trace-base-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.x86_64.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/kernel-trace-devel-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.x86_64.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/kernel-vanilla-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.x86_64.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/kernel-vanilla-base-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.x86_64.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/kernel-vanilla-devel-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.x86_64.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/kernel-xen-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.x86_64.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/kernel-xen-base-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.x86_64.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/kernel-xen-devel-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.x86_64.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/preload-kmp-default-1.2_k2.6.37.6_0.5-6.7.3.x86_64.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/preload-kmp-desktop-1.2_k2.6.37.6_0.5-6.7.3.x86_64.rpm

Sources:

openSUSE 11.4:
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/src/kernel-debug-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.nosrc.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/src/kernel-default-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.nosrc.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/src/kernel-desktop-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.nosrc.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/src/kernel-docs-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.src.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/src/kernel-ec2-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.nosrc.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/src/kernel-pae-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.nosrc.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/src/kernel-source-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.src.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/src/kernel-syms-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.src.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/src/kernel-trace-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.nosrc.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/src/kernel-vanilla-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.nosrc.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/src/kernel-vmi-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.nosrc.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/src/kernel-xen-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.nosrc.rpm

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5) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds:

See SUSE Security Summary Report.
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6) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information

- Announcement authenticity verification:

SUSE security announcements are published via mailing lists and on Web
sites. The authenticity and integrity of a SUSE security announcement is
guaranteed by a cryptographic signature in each announcement. All SUSE
security announcements are published with a valid signature.

To verify the signature of the announcement, save it as text into a file
and run the command

gpg --verify

replacing with the name of the file where you saved the
announcement. The output for a valid signature looks like:

gpg: Signature made using RSA key ID 3D25D3D9
gpg: Good signature from "SuSE Security Team "

where is replaced by the date the document was signed.

If the security team's key is not contained in your key ring, you can
import it from the first installation CD. To import the key, use the
command

gpg --import gpg-pubkey-3d25d3d9-36e12d04.asc

- Package authenticity verification:

SUSE update packages are available on many mirror FTP servers all over the
world. While this service is considered valuable and important to the free
and open source software community, the authenticity and the integrity of
a package needs to be verified to ensure that it has not been tampered
with.

The internal rpm package signatures provide an easy way to verify the
authenticity of an RPM package. Use the command

rpm -v --checksig

to verify the signature of the package, replacing with the
filename of the RPM package downloaded. The package is unmodified if it
contains a valid signature from build@suse.de with the key ID 9C800ACA.

This key is automatically imported into the RPM database (on
RPMv4-based distributions) and the gpg key ring of 'root' during
installation. You can also find it on the first installation CD and at
the end of this announcement.

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