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Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

Description

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 RT kernel was updated to 3.12.67 to receive various security and bugfixes. This feature was added: - fate#320805: Execute in place (XIP) support for the ext2 filesystem. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-2069: Race condition in arch/x86/mm/tlb.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges by triggering access to a paging structure by a different CPU (bnc#963767). - CVE-2016-4998: The IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt implementation in the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging in-container root access to provide a crafted offset value that leads to crossing a ruleset blob boundary (bnc#986362). - CVE-2016-5195: A local privilege escalation using MAP_PRIVATE was fixed, which is reportedly exploited in the wild (bsc#1004418). - CVE-2016-5696: net/ipv4/tcp_input.c in the Linux kernel did not properly determine the rate of challenge ACK segments, which made it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to hijack TCP sessions via a blind in-window attack (bnc#989152) - CVE-2016-6130: Race condition in the sclp_ctl_ioctl_sccb function in drivers/s390/char/sclp_ctl.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by changing a certain length value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability (bnc#987542) - CVE-2016-6327: System using the infiniband support module ib_srpt were vulnerable to a denial of service by system crash by a local attacker who is able to abort writes by sending the ABORT_TASK command (bsc#994758) - CVE-2016-6480: Race condition in the ioctl_send_fib function in drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access or system crash) by changing a certain size value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability (bnc#991608) - CVE-2016-6828: Use after free 4 in tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue or other tcp_ functions (bsc#994296) - CVE-2016-7042: The proc_keys_show function in security/keys/proc.c in the Linux kernel used an incorrect buffer size for certain timeout data, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption and panic) by reading the /proc/keys file (bsc#1004517). - CVE-2016-7097: The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel preserved the setgid bit during a setxattr call, which allowed local users to gain group privileges by leveraging the existence of a setgid program with restrictions on execute permissions (bsc#995968). - CVE-2016-7425: A buffer overflow in the Linux Kernel in arcmsr_iop_message_xfer() could have caused kernel heap corruption and arbitraty kernel code execution (bsc#999932) - CVE-2016-8658: Stack-based buffer overflow in the brcmf_cfg80211_start_ap function in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long SSID Information Element in a command to a Netlink socket (bsc#1004462). The following non-security bugs were fixed: - aacraid: Fix RRQ overload (bsc#1003079). - acpi / PM: Ignore wakeup setting if the ACPI companion can't wake up. - AF_VSOCK: Shrink the area influenced by prepare_to_wait (bsc#994520). - apparmor: add missing id bounds check on dfa verification (bsc#1000304). - apparmor: check that xindex is in trans_table bounds (bsc#1000304). - apparmor: do not expose kernel stack (bsc#1000304). - apparmor: don't check for vmalloc_addr if kvzalloc() failed (bsc#1000304). - apparmor: ensure the target profile name is always audited (bsc#1000304). - apparmor: exec should not be returning ENOENT when it denies (bsc#1000304). - apparmor: fix arg_size computation for when setprocattr is null terminated (bsc#1000304). - apparmor: fix audit full profile hname on successful load (bsc#1000304). - apparmor: fix change_hat not finding hat after policy replacement (bsc#1000287). - apparmor: fix disconnected bind mnts reconnection (bsc#1000304). - apparmor: fix log failures for all profiles in a set (bsc#1000304). - apparmor: fix module parameters can be changed after policy is locked (bsc#1000304). - apparmor: fix oops in profile_unpack() when policy_db is not present (bsc#1000304). - apparmor: fix oops, validate buffer size in apparmor_setprocattr() (bsc#1000304). - apparmor: fix put() parent ref after updating the active ref (bsc#1000304). - apparmor: fix refcount bug in profile replacement (bsc#1000304). - apparmor: fix refcount race when finding a child profile (bsc#1000304). - apparmor: fix replacement bug that adds new child to old parent (bsc#1000304). - apparmor: fix uninitialized lsm_audit member (bsc#1000304). - apparmor: fix update the mtime of the profile file on replacement (bsc#1000304). - apparmor: internal paths should be treated as disconnected (bsc#1000304). - apparmor: use list_next_entry instead of list_entry_next (bsc#1000304). - arm64: Ensure pmd_present() returns false after pmd_mknotpresent() (Automatic NUMA Balancing). - avoid dentry crash triggered by NFS (bsc#984194). - be2net: Don't leak iomapped memory on removal (bsc#921784 FATE#318561). - be2net: fix BE3-R FW download compatibility check (bsc#921784 FATE#318561). - be2net: fix wrong return value in be_check_ufi_compatibility() (bsc#921784 FATE#318561). - be2net: remove vlan promisc capability from VF's profile descriptors (bsc#921784 FATE#318561). - blkfront: fix an error path memory leak (luckily none so far). - blk-mq: fix undefined behaviour in order_to_size(). - blktap2: eliminate deadlock potential from shutdown path (bsc#909994). - blktap2: eliminate race from deferred work queue handling (bsc#911687). - bluetooth: Fix potential NULL dereference in RFCOMM bind callback (bsc#1003925, CVE-2015-8956). - bond: Check length of IFLA_BOND_ARP_IP_TARGET attributes. - bonding: always set recv_probe to bond_arp_rcv in arp monitor (bsc#977687). - bonding: fix curr_active_slave/carrier with loadbalance arp monitoring. - bonding: Prevent IPv6 link local address on enslaved devices. - bonding: prevent out of bound accesses. - bonding: set carrier off for devices created through netlink (bsc#999577). - btrfs: account for non-CoW'd blocks in btrfs_abort_transaction (bsc#983619). - btrfs: add missing discards when unpinning extents with -o discard (bsc#904489). - btrfs: btrfs_issue_discard ensure offset/length are aligned to sector boundaries (bsc#904489). - btrfs: Disable btrfs-8448-improve-performance-on-fsync-against-new-inode.patch (bsc#981597). - btrfs: do not create or leak aliased root while cleaning up orphans (bsc#904489). - btrfs: ensure that file descriptor used with subvol ioctls is a dir (bsc#999600). - btrfs: explictly delete unused block groups in close_ctree and ro-remount (bsc#904489). - btrfs: Fix a data space underflow warning (bsc#985562, bsc#975596, bsc#984779) - btrfs: fix fitrim discarding device area reserved for boot loader's use (bsc#904489). - btrfs: handle quota reserve failure properly (bsc#1005666). - btrfs: iterate over unused chunk space in FITRIM (bsc#904489). - btrfs: make btrfs_issue_discard return bytes discarded (bsc#904489). - btrfs: properly track when rescan worker is running (bsc#989953). - btrfs: remove unnecessary locking of cleaner_mutex to avoid deadlock (bsc#904489). - btrfs: skip superblocks during discard (bsc#904489). - btrfs: test_check_exists: Fix infinite loop when searching for free space entries (bsc#987192). - btrfs: waiting on qgroup rescan should not always be interruptible (bsc#992712). - cdc-acm: added sanity checking for probe() (bsc#993891). - cephfs: ignore error from invalidate_inode_pages2_range() in direct write (bsc#995153). - cephfs: remove warning when ceph_releasepage() is called on dirty page (bsc#995153). - ceph: Refresh patches.suse/CFS-0259-ceph-Asynchronous-IO-support.patch. After a write, we must free the 'request', not the 'response' (bsc#995153). - clockevents: export clockevents_unbind_device instead of clockevents_unbind (bnc#937888). - conntrack: RFC5961 challenge ACK confuse conntrack LAST-ACK transition (bsc#966864). - cxgbi: fix uninitialized flowi6 (bsc#924384 FATE#318570 bsc#921338). - dm: fix AB-BA deadlock in __dm_destroy(). (bsc#970943) - efi: Small leak on error in runtime map code (fate#315019). - ext2: Enable ext2 driver in config files (bsc#976195). - ext4: Add parameter for tuning handling of ext2 (bsc#976195). - Fix kabi change cause by adding flock_owner to open_context (bsc#998689). - fix xfs-handle-dquot-buffer-readahead-in-log-recovery-co.patch (bsc#1003153). - fs/cifs: fix wrongly prefixed path to root (bsc#963655, bsc#979681) - fs/select: add vmalloc fallback for select(2) (bsc#1000189). - ftrace/x86: Set ftrace_stub to weak to prevent gcc from using short jumps to it (bsc#984419). - hyperv: enable call to clockevents_unbind_device in kexec/kdump path - hyperv: replace KEXEC_CORE by plain KEXEC because we lack 2965faa5e0 in the base kernel - i40e: fix an uninitialized variable bug (bnc#857397 FATE#315659). - ib/iwpm: Fix a potential skb leak (bsc#924381 FATE#318568 bsc#921338). - ib/mlx5: Fix RC transport send queue overhead computation (bnc#865545 FATE#316891). - introduce NETIF_F_GSO_ENCAP_ALL helper mask (bsc#1001486). - iommu/amd: Update Alias-DTE in update_device_table() (bsc#975772). - ipv6: Fix improper use or RCU in patches.kabi/ipv6-add-complete-rcu-protection-around-np-opt.kabi.patch. (bsc#961257). - ipv6: fix multipath route replace error recovery (bsc#930399). - ipv6: send NEWLINK on RA managed/otherconf changes (bsc#934067). - ipv6: send only one NEWLINK when RA causes changes (bsc#934067). - iscsi: Add a missed complete in iscsit_close_connection (bsc#992555, bsc#987805). - kabi: work around kabi changes from commit 53f9ff48f636 (bsc#988617). - kaweth: fix firmware download (bsc#993890). - kaweth: fix oops upon failed memory allocation (bsc#993890). - kernel/fork: fix CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID regression in nscd (bnc#941420). - kernel/printk: fix faulty logic in the case of recursive printk (bnc#744692, bnc#789311). - kvm: do not handle APIC access page if in-kernel irqchip is not in use (bsc#959463). - kvm: vmx: defer load of APIC access page address during reset (bsc#959463). - libceph: enable large, variable-sized OSD requests (bsc#988715). - libceph: make r_request msg_size calculation clearer (bsc#988715). - libceph: move r_reply_op_{len,result} into struct ceph_osd_req_op (bsc#988715). - libceph: osdc->req_mempool should be backed by a slab pool (bsc#988715). - libceph: rename ceph_osd_req_op::payload_len to indata_len (bsc#988715). - libfc: do not send ABTS when resetting exchanges (bsc#962846). - libfc: Do not take rdata->rp_mutex when processing a -FC_EX_CLOSED ELS response (bsc#962846). - libfc: Fixup disc_mutex handling (bsc#962846). - libfc: fixup locking of ptp_setup() (bsc#962846). - libfc: Issue PRLI after a PRLO has been received (bsc#962846). - libfc: reset exchange manager during LOGO handling (bsc#962846). - libfc: Revisit kref handling (bnc#990245). - libfc: sanity check cpu number extracted from xid (bsc#988440). - libfc: send LOGO for PLOGI failure (bsc#962846). - md: check command validity early in md_ioctl() (bsc#1004520). - md: Drop sending a change uevent when stopping (bsc#1003568). - md: lockless I/O submission for RAID1 (bsc#982783). - md/raid5: fix a recently broken BUG_ON() (bsc#1006691). - mm, cma: prevent nr_isolated_* counters from going negative (bnc#971975). - mm: thp: fix SMP race condition between THP page fault and MADV_DONTNEED (VM Functionality, bnc#986445). - module: Issue warnings when tainting kernel (bsc#974406). - mpt2sas, mpt3sas: Fix panic when aer correct error occurred (bsc#997708). - mpt3sas: Update patches.drivers/mpt3sas-Fix-use-sas_is_tlr_enabled-API-before-enabli.patch (bsc#967640, bsc#992244). - msi-x: fix an error path (luckily none so far). - netback: fix flipping mode (bsc#996664). - netback: fix refounting (bsc#978094). - netfront: don't truncate grant references. - netfront: use correct linear area after linearizing an skb (bsc#1007886). - nfs4: reset states to use open_stateid when returning delegation voluntarily (bsc#1003400). - nfs: Add a stub for GETDEVICELIST (bnc#898675). - nfs: Do not write enable new pages while an invalidation is proceeding (bsc#999584). - nfsd: Use free_conn to free connection (bsc#979451). - nfs: Fix an LOCK/OPEN race when unlinking an open file (bsc#956514). - nfs: Fix a regression in the read() syscall (bsc#999584). - nfs: fix BUG() crash in notify_change() with patch to chown_common() (bnc#876463). - nfs: fix pg_test page count calculation (bnc#898675). - nfs: nfs4_fl_prepare_ds must be careful about reporting success (bsc#1000776). - nfsv4: add flock_owner to open context (bnc#998689). - nfsv4: change nfs4_do_setattr to take an open_context instead of a nfs4_state (bnc#998689). - nfsv4: change nfs4_select_rw_stateid to take a lock_context inplace of lock_owner (bnc#998689). - nfsv4: enhance nfs4_copy_lock_stateid to use a flock stateid if there is one (bnc#998689). - nfsv4: Ensure nfs_atomic_open set the dentry verifier on ENOENT (bnc#866130). - oops on restarting network with bonding mode4 (lacp) (bsc#876145). - packet: tpacket_snd(): fix signed/unsigned comparison (bsc#874131). - perf/x86/intel: Fix bug for "cycles:p" and "cycles:pp" on SLM (bsc#997896). - PM / hibernate: Fix 2G size issue of snapshot image verification (bsc#1004252). - PM / hibernate: Fix rtree_next_node() to avoid walking off list ends (bnc#860441). - powerpc: add kernel parameter iommu_alloc_quiet (bsc#998825). - ppp: defer netns reference release for ppp channel (bsc#980371). - printk: add kernel parameter to control writes to /dev/kmsg (bsc#979928). - qgroup: Prevent qgroup->reserved from going subzero (bsc#993841). - qlcnic: potential NULL dereference in qlcnic_83xx_get_minidump_template() (bsc#922064 FATE#318609) - radeon: avoid boot hang in Xen Dom0 (luckily none so far). - ratelimit: extend to print suppressed messages on release (bsc#979928). - ratelimit: fix bug in time interval by resetting right begin time (bsc#979928). - rbd: truncate objects on cmpext short reads (bsc#988715). - Revert "Input: i8042 - break load dependency between atkbd/psmouse and i8042". - Revert "Input: i8042 - set up shared ps2_cmd_mutex for AUX ports". - rpm/mkspec: Read a default release string from rpm/config.sh (bsc997059) - rtnetlink: avoid 0 sized arrays. - RTNL: assertion failed at dev.c (bsc#875631). - s390: add SMT support (bnc#994438). - sched/core: Fix an SMP ordering race in try_to_wake_up() vs. schedule() (bnc#1001419). - sched/core: Fix a race between try_to_wake_up() and a woken up task (bsc#1002165, bsc#1001419). - scsi: ibmvfc: add FC Class 3 Error Recovery support (bsc#984992). - scsi: ibmvfc: Fix I/O hang when port is not mapped (bsc#971989) - scsi: ibmvfc: Set READ FCP_XFER_READY DISABLED bit in PRLI (bsc#984992). - sd: Fix memory leak caused by RESET_WP patch (bsc#999779). - squashfs3: properly handle dir_emit() failures (bsc#998795). - SUNRPC: Add missing support for RPC_CLNT_CREATE_NO_RETRANS_TIMEOUT (bnc#868923). - SUNRPC: Fix a regression when reconnecting (bsc#946309). - supported.conf: Add ext2 - supported.conf: Add iscsi modules to -base (bsc#997299) - supported.conf: Add tun to -base (bsc#992593) - supported.conf: Add veth to -base (bsc#992591) - target: Fix missing complete during ABORT_TASK + CMD_T_FABRIC_STOP (bsc#987621). - target: Fix race between iscsi-target connection shutdown + ABORT_TASK (bsc#987621). - tcp: add proper TS val into RST packets (bsc#937086). - tcp: align tcp_xmit_size_goal() on tcp_tso_autosize() (bsc#937086). - tcp: fix child sockets to use system default congestion control if not set. - tcp: fix cwnd limited checking to improve congestion control (bsc#988617). - tcp: refresh skb timestamp at retransmit time (bsc#937086). - timers: Use proper base migration in add_timer_on() (bnc#993392). - tunnels: Do not apply GRO to multiple layers of encapsulation (bsc#1001486). - tunnels: Remove encapsulation offloads on decap (bsc#1001486). - usb: fix typo in wMaxPacketSize validation (bsc#991665). - usbhid: add ATEN CS962 to list of quirky devices (bsc#1007615). - usb: hub: Fix auto-remount of safely removed or ejected USB-3 devices (bsc#922634). - usb: validate wMaxPacketValue entries in endpoint descriptors (bnc#991665). - vmxnet3: Wake queue from reset work (bsc#999907). - x86: Removed the free memblock of hibernat keys to avoid memory corruption (bsc#990058). - x86/tlb/trace: Do not trace on CPU that is offline (TLB Performance git-fixes). - xenbus: don't invoke ->is_ready() for most device states (bsc#987333). - xenbus: inspect the correct type in xenbus_dev_request_and_reply(). - xen/pciback: Fix conf_space read/write overlap check. - xen-pciback: return proper values during BAR sizing. - xen: x86/mm/pat, /dev/mem: Remove superfluous error message (bsc#974620). - xfs: fixed signedness of error code in xfs_inode_buf_verify (bsc#1003153). - xfs: handle dquot buffer readahead in log recovery correctly (bsc#955446). - xfs: Silence warnings in xfs_vm_releasepage() (bnc#915183 bsc#987565). - xhci: Check if slot is already in default state before moving it there (FATE#315518). - xhci: silence warnings in switch (bnc#991665).


Affected Package


OS OS Version Package Name Package Version
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12.1 kernel-rt_debug-debugsource 3.12.67-60.27.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12.1 kernel-rt-debugsource 3.12.67-60.27.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12.1 kernel-compute_debug-devel-debuginfo 3.12.67-60.27.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12.1 kernel-compute_debug-debuginfo 3.12.67-60.27.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12.1 kernel-compute 3.12.67-60.27.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12.1 kernel-devel-rt 3.12.67-60.27.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12.1 kernel-compute_debug-devel 3.12.67-60.27.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12.1 kernel-compute-base 3.12.67-60.27.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12.1 kernel-rt-base-debuginfo 3.12.67-60.27.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12.1 kernel-compute_debug-debugsource 3.12.67-60.27.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12.1 kernel-rt 3.12.67-60.27.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12.1 kernel-syms-rt 3.12.67-60.27.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12.1 kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo 3.12.67-60.27.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12.1 kernel-rt-debuginfo 3.12.67-60.27.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12.1 kernel-rt_debug-devel 3.12.67-60.27.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12.1 kernel-compute-devel 3.12.67-60.27.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12.1 kernel-rt-base 3.12.67-60.27.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12.1 kernel-rt-devel 3.12.67-60.27.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12.1 kernel-compute-debuginfo 3.12.67-60.27.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12.1 kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo 3.12.67-60.27.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12.1 kernel-compute-debugsource 3.12.67-60.27.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12.1 kernel-source-rt 3.12.67-60.27.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12.1 kernel-compute-base-debuginfo 3.12.67-60.27.1

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