SuSE 10 Security Update : the Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7729)

NASLDB: SuSE 10 Security Update : the Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7729)

General

ID: 59159
Name: SuSE 10 Security Update : the Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7729)

Summary: Checks rpm output for the updated packages

Credits: Tenable Network Security, Inc.

Classification

Risk: –

CVSS: –
CVSS Base Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Temporal Vector: –

Port: 0
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Type: Local

Description

This kernel update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP3 kernel fixes
several security issues and bugs.

The following security issues have been fixed :

– A signedness issue in CIFS could possibly have lead to
to memory corruption, if a malicious server could send
crafted replies to the host. (CVE-2011-3191)

– Timo Warns reported an issue in the Linux implementation
for GUID partitions. Users with physical access could
gain access to sensitive kernel memory by adding a
storage device with a specially crafted corrupted
invalid partition table. (CVE-2011-1776)

– The dccp_rcv_state_process function in net/dccp/input.c
in the Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP)
implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly
handle packets for a CLOSED endpoint, which allowed
remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL
pointer dereference and OOPS) by sending a DCCP-Close
packet followed by a DCCP-Reset packet. (CVE-2011-1093)

– Integer overflow in the agp_generic_insert_memory
function in drivers/char/agp/generic.c in the Linux
kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a
denial of service (system crash) via a crafted
AGPIOC_BIND agp_ioctl ioctl call. (CVE-2011-1745)

– Multiple integer overflows in the (1)
agp_allocate_memory and (2) agp_create_user_memory
functions in drivers/char/agp/generic.c in the Linux
kernel allowed local users to trigger buffer overflows,
and consequently cause a denial of service (system
crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact, via
vectors related to calls that specify a large number of
memory pages. (CVE-2011-1746)

– The agp_generic_remove_memory function in
drivers/char/agp/generic.c in the Linux kernel before
2.6.38.5 did not validate a certain start parameter,
which allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a
denial of service (system crash) via a crafted
AGPIOC_UNBIND agp_ioctl ioctl call, a different
vulnerability than CVE-2011-1745. (CVE-2011-2022)

– The do_task_stat function in fs/proc/array.c in the
Linux kernel did not perform an expected uid check,
which made it easier for local users to defeat the ASLR
protection mechanism by reading the start_code and
end_code fields in the /proc/#####/stat file for a
process executing a PIE binary. (CVE-2011-0726)

– The normal mmap paths all avoid creating a mapping where
the pgoff inside the mapping could wrap around due to
overflow. However, an expanding mremap() can take such a
non-wrapping mapping and make it bigger and cause a
wrapping condition. (CVE-2011-2496)

– A local unprivileged user able to access a NFS
filesystem could use file locking to deadlock parts of
an nfs server under some circumstance. (CVE-2011-2491)

– The code for evaluating LDM partitions (in
fs/partitions/ldm.c) contained bugs that could crash the
kernel for certain corrupted LDM partitions.
(CVE-2011-1017 / CVE-2011-2182)

– When using a setuid root mount.cifs, local users could
hijack password protected mounted CIFS shares of other
local users. (CVE-2011-1585)

Also following non-security bugs were fixed :

–
patches.suse/fs-proc-vmcorec-add-hook-to-read_from_oldme
m-to-check-for-non-ram-pages.patch: fs/proc/vmcore.c:
add hook to read_from_oldmem() to check for non-ram
pages. (bnc#684297)

– patches.xen/1062-xenbus-dev-leak.patch: xenbus: Fix
memory leak on release.

– patches.xen/1074-xenbus_conn-type.patch: xenbus: fix
type inconsistency with xenbus_conn().

– patches.xen/1080-blkfront-xenbus-gather-format.patch:
blkfront: fix data size for xenbus_gather in connect().

– patches.xen/1081-blkback-resize-transaction-end.patch:
xenbus: fix xenbus_transaction_start() hang caused by
double xenbus_transaction_end().

– patches.xen/1089-blkback-barrier-check.patch: blkback:
dont fail empty barrier requests.

– patches.xen/1091-xenbus-dev-no-BUG.patch: xenbus: dont
BUG on user mode induced conditions. (bnc#696107)

– patches.xen/1098-blkfront-cdrom-ioctl-check.patch:
blkfront: avoid NULL de-reference in CDROM ioctl
handling. (bnc#701355)

– patches.xen/1102-x86-max-contig-order.patch: x86: use
dynamically adjusted upper bound for contiguous regions.
(bnc#635880)

–
patches.xen/xen3-x86-sanitize-user-specified-e820-memmap
-values.patch: x86: sanitize user specified e820 memmap
values. (bnc#665543)

–
patches.fixes/libiscsi-dont-run-scsi-eh-if-iscsi-task-is
-making-progress: Fix typo, which was uncovered in debug
mode.

– patches.fixes/pacct-fix-sighand-siglock-usage.patch: Fix
sighand->siglock usage in kernel/acct.c. (bnc#705463)

Exploiting

Exploit Available: –
Exploitability Ease: –

Sources

CVE: CVE-2011-0726
OSVDB: –
Bugtraq: –
scipID: –

Timeline

Vulnerability Disclosure: –
Patch Release: 2011/09/07
Plugin Release: 2012/05/17

Plugin

Version: 1.1
Filename: suse_kernel-7729.nasl
Filesize: 9497 bytes
MD5 Hash: f860cdcf169aea6646f6a5ecceb2ccfd

Identification: Host/local_checks_enabled
Require Keys: Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Dependencies: "ssh_get_info.nasl"

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