kernel: security and bugfix update
The openSUSE 11.4 kernel was updated to fix
various bugs and security issues.
This is the final update of the 2.6.37 kernel of openSUSE 11.4.
- Submitted by Jeff Mahoney (jeff_mahoney)
- Reboot is suggested
Fixed bugs
bnc#774285
reiserfs: deadlocks when using journaled quotas
bnc#717749
VUL-1: CVE-2011-3359: kernel: b43 allocates receive buffers big enough for max frame len + offset
bnc#769896
VUL-0: CVE-2012-3375: kernel: crash in epoll()
CVE-CVE-2010-4249
The wait_for_unix_gc function in net/unix/garbage.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc3-next-20101125 does not properly select times for garbage collection of inflight sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via craf
bnc#653260
VUL-1: kernel: remote DoS in X.25
bnc#755546
SBT740:Juno-IOC-L:cougarfsp:cougarp01:EEH recovery failed on Rains-LP (be2net/Emulex)
bnc#758260
VUL-1: CVE-2012-2123: kernel: fcaps: clear the same personality flags as suid when fcaps are used
bnc#765102
VUL-1: CVE-2012-6638: kernel: denial of service via specially forged TCP packets (SYN+FIN)
bnc#765320
VUL-1: CVE-2012-2136: kernel: data_len not validated before allocating skb in sock_alloc_send_pskb()
CVE-CVE-2012-1090
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bnc#749569
VUL-1: CVE-2012-1090: kernel: cifs: dentry refcount leak when opening a FIFO on lookup leads to panic on unmount
bnc#681639
nat ftp broken in latest maintenance kernel
CVE-CVE-2011-2700
Multiple buffer overflows in the si4713_write_econtrol_string function in drivers/media/radio/si4713-i2c.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4 on the N900 platform might allow local users to cause a denial of service or have unspecified other impact via a
CVE-CVE-2011-2909
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bnc#756840
BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 000000003b91bbac
CVE-CVE-2011-2928
The befs_follow_link function in fs/befs/linuxvfs.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1-rc3 does not validate the length attribute of long symlinks, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (incorrect pointer dereference and OOPS) by accessing a l
bnc#781134
prepare memory cgroup controller for full hierarchy mode
CVE-CVE-2012-0044
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bnc#707332
VUL-1: kernel: si4713-i2c: avoid potential buffer overflow on si4713
bnc#756203
unable to handle kernel paging request (task_rq_lock)
bnc#711941
VUL-1: kernel: staging: comedi: fix infoleak to userspace
bnc#713430
VUL-1: CVE-2011-2928: kernel: ZERO_SIZE_PTR dereference for long symlinks in Be FS
bnc#740745
VUL-0: CVE-2012-0044: kernel: integer overflow in drm_mode_dirtyfb_ioctl()
CVE-CVE-2011-2517
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bnc#760902
VUL-1: CVE-2012-2319: kernel: hfsplus: mounting crafted filesystem can cause code execution
bnc#689860
kernel BUG at linux-2.6.37/fs/notify/mark.c:140
bnc#703410
VUL-1: kernel: nl80211: missing check for valid SSID size in scan operations
CVE-CVE-2012-1097
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bnc#750079
VUL-0: CVE-2012-1097: kernel: null pointer dereference on readonly regsets
bnc#747038
fscache 2 GB file size limitation
bnc#737624
If the number of ipsec policies exceeds the xfrm6 GC threshold (ipv6) the kernel crashes (panic).
bnc#726600
VUL-1: kernel: xfs: potential buffer overflow in xfs_readlink()
bnc#655696
VUL-1: kernel: unix socket local dos
bnc#730118
VUL-1: CVE-2011-4132: kernel: jbd/jbd2: oops
bnc#734056
VUL-1: CVE-2011-4110: kernel: NULL pointer deref in the user-defined key type
bnc#757278
VUL-1: CVE-2012-2100: kernel: ext4: fix undefined behaviour in ext4_fill_flex_info()
CVE-CVE-2011-4077
Buffer overflow in the xfs_readlink function in fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c in XFS in the Linux kernel 2.6, when CONFIG_XFS_DEBUG is disabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via
bnc#466279
/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_ftp.c ignores RFC 1123 regarding parentheses in FTP passive mode message 227
CVE-CVE-2010-4164
Multiple integer underflows in the x25_parse_facilities function in net/x25/x25_facilities.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via malformed X.25 (1) X25_FAC_CLASS_A, (2) X25_FAC_CLASS_B
bnc#759545
esp hangs on some MTUs if pmtu is enabled
CVE-CVE-2011-4110
The user_update function in security/keys/user_defined.c in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and kernel oops) via vectors related to a user-defined key and "updating a negative key into a fully
CVE-CVE-2009-4020
Stack-based buffer overflow in the hfs subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.32 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted Hierarchical File System (HFS) filesystem, related to the hfs_readdir function in fs/hfs/dir.c.
bnc#740448
VUL-1: kernel: igmp: Avoid zero delay when receiving odd mixture of IGMP queries
bnc#740703
VUL-0: kernel: xfs heap overflow
bnc#738644
SKY2 driver reporting checksum problems
bnc#714455
Opensuse 11.4 64b Kernel 2.6.37.6-0.7 bug : kworker thread at 90%
CVE-CVE-2011-1173
The econet_sendmsg function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 on the x86_64 platform allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading uninitialized data in the ah field of an
CVE-CVE-2010-3873
The X.25 implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 does not properly parse facilities, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via malformed (1) X25_F
bnc#683671
vlans cause softirq overload
CVE-CVE-2011-4086
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bnc#745832
VUL-1: CVE-2011-4086: kernel: jbd2: unmapped buffer with _Unwritten or _Delay flags set can lead to DoS
bnc#721366
failed to use pam_tty_audit
CVE-CVE-2011-3619
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bnc#717209
VUL-1: kernel: /proc/[PID]/attr/current overwrite Null pointer dereference
bnc#769408
mount.ocfs2 failed - dlm_send_nodeinfo:1235 ERROR: node mismatch -92
CVE-CVE-2011-1083
The epoll implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.37.2 and earlier does not properly traverse a tree of epoll file descriptors, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted application that makes epoll_create and ep
bnc#729247
kernel oops from drbd
bnc#676204
VUL-1: kernel: epoll DoS via large nested struct
CVE-CVE-2011-3638
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bnc#726045
VUL-1: kernel: ext4_ext_insert_extent() kernel oops
bnc#746980
[Intel BUG] igb: Fix for Alt MAC Address feature on 82580 and later devices
bnc#758813
VUL-1: kernel: unfiltered netdev rio_ioctl access by users
CVE-CVE-2011-4330
Stack-based buffer overflow in the hfs_mac2asc function in fs/hfs/trans.c in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HFS image with a crafted len field.
bnc#731673
VUL-1: CVE-2011-4330: kernel: hfs: wrong ->len field can cause overflow on a corrupted fs
CVE-CVE-2012-0038
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bnc#732908
Access to hd or filesystem broken after suspend2disk / resume
bnc#681186
VUL-0: kernel: econet: 4 byte infoleak to the network
bnc#758243
VUL-1: CVE-2012-2119: kernel: macvtap: zerocopy: vector length is not validated before pinning user pages
bnc#769784
VUL-1: CVE-2012-3400: kernel: udf filesystem logical volume descriptor overflows
CVE-CVE-2012-0207
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bnc#747660
FTP passive mode fails
bnc#744658
kernel BUG at /usr/src/packages/BUILD/kernel-xen-3.0.13/linux-3.0/fs/sysfs/group.c:65!
CVE-CVE-2012-1146
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bnc#750959
VUL-0: kernel: mm: memcg: unregistring of events attached to the same eventfd can lead to oops
bnc#651219
VUL-0: kernel: X.25 remote DoS
bnc#748859
During wake-up from standby mode call traces happen for the driver igb and ixgbe of SLES 11 SP2 GMC3.