Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 kernel was updated to 3.12.38 to receive
various security and bugfixes.

This update contains the following feature enablements:

• The remote block device (rbd) and ceph drivers have been enabled and are
  now supported. (FATE#318350) These can be used e.g. for accessing the
  SUSE Enterprise Storage product services.

• Support for Intel Select Bay trail CPUs has been added. (FATE#316038)

Following security issues were fixed:

• CVE-2014-9419: The __switch_to function in arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
  in the Linux kernel through 3.18.1 did not ensure that Thread Local
  Storage (TLS) descriptors were loaded before proceeding with other
  steps, which made it easier for local users to bypass the ASLR
  protection mechanism via a crafted application that reads a TLS base
  address (bnc#911326).

• CVE-2014-7822: A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernels splice()
  system call validated its parameters. On certain file systems, a local,
  unprivileged user could have used this flaw to write past the maximum
  file size, and thus crash the system.

• CVE-2014-8160: The connection tracking module could be bypassed if a
  specific protocol module was not loaded, e.g. allowing SCTP traffic
  while the firewall should have filtered it.

• CVE-2014-9584: The parse_rock_ridge_inode_internal function in
  fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 did not validate a
  length value in the Extensions Reference (ER) System Use Field, which
  allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory
  via a crafted iso9660 image (bnc#912654).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

• audit: Allow login in non-init namespaces (bnc#916107).
• btrfs: avoid unnecessary switch of path locks to blocking mode.
• btrfs: fix directory inconsistency after fsync log replay (bnc#915425).
• btrfs: fix fsync log replay for inodes with a mix of regular refs and
  extrefs (bnc#915425).
• btrfs: fix fsync race leading to ordered extent memory leaks
  (bnc#917128).
• btrfs: fix fsync when extend references are added to an inode
  (bnc#915425).
• btrfs: fix missing error handler if submiting re-read bio fails.
• btrfs: fix race between transaction commit and empty block group removal
  (bnc#915550).
• btrfs: fix scrub race leading to use-after-free (bnc#915456).
• btrfs: fix setup_leaf_for_split() to avoid leaf corruption (bnc#915454).
• btrfs: improve free space cache management and space allocation.
• btrfs: make btrfs_search_forward return with nodes unlocked.
• btrfs: scrub, fix sleep in atomic context (bnc#915456).
• btrfs: unlock nodes earlier when inserting items in a btree.
• drm/i915: On G45 enable cursor plane briefly after enabling the display
  plane (bnc#918161).
• Fix Module.supported handling for external modules (bnc#905304).
• keys: close race between key lookup and freeing (bnc#912202).
• msi: also reject resource with flags all clear.
• pci: Add ACS quirk for Emulex NICs (bug#917089).
• pci: Add ACS quirk for Intel 10G NICs (bug#917089).
• pci: Add ACS quirk for Solarflare SFC9120 & SFC9140 (bug#917089).
• Refresh other Xen patches (bsc#909829).
• Update
  patches.suse/btrfs-8177-improve-free-space-cache-management-and-space-.patc
  h (bnc#895805).
• be2net: avoid flashing SH-B0 UFI image on SH-P2 chip (bug#908322).
• be2net: refactor code that checks flash file compatibility (bug#908322).
• ceph: Add necessary clean up if invalid reply received in handle_reply()
  (bsc#918255).
• crush: CHOOSE_LEAF -> CHOOSELEAF throughout (bsc#918255).
• crush: add SET_CHOOSE_TRIES rule step (bsc#918255).
• crush: add note about r in recursive choose (bsc#918255).
• crush: add set_choose_local_[fallback_]tries steps (bsc#918255).
• crush: apply chooseleaf_tries to firstn mode too (bsc#918255).
• crush: attempts -> tries (bsc#918255).
• crush: clarify numrep vs endpos (bsc#918255).
• crush: eliminate CRUSH_MAX_SET result size limitation (bsc#918255).
• crush: factor out (trivial) crush_destroy_rule() (bsc#918255).
• crush: fix crush_choose_firstn comment (bsc#918255).
• crush: fix some comments (bsc#918255).
• crush: generalize descend_once (bsc#918255).
• crush: new SET_CHOOSE_LEAF_TRIES command (bsc#918255).
• crush: pass parent r value for indep call (bsc#918255).
• crush: pass weight vector size to map function (bsc#918255).
• crush: reduce scope of some local variables (bsc#918255).
• crush: return CRUSH_ITEM_UNDEF for failed placements with indep
  (bsc#918255).
• crush: strip firstn conditionals out of crush_choose, rename
  (bsc#918255).
• crush: use breadth-first search for indep mode (bsc#918255).
• crypto: drbg - panic on continuous self test error (bsc#905482).
• dasd: List corruption in error recovery (bnc#914291, LTC#120865).
• epoll: optimize setting task running after blocking (epoll-performance).
• fips: We need to activate gcm(aes) in FIPS mode, RFCs 4106 and 4543
  (bsc#914126,bsc#914457).
• fips: __driver-gcm-aes-aesni needs to be listed explicitly inside the
  testmgr.c file (bsc#914457).
• flow_dissector: add tipc support (bnc#916513).
• hotplug, powerpc, x86: Remove cpu_hotplug_driver_lock() (bsc#907069).
• hyperv: Add support for vNIC hot removal.
• kernel: incorrect clock_gettime result (bnc#914291, LTC#121184).
• kvm: iommu: Add cond_resched to legacy device assignment code
  (bsc#898687).
• libceph: CEPH_OSD_FLAG_* enum update (bsc#918255).
• libceph: add ceph_kv{malloc,free}() and switch to them (bsc#918255).
• libceph: add ceph_pg_pool_by_id() (bsc#918255).
• libceph: all features fields must be u64 (bsc#918255).
• libceph: dout() is missing a newline (bsc#918255).
• libceph: factor out logic from ceph_osdc_start_request() (bsc#918255).
• libceph: fix error handling in ceph_osdc_init() (bsc#918255).
• libceph: follow redirect replies from osds (bsc#918255).
• libceph: follow {read,write}_tier fields on osd request submission
  (bsc#918255).
• libceph: introduce and start using oid abstraction (bsc#918255).
• libceph: rename MAX_OBJ_NAME_SIZE to CEPH_MAX_OID_NAME_LEN (bsc#918255).
• libceph: rename ceph_osd_request::r_{oloc,oid} to r_base_{oloc,oid}
  (bsc#918255).
• libceph: replace ceph_calc_ceph_pg() with ceph_oloc_oid_to_pg()
  (bsc#918255).
• libceph: start using oloc abstraction (bsc#918255).
• libceph: take map_sem for read in handle_reply() (bsc#918255).
• libceph: update ceph_features.h (bsc#918255).
• libceph: use CEPH_MON_PORT when the specified port is 0 (bsc#918255).
• locking/mutex: Explicitly mark task as running after wakeup (mutex
  scalability).
• locking/osq: No need for load/acquire when acquire-polling (mutex
  scalability).
• locking/rtmutex: Optimize setting task running after being blocked
  (mutex scalability).
• mm/compaction: fix wrong order check in compact_finished() (VM
  Performance, bnc#904177).
• mm/compaction: stop the isolation when we isolate enough freepage (VM
  Performance, bnc#904177).
• mm: fix negative nr_isolated counts (VM Performance).
• mutex-debug: Always clear owner field upon mutex_unlock() (mutex bugfix).
• net: 8021q/bluetooth/bridge/can/ceph: Remove extern from function
  prototypes (bsc#918255).
• net: allow macvlans to move to net namespace (bnc#915660).
• net:socket: set msg_namelen to 0 if msg_name is passed as NULL in msghdr
  struct from userland (bnc#900270).
• nfs_prime_dcache needs fh to be set (bnc#908069 bnc#896484).
• ocfs2: remove filesize checks for sync I/O journal commit (bnc#800255).
  Update references.
• powerpc/xmon: Fix another endiannes issue in RTAS call from xmon
  (bsc#915188).
• pvscsi: support suspend/resume (bsc#902286).
• random: account for entropy loss due to overwrites
  (bsc#904883,bsc#904901).
• random: allow fractional bits to be tracked (bsc#904883,bsc#904901).
• random: statically compute poolbitshift, poolbytes, poolbits
  (bsc#904883,bsc#904901).
• rbd: add "^A" sysfs rbd device attribute (bsc#918255).
• rbd: add support for single-major device number allocation scheme
  (bsc#918255).
• rbd: enable extended devt in single-major mode (bsc#918255).
• rbd: introduce rbd_dev_header_unwatch_sync() and switch to it
  (bsc#918255).
• rbd: rbd_device::dev_id is an int, format it as such (bsc#918255).
• rbd: refactor rbd_init() a bit (bsc#918255).
• rbd: switch to ida for rbd id assignments (bsc#918255).
• rbd: tear down watch request if rbd_dev_device_setup() fails
  (bsc#918255).
• rbd: tweak "loaded" message and module description (bsc#918255).
• rbd: wire up is_visible() sysfs callback for rbd bus (bsc#918255).
• rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: Own the modules directory in the devel
  package (bnc#910322)
• s390/dasd: fix infinite loop during format (bnc#914291, LTC#120608).
• s390/dasd: remove unused code (bnc#914291, LTC#120608).
• sched/Documentation: Remove unneeded word (mutex scalability).
• sched/completion: Add lock-free checking of the blocking case (scheduler
  scalability).
• scsifront: avoid acquiring same lock twice if ring is full.
• scsifront: do not use bitfields for indicators modified under different
  locks.
• swiotlb: Warn on allocation failure in swiotlb_alloc_coherent
  (bsc#905783).
• uas: Add NO_ATA_1X for VIA VL711 devices (bnc#914254).
• uas: Add US_FL_NO_ATA_1X for 2 more Seagate disk enclosures (bnc#914254).
• uas: Add US_FL_NO_ATA_1X for Seagate devices with usb-id 0bc2:a013
  (bnc#914254).
• uas: Add US_FL_NO_ATA_1X quirk for 1 more Seagate model (bnc#914254).
• uas: Add US_FL_NO_ATA_1X quirk for 2 more Seagate models (bnc#914254).
• uas: Add US_FL_NO_ATA_1X quirk for Seagate (0bc2:ab20) drives
  (bnc#914254).
• uas: Add a quirk for rejecting ATA_12 and ATA_16 commands (bnc#914254).
• uas: Add missing le16_to_cpu calls to asm1051 / asm1053 usb-id check
  (bnc#914294).
• uas: Add no-report-opcodes quirk (bnc#914254).
• uas: Disable uas on ASM1051 devices (bnc#914294).
• uas: Do not blacklist ASM1153 disk enclosures (bnc#914294).
• uas: Use streams on upcoming 10Gbps / 3.1 USB (bnc#914464).
• uas: disable UAS on Apricorn SATA dongles (bnc#914300).
• usb-storage: support for more than 8 LUNs (bsc#906196).
• x86, crash: Allocate enough low-mem when crashkernel=high (bsc#905783).
• x86, crash: Allocate enough low-mem when crashkernel=high (bsc#905783).
• x86, swiotlb: Try coherent allocations with __GFP_NOWARN (bsc#905783).
• x86/hpet: Make boot_hpet_disable extern (bnc#916646).
• x86/intel: Add quirk to disable HPET for the Baytrail platform
  (bnc#916646).
• x86: irq: Check for valid irq descriptor
  incheck_irq_vectors_for_cpu_disable (bnc#914726).
• x86: irq: Check for valid irq descriptor in
  check_irq_vectors_for_cpu_disable (bnc#914726).
• xhci: Add broken-streams quirk for Fresco Logic FL1000G xhci controllers
  (bnc#914112).
• zcrypt: Number of supported ap domains is not retrievable (bnc#914291,
  LTC#120788).