SUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:2108-1
Rating: important
References: #777565 #814440 #900610 #904348 #904965 #920016
#923002 #926007 #926709 #926774 #930145 #930788
#932350 #932805 #933721 #935053 #935757 #936118
#938706 #939826 #939926 #939955 #940017 #940925
#941202 #942204 #942305 #942367 #942605 #942688
#942938 #943786 #944296 #944831 #944837 #944989
#944993 #945691 #945825 #945827 #946078 #946309
#947957 #948330 #948347 #948521 #949100 #949298
#949502 #949706 #949744 #949981 #951440 #952084
#952384 #952579 #953527 #953980 #954404
Cross-References: CVE-2015-0272 CVE-2015-5157 CVE-2015-5307
CVE-2015-6252 CVE-2015-6937 CVE-2015-7872
CVE-2015-7990 CVE-2015-8104
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMWare 11-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-EXTRA
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3
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An update that solves 8 vulnerabilities and has 51 fixes is
now available.

Description:

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 3 kernel was updated to receive
various security and bugfixes.

Following security bugs were fixed:
– CVE-2015-8104: Prevent guest to host DoS caused by infinite loop in
microcode via #DB exception (bsc#954404).
– CVE-2015-5307: Prevent guest to host DoS caused by infinite loop in
microcode via #AC exception (bsc#953527).
– CVE-2015-7990: RDS: Verify the underlying transport exists before
creating a connection, preventing possible DoS (bsc#952384).
– CVE-2015-5157: arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel on the
x86_64 platform mishandled IRET faults in processing NMIs that occurred
during userspace execution, which might have allowed local users to gain
privileges by triggering an NMI (bsc#938706).
– CVE-2015-7872: Possible crash when trying to garbage collect an
uninstantiated keyring (bsc#951440).
– CVE-2015-0272: Prevent remote DoS using IPv6 RA with bogus MTU by
validating before applying it (bsc#944296).
– CVE-2015-6937: The __rds_conn_create function in net/rds/connection.c in
the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL
pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other
impact by using a socket that was not properly bound (bsc#945825).
– CVE-2015-6252: The vhost_dev_ioctl function in drivers/vhost/vhost.c in
the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service
(memory consumption) via a VHOST_SET_LOG_FD ioctl call that triggered
permanent file-descriptor allocation (bsc#942367).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:
– alsa: hda – Disable 64bit address for Creative HDA controllers
(bsc#814440).
– btrfs: fix hang when failing to submit bio of directIO (bsc#942688).
– btrfs: fix memory corruption on failure to submit bio for direct IO
(bsc#942688).
– btrfs: fix put dio bio twice when we submit dio bio fail (bsc#942688).
– dm sysfs: introduce ability to add writable attributes (bsc#904348).
– dm-snap: avoid deadock on s->lock when a read is split (bsc#939826).
– dm: do not start current request if it would have merged with the
previous (bsc#904348).
– dm: impose configurable deadline for dm_request_fn merge heuristic
(bsc#904348).
– drm/i915: (re)init HPD interrupt storm statistics (bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: Add HPD IRQ storm detection (v5) (bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: Add Reenable Timer to turn Hotplug Detection back on (v4)
(bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: Add bit field to record which pins have received HPD events
(v3) (bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: Add enum hpd_pin to intel_encoder (bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: Add messages useful for HPD storm detection debugging (v2)
(bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: Avoid race of intel_crt_detect_hotplug() with HPD interrupt
(bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: Convert HPD interrupts to make use of HPD pin assignment in
encoders (v2) (bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: Disable HPD interrupt on pin when irq storm is detected (v3)
(bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: Do not WARN nor handle unexpected hpd interrupts on gmch
platforms (bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: Enable hotplug interrupts after querying hw capabilities
(bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: Fix DDC probe for passive adapters (bsc#900610, fdo#85924).
– drm/i915: Fix hotplug interrupt enabling for SDVOC (bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: Fix up sdvo hpd pins for i965g/gm (bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: Get rid if the “^A” in struct drm_i915_private (bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: Make hpd arrays big enough to avoid out of bounds access
(bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: Mask out the HPD irq bits before setting them individually
(bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: Only print hotplug event message when hotplug bit is set
(bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: Only reprobe display on encoder which has received an HPD
event (v2) (bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: Queue reenable timer also when enable_hotplug_processing is
false (bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: Remove i965_hpd_irq_setup (bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: Remove pch_rq_mask from struct drm_i915_private (bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: Remove valleyview_hpd_irq_setup (bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: Use an interrupt save spinlock in intel_hpd_irq_handler()
(bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: WARN_ONCE() about unexpected interrupts for all chipsets
(bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: add hotplug activation period to hotplug update mask
(bsc#953980).
– drm/i915: assert_spin_locked for pipestat interrupt enable/disable
(bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: clear crt hotplug compare voltage field before setting
(bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: close tiny race in the ilk pcu even interrupt setup
(bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: fix hotplug event bit tracking (bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: fix hpd interrupt register locking (bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: fix hpd work vs. flush_work in the pageflip code deadlock
(bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: fix locking around ironlake_enable|disable_display_irq
(bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: fold the hpd_irq_setup call into intel_hpd_irq_handler
(bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: fold the no-irq check into intel_hpd_irq_handler (bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: fold the queue_work into intel_hpd_irq_handler (bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: implement ibx_hpd_irq_setup (bsc#942938).
– drm/i915: s/hotplug_irq_storm_detect/intel_hpd_irq_handler/ (bsc#942938).
– ehci-pci: enable interrupt on BayTrail (bnc926007).
– fix lpfc_send_rscn_event allocation size claims bsc#935757
– hugetlb: simplify migrate_huge_page() (bsc#947957, VM Functionality).
– hwpoison, hugetlb: lock_page/unlock_page does not match for handling a
free hugepage (bsc#947957).
– ib/iser: Add Discovery support (bsc#923002).
– ib/iser: Move informational messages from error to info level
(bsc#923002).
– ib/srp: Avoid skipping srp_reset_host() after a transport error
(bsc#904965).
– ib/srp: Fix a sporadic crash triggered by cable pulling (bsc#904965).
– inotify: Fix nested sleeps in inotify_read() (bsc#940925).
– ipv6: fix tunnel error handling (bsc#952579).
– ipv6: probe routes asynchronous in rt6_probe (bsc#936118).
– ipvs: Fix reuse connection if real server is dead (bsc#945827).
– ipvs: drop first packet to dead server (bsc#946078).
– keys: Fix race between key destruction and finding a keyring by name
(bsc#951440).
– ktime: add ktime_after and ktime_before helpe (bsc#904348).
– lib/string.c: introduce memchr_inv() (bsc#930788).
– libiscsi: Exporting new attrs for iscsi session and connection in sysfs
(bsc#923002).
– macvlan: Support bonding events bsc#948521
– make sure XPRT_CONNECTING gets cleared when needed (bsc#946309).
– memory-failure: do code refactor of soft_offline_page() (bsc#947957).
– memory-failure: fix an error of mce_bad_pages statistics (bsc#947957).
– memory-failure: use num_poisoned_pages instead of mce_bad_pages
(bsc#947957).
– memory-hotplug: update mce_bad_pages when removing the memory
(bsc#947957).
– mm/memory-failure.c: fix wrong num_poisoned_pages in handling memory
error on thp (bsc#947957).
– mm/memory-failure.c: recheck PageHuge() after hugetlb page migrate
successfully (bsc#947957).
– mm/migrate.c: pair unlock_page() and lock_page() when migrating huge
pages (bsc#947957).
– mm: exclude reserved pages from dirtyable memory 32b fix (bsc#940017,
bsc#949298).
– mm: make page pfmemalloc check more robust (bsc#920016).
– netfilter: nf_conntrack_proto_sctp: minimal multihoming support
(bsc#932350).
– pci: Add VPD function 0 quirk for Intel Ethernet devices (bsc#943786).
– pci: Add dev_flags bit to access VPD through function 0 (bsc#943786).
– pci: Add flag indicating device has been assigned by KVM (bsc#777565).
– pci: Clear NumVFs when disabling SR-IOV in sriov_init() (bsc#952084).
– pci: Refresh First VF Offset and VF Stride when updating NumVFs
(bsc#952084).
– pci: Update NumVFs register when disabling SR-IOV (bsc#952084).
– pci: delay configuration of SRIOV capability (bsc#952084).
– pci: set pci sriov page size before reading SRIOV BAR (bsc#952084).
– pktgen: clean up ktime_t helpers (bsc#904348).
– qla2xxx: Do not reset adapter if SRB handle is in range (bsc#944993).
– qla2xxx: Remove decrement of sp reference count in abort handler
(bsc#944993).
– qla2xxx: do not clear slot in outstanding cmd array (bsc#944993).
– r8169: remember WOL preferences on driver load (bsc#942305).
– rcu: Eliminate deadlock between CPU hotplug and expedited grace periods
(bsc#949706).
– rtc: cmos: Cancel alarm timer if alarm time is equal to now+1 seconds
(bsc#930145).
– sched/core: Fix task and run queue sched_info::run_delay inconsistencies
(bsc#949100).
– scsi: fix scsi_error_handler vs. scsi_host_dev_release race (bsc#942204).
– scsi: hosts: update to use ida_simple for host_no (bsc#939926)
– scsi: kabi: allow iscsi disocvery session support (bsc#923002).
– scsi_transport_iscsi: Exporting new attrs for iscsi session and
connection in sysfs (bsc#923002).
– sg: fix read() error reporting (bsc#926774).
– usb: xhci: Prefer endpoint context dequeue pointer over stopped_trb
(bsc#933721).
– usb: xhci: Reset a halted endpoint immediately when we encounter a stall
(bsc#933721).
– usb: xhci: apply XHCI_AVOID_BEI quirk to all Intel xHCI controllers
(bsc#944989).
– usb: xhci: do not start a halted endpoint before its new dequeue is set
(bsc#933721).
– usb: xhci: handle Config Error Change (CEC) in xhci driver (bsc#933721).
– x86/tsc: Change Fast TSC calibration failed from error to info
(bsc#942605).
– x86: mm: drop TLB flush from ptep_set_access_flags (bsc#948330).
– x86: mm: only do a local tlb flush in ptep_set_access_flags()
(bsc#948330).
– xfs: Fix lost direct IO write in the last block (bsc#949744).
– xfs: Fix softlockup in xfs_inode_ag_walk() (bsc#948347).
– xfs: add EOFBLOCKS inode tagging/untagging (bsc#930788).
– xfs: add XFS_IOC_FREE_EOFBLOCKS ioctl (bsc#930788).
– xfs: add background scanning to clear eofblocks inodes (bsc#930788).
– xfs: add inode id filtering to eofblocks scan (bsc#930788).
– xfs: add minimum file size filtering to eofblocks scan (bsc#930788).
– xfs: create function to scan and clear EOFBLOCKS inodes (bsc#930788).
– xfs: create helper to check whether to free eofblocks on inode
(bsc#930788).
– xfs: introduce a common helper xfs_icluster_size_fsb (bsc#932805).
– xfs: make xfs_free_eofblocks() non-static, return EAGAIN on trylock
failure (bsc#930788).
– xfs: support a tag-based inode_ag_iterator (bsc#930788).
– xfs: support multiple inode id filtering in eofblocks scan (bsc#930788).
– xfs: use xfs_icluster_size_fsb in xfs_bulkstat (bsc#932805).
– xfs: use xfs_icluster_size_fsb in xfs_ialloc_inode_init (bsc#932805).
– xfs: use xfs_icluster_size_fsb in xfs_ifree_cluster (bsc#932805).
– xfs: use xfs_icluster_size_fsb in xfs_imap (bsc#932805).
– xhci: Add spurious wakeup quirk for LynxPoint-LP controllers
(bsc#949981).
– xhci: Allocate correct amount of scratchpad buffers (bsc#933721).
– xhci: Calculate old endpoints correctly on device reset (bsc#944831).
– xhci: Do not enable/disable RWE on bus suspend/resume (bsc#933721).
– xhci: For streams the css flag most be read from the stream-ctx on ep
stop (bsc#945691).
– xhci: Solve full event ring by increasing TRBS_PER_SEGMENT to 256
(bsc#933721).
– xhci: Treat not finding the event_seg on COMP_STOP the same as
COMP_STOP_INVAL (bsc#933721).
– xhci: Workaround for PME stuck issues in Intel xhci (bsc#933721).
– xhci: change xhci 1.0 only restrictions to support xhci 1.1 (bsc#949502).
– xhci: do not report PLC when link is in internal resume state
(bsc#933721).
– xhci: fix isoc endpoint dequeue from advancing too far on transaction
error (bsc#944837).
– xhci: fix reporting of 0-sized URBs in control endpoint (bsc#933721).
– xhci: report U3 when link is in resume state (bsc#933721).
– xhci: rework cycle bit checking for new dequeue pointers (bsc#933721).
– xhci: use uninterruptible sleep for waiting for internal operations
(bsc#939955).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP3:

zypper in -t patch sdksp3-kernel-source-12226=1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMWare 11-SP3:

zypper in -t patch slessp3-kernel-source-12226=1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3:

zypper in -t patch slessp3-kernel-source-12226=1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-EXTRA:

zypper in -t patch slexsp3-kernel-source-12226=1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3:

zypper in -t patch sledsp3-kernel-source-12226=1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3:

zypper in -t patch dbgsp3-kernel-source-12226=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use “zypper patch”.

Package List:

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP3 (noarch):

kernel-docs-3.0.101-0.47.71.3

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMWare 11-SP3 (i586 x86_64):

kernel-default-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-default-base-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-default-devel-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-source-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-syms-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-trace-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-trace-base-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-trace-devel-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-xen-devel-3.0.101-0.47.71.1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMWare 11-SP3 (x86_64):

kernel-bigsmp-devel-3.0.101-0.47.71.1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMWare 11-SP3 (i586):

kernel-pae-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-pae-base-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-pae-devel-3.0.101-0.47.71.1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

kernel-default-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-default-base-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-default-devel-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-source-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-syms-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-trace-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-trace-base-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-trace-devel-3.0.101-0.47.71.1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3 (i586 x86_64):

kernel-ec2-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-ec2-base-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-ec2-devel-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-xen-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-xen-base-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-xen-devel-3.0.101-0.47.71.1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3 (x86_64):

kernel-bigsmp-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-bigsmp-base-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-bigsmp-devel-3.0.101-0.47.71.1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3 (s390x):

kernel-default-man-3.0.101-0.47.71.1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3 (ppc64):

kernel-ppc64-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-ppc64-base-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-ppc64-devel-3.0.101-0.47.71.1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3 (i586):

kernel-pae-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-pae-base-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-pae-devel-3.0.101-0.47.71.1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-EXTRA (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

kernel-default-extra-3.0.101-0.47.71.1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-EXTRA (i586 x86_64):

kernel-xen-extra-3.0.101-0.47.71.1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-EXTRA (x86_64):

kernel-bigsmp-extra-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-trace-extra-3.0.101-0.47.71.1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-EXTRA (ppc64):

kernel-ppc64-extra-3.0.101-0.47.71.1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-EXTRA (i586):

kernel-pae-extra-3.0.101-0.47.71.1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3 (i586 x86_64):

kernel-default-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-default-base-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-default-devel-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-default-extra-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-source-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-syms-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-trace-devel-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-xen-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-xen-base-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-xen-devel-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-xen-extra-3.0.101-0.47.71.1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3 (x86_64):

kernel-bigsmp-devel-3.0.101-0.47.71.1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3 (i586):

kernel-pae-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-pae-base-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-pae-devel-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-pae-extra-3.0.101-0.47.71.1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

kernel-default-debuginfo-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-default-debugsource-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-trace-debuginfo-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-trace-debugsource-3.0.101-0.47.71.1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 (i586 x86_64):

kernel-ec2-debuginfo-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-ec2-debugsource-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-xen-debuginfo-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-xen-debugsource-3.0.101-0.47.71.1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 (x86_64):

kernel-bigsmp-debuginfo-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-bigsmp-debugsource-3.0.101-0.47.71.1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 (ppc64):

kernel-ppc64-debuginfo-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-ppc64-debugsource-3.0.101-0.47.71.1

– SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 (i586):

kernel-pae-debuginfo-3.0.101-0.47.71.1
kernel-pae-debugsource-3.0.101-0.47.71.1

References:

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0272.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5157.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5307.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6252.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6937.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7872.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7990.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8104.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/777565
https://bugzilla.suse.com/814440
https://bugzilla.suse.com/900610
https://bugzilla.suse.com/904348
https://bugzilla.suse.com/904965
https://bugzilla.suse.com/920016
https://bugzilla.suse.com/923002
https://bugzilla.suse.com/926007
https://bugzilla.suse.com/926709
https://bugzilla.suse.com/926774
https://bugzilla.suse.com/930145
https://bugzilla.suse.com/930788
https://bugzilla.suse.com/932350
https://bugzilla.suse.com/932805
https://bugzilla.suse.com/933721
https://bugzilla.suse.com/935053
https://bugzilla.suse.com/935757
https://bugzilla.suse.com/936118
https://bugzilla.suse.com/938706
https://bugzilla.suse.com/939826
https://bugzilla.suse.com/939926
https://bugzilla.suse.com/939955
https://bugzilla.suse.com/940017
https://bugzilla.suse.com/940925
https://bugzilla.suse.com/941202
https://bugzilla.suse.com/942204
https://bugzilla.suse.com/942305
https://bugzilla.suse.com/942367
https://bugzilla.suse.com/942605
https://bugzilla.suse.com/942688
https://bugzilla.suse.com/942938
https://bugzilla.suse.com/943786
https://bugzilla.suse.com/944296
https://bugzilla.suse.com/944831
https://bugzilla.suse.com/944837
https://bugzilla.suse.com/944989
https://bugzilla.suse.com/944993
https://bugzilla.suse.com/945691
https://bugzilla.suse.com/945825
https://bugzilla.suse.com/945827
https://bugzilla.suse.com/946078
https://bugzilla.suse.com/946309
https://bugzilla.suse.com/947957
https://bugzilla.suse.com/948330
https://bugzilla.suse.com/948347
https://bugzilla.suse.com/948521
https://bugzilla.suse.com/949100
https://bugzilla.suse.com/949298
https://bugzilla.suse.com/949502
https://bugzilla.suse.com/949706
https://bugzilla.suse.com/949744
https://bugzilla.suse.com/949981
https://bugzilla.suse.com/951440
https://bugzilla.suse.com/952084
https://bugzilla.suse.com/952384
https://bugzilla.suse.com/952579
https://bugzilla.suse.com/953527
https://bugzilla.suse.com/953980
https://bugzilla.suse.com/954404

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