CVE-2015-5366

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 Teradata kernel was updated to fix the following bugs and security issues.

The following security issues have been fixed:

• Update patches.fixes/udp-fix-behavior-of-wrong-checksums.patch (bsc#936831, CVE-2015-5364, CVE-2015-5366).
• Btrfs: make xattr replace operations atomic (bnc#923908, CVE-2014-9710).
• udp: fix behavior of wrong checksums (bsc#936831, CVE-2015-5364, CVE-2015-5366).
• vfs: read file_handle only once in handle_to_path (bsc#915517, CVE-2015-1420).
• x86: bpf_jit: fix compilation of large bpf programs (bnc#935705,CVE-2015-4700).
• udf: Check length of extended attributes and allocation (bsc#936831, CVE-2015-5364, CVE-2015-5366).
• Update patches.fixes/udf-Check-component-length-before-reading-it.patch (bsc#933904, CVE-2014-9728, CVE-2014-9730).
• Update patches.fixes/udf-Verify-i_size-when-loading-inode.patch (bsc#933904, CVE-2014-9728, CVE-2014-9729).
• Update patches.fixes/udf-Verify-symlink-size-before-loading-it.patch (bsc#933904, CVE-2014-9728).
• Update patches.fixes/udf-Check-path-length-when-reading-symlink.patch (bnc#933896, CVE-2014-9731).
• pipe: fix iov overrun for failed atomic copy (bsc#933429, CVE-2015-1805).
• ipv6: Don't reduce hop limit for an interface (bsc#922583, CVE-2015-2922).
• net: llc: use correct size for sysctl timeout entries (bsc#919007, CVE-2015-2041).
• ipv4: Missing sk_nulls_node_init() in ping_unhash() (bsc#929525, CVE-2015-3636).
• ipv6: Don't reduce hop limit for an interface (bsc#922583, CVE-2015-2922).
• net: llc: use correct size for sysctl timeout entries (bsc#919007, CVE-2015-2041).
• ipv4: Missing sk_nulls_node_init() in ping_unhash() (bsc#929525, CVE-2015-3636).

The following non-security issues have been fixed:

• mlx4: Check for assigned VFs before disabling SR-IOV (bsc#927355).
• ixgbe: Use pci_vfs_assigned instead of ixgbe_vfs_are_assigned (bsc#927355).
• pci: Add SRIOV helper function to determine if VFs are assigned to guest (bsc#927355).
• net/mlx4_core: Don't disable SRIOV if there are active VFs (bsc#927355).
• udf: Remove repeated loads blocksize (bsc#933907).
• Refresh patches.fixes/deal-with-deadlock-in-d_walk-fix.patch. based on 3.2 stable fix 20defcec264c ('dcache: Fix locking bugs in backported 'deal with deadlock in d_walk()''). Not harmfull for regular SLES kernels but RT or PREEMPT kernels would see disbalance.
• sched: Fix potential near-infinite distribute_cfs_runtime() loop (bnc#930786)
• tty: Correct tty buffer flush (bnc#929647).
• tty: hold lock across tty buffer finding and buffer filling (bnc#929647).

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 kernel was updated to 3.12.44 to receive various security and bugfixes.

These features were added:

• mpt2sas: Added Reply Descriptor Post Queue (RDPQ) Array support (bsc#854824).
• mpt3sas: Bump mpt3sas driver version to 04.100.00.00 (bsc#854817).

Following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2015-1805: iov overrun for failed atomic copy could have lead to DoS or privilege escalation (bsc#933429).
• CVE-2015-3212: A race condition in the way the Linux kernel handled lists of associations in SCTP sockets could have lead to list corruption and kernel panics (bsc#936502).
• CVE-2015-4036: DoS via memory corruption in vhost/scsi driver (bsc#931988).
• CVE-2015-4167: Linux kernel built with the UDF file system(CONFIG_UDF_FS) support was vulnerable to a crash. It occurred while fetching inode information from a corrupted/malicious udf file system image (bsc#933907).
• CVE-2015-4692: DoS via NULL pointer dereference in kvm_apic_has_events function (bsc#935542).
• CVE-2015-5364: Remote DoS via flood of UDP packets with invalid checksums (bsc#936831).
• CVE-2015-5366: Remote DoS of EPOLLET epoll applications via flood of UDP packets with invalid checksums (bsc#936831).

Security issues already fixed in the previous update but not referenced by CVE:

• CVE-2014-9728: Kernel built with the UDF file system(CONFIG_UDF_FS) support were vulnerable to a crash (bsc#933904).
• CVE-2014-9729: Kernel built with the UDF file system(CONFIG_UDF_FS) support were vulnerable to a crash (bsc#933904).
• CVE-2014-9730: Kernel built with the UDF file system(CONFIG_UDF_FS) support were vulnerable to a crash (bsc#933904).
• CVE-2014-9731: Kernel built with the UDF file system(CONFIG_UDF_FS) support were vulnerable to information leakage (bsc#933896).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

• ALSA: hda - add codec ID for Skylake display audio codec (bsc#936556).
• ALSA: hda/hdmi - apply Haswell fix-ups to Skylake display codec (bsc#936556).
• ALSA: hda_controller: Separate stream_tag for input and output streams (bsc#936556).
• ALSA: hda_intel: add AZX_DCAPS_I915_POWERWELL for SKL and BSW (bsc#936556).
• ALSA: hda_intel: apply the Seperate stream_tag for Skylake (bsc#936556).
• ALSA: hda_intel: apply the Seperate stream_tag for Sunrise Point (bsc#936556).
• Btrfs: Handle unaligned length in extent_same (bsc#937609).
• Btrfs: add missing inode item update in fallocate() (bsc#938023).
• Btrfs: check pending chunks when shrinking fs to avoid corruption (bsc#936445).
• Btrfs: do not update mtime/ctime on deduped inodes (bsc#937616).
• Btrfs: fix block group ->space_info null pointer dereference (bsc#935088).
• Btrfs: fix clone / extent-same deadlocks (bsc#937612).
• Btrfs: fix deadlock with extent-same and readpage (bsc#937612).
• Btrfs: fix fsync data loss after append write (bsc#936446).
• Btrfs: fix hang during inode eviction due to concurrent readahead (bsc#935085).
• Btrfs: fix memory leak in the extent_same ioctl (bsc#937613).
• Btrfs: fix race when reusing stale extent buffers that leads to BUG_ON (bsc#926369).
• Btrfs: fix use after free when close_ctree frees the orphan_rsv (bsc#938022).
• Btrfs: pass unaligned length to btrfs_cmp_data() (bsc#937609).
• Btrfs: provide super_operations->inode_get_dev (bsc#927455).
• Drivers: hv: balloon: check if ha_region_mutex was acquired in MEM_CANCEL_ONLINE case.
• Drivers: hv: fcopy: process deferred messages when we complete the transaction.
• Drivers: hv: fcopy: rename fcopy_work -> fcopy_timeout_work.
• Drivers: hv: fcopy: set .owner reference for file operations.
• Drivers: hv: fcopy: switch to using the hvutil_device_state state machine.
• Drivers: hv: hv_balloon: correctly handle num_pages>INT_MAX case.
• Drivers: hv: hv_balloon: correctly handle val.freeram lower than num_pages case.
• Drivers: hv: hv_balloon: do not lose memory when onlining order is not natural.
• Drivers: hv: hv_balloon: do not online pages in offline…

The SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2015-5707: An integer overflow in the SCSI generic driver could be potentially used by local attackers to crash the kernel or execute code.
• CVE-2015-2830: arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel did not prevent the TS_COMPAT flag from reaching a user-mode task, which might have allowed local users to bypass the seccomp or audit protection mechanism via a crafted application that uses the (1) fork or (2) close system call, as demonstrated by an attack against seccomp before 3.16 (bnc#926240).
• CVE-2015-0777: drivers/xen/usbback/usbback.c in the Linux kernel allowed guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized locations in host OS kernel memory via unspecified vectors (bnc#917830).
• CVE-2015-2150: Xen and the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to PCI command registers, which might have allowed local guest users to cause a denial of service (non-maskable interrupt and host crash) by disabling the (1) memory or (2) I/O decoding for a PCI Express device and then accessing the device, which triggers an Unsupported Request (UR) response (bnc#919463).
• CVE-2015-5364: A remote denial of service (hang) via UDP flood with incorrect package checksums was fixed. (bsc#936831).
• CVE-2015-5366: A remote denial of service (unexpected error returns) via UDP flood with incorrect package checksums was fixed. (bsc#936831).
• CVE-2015-1420: CVE-2015-1420: Race condition in the handle_to_path function in fs/fhandle.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to bypass intended size restrictions and trigger read operations on additional memory locations by changing the handle_bytes value of a file handle during the execution of this function (bnc#915517).
• CVE-2015-4700: A local user could have created a bad instruction in the JIT processed BPF code, leading to a kernel crash (bnc#935705).
• CVE-2015-1805: The (1) pipe_read and (2) pipe_write implementations in fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel did not properly consider the side effects of failed __copy_to_user_inatomic and __copy_from_user_inatomic calls, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application, aka an 'I/O vector array overrun' (bnc#933429).
• CVE-2015-3331: The __driver_rfc4106_decrypt function in arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_glue.c in the Linux kernel did not properly determine the memory locations used for encrypted data, which allowed context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by triggering a crypto API call, as demonstrated by use of a libkcapi test program with an AF_ALG(aead) socket (bnc#927257).
• CVE-2015-2922: The ndisc_router_discovery function in net/ipv6/ndisc.c in the Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to reconfigure a hop-limit setting via a small hop_limit value in a Router Advertisement (RA) message (bnc#922583).
• CVE-2015-2041: net/llc/sysctl_net_llc.c in the Linux kernel used an incorrect data type in a sysctl table, which allowed local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory or possibly have unspecified other impact by accessing a sysctl entry (bnc#919007).
• CVE-2015-3636: The ping_unhash function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain list data structure during an unhash operation, which allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) by leveraging the ability to make a SOCK_DGRAM socket system call for the IPPROTO_ICMP or IPPROTO_ICMPV6 protocol, and then making a connect system call after a disconnect (bnc#929525).
• CVE-2014-8086: Race condition…

This update contains a kernel live patch for the 3.12.38-44 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Kernel, fixing following security issues.

• CVE-2015-3339: A race condition in the prepare_binprm function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program at a time instant when a chown to root is in progress, and the ownership is changed but the setuid bit is not yet stripped. (bsc#939263 bsc#939044)

• CVE-2015-3636: The ping_unhash function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain list data structure during an unhash operation, which allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) by leveraging the ability to make a SOCK_DGRAM socket system call for the IPPROTO_ICMP or IPPROTO_ICMPV6 protocol, and then making a connect system call after a disconnect. (bsc#939277)

• CVE-2015-5364/CVE-2015-5366: Two denial of service attacks via a flood of UDP packets with invalid checksums were fixed that could be used by remote attackers to delay execution. (bsc#939276)

• CVE-2015-1805: The (1) pipe_read and (2) pipe_write implementations in fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel did not properly consider the side effects of failed __copy_to_user_inatomic and __copy_from_user_inatomic calls, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application, aka an 'I/O vector array overrun.' (bsc#939270)

• CVE-2015-4700: A BPF Jit optimization flaw could allow local users to panic the kernel. (bsc#939273)

• CVE-2015-3331: The __driver_rfc4106_decrypt function in arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_glue.c in the Linux kernel did not properly determine the memory locations used for encrypted data, which allowed context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by triggering a crypto API call, as demonstrated by use of a libkcapi test program with an AF_ALG(aead) socket. (bsc#939262)

• CVE-2014-8159: The InfiniBand (IB) implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict use of User Verbs for registration of memory regions, which allowed local users to access arbitrary physical memory locations, and consequently cause a denial of service (system crash) or gain privileges, by leveraging permissions on a uverbs device under /dev/infiniband/. (bsc#939241)

This update contains a kernel live patch for the 3.12.36-38 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Kernel, fixing following security issues.

• CVE-2015-3339: A race condition in the prepare_binprm function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program at a time instant when a chown to root is in progress, and the ownership is changed but the setuid bit is not yet stripped. (bsc#939263 bsc#939044)

• CVE-2015-1465: The IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly consider the length of the Read-Copy Update (RCU) grace period for redirecting lookups in the absence of caching, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or system crash) via a flood of packets. (bsc#939044 bsc#916225)

• CVE-2015-3636: The ping_unhash function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain list data structure during an unhash operation, which allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) by leveraging the ability to make a SOCK_DGRAM socket system call for the IPPROTO_ICMP or IPPROTO_ICMPV6 protocol, and then making a connect system call after a disconnect. (bsc#939277)

• CVE-2015-5364/CVE-2015-5366: Two denial of service attacks via a flood of UDP packets with invalid checksums were fixed that could be used by remote attackers to delay execution. (bsc#939276)

• CVE-2015-1805: The (1) pipe_read and (2) pipe_write implementations in fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel did not properly consider the side effects of failed __copy_to_user_inatomic and __copy_from_user_inatomic calls, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application, aka an 'I/O vector array overrun.' (bsc#939270)

• CVE-2015-4700: A BPF Jit optimization flaw could allow local users to panic the kernel. (bsc#939273)

• CVE-2015-3331: The __driver_rfc4106_decrypt function in arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_glue.c in the Linux kernel did not properly determine the memory locations used for encrypted data, which allowed context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by triggering a crypto API call, as demonstrated by use of a libkcapi test program with an AF_ALG(aead) socket. (bsc#939262)

• CVE-2014-8159: The InfiniBand (IB) implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict use of User Verbs for registration of memory regions, which allowed local users to access arbitrary physical memory locations, and consequently cause a denial of service (system crash) or gain privileges, by leveraging permissions on a uverbs device under /dev/infiniband/. (bsc#939241)

• CVE-2014-7822: The implementation of certain splice_write file operations in the Linux kernel before 3.16 does not enforce a restriction on the maximum size of a single file, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted splice system call, as demonstrated by use of a file descriptor associated with an ext4 filesystem. (bsc#939240)

This update contains a kernel live patch for the 3.12.32-33 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Kernel, fixing following security issues.

• CVE-2015-3339: A race condition in the prepare_binprm function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program at a time instant when a chown to root is in progress, and the ownership is changed but the setuid bit is not yet stripped. (bsc#939263 bsc#939044)

• CVE-2015-1465: The IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly consider the length of the Read-Copy Update (RCU) grace period for redirecting lookups in the absence of caching, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or system crash) via a flood of packets. (bsc#939044 bsc#916225)

• CVE-2015-3636: The ping_unhash function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain list data structure during an unhash operation, which allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) by leveraging the ability to make a SOCK_DGRAM socket system call for the IPPROTO_ICMP or IPPROTO_ICMPV6 protocol, and then making a connect system call after a disconnect. (bsc#939277)

• CVE-2015-5364/CVE-2015-5366: Two denial of service attacks via a flood of UDP packets with invalid checksums were fixed that could be used by remote attackers to delay execution. (bsc#939276)

• CVE-2015-1805: The (1) pipe_read and (2) pipe_write implementations in fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel did not properly consider the side effects of failed __copy_to_user_inatomic and __copy_from_user_inatomic calls, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application, aka an 'I/O vector array overrun.' (bsc#939270)

• CVE-2015-4700: A BPF Jit optimization flaw could allow local users to panic the kernel. (bsc#939273)

• CVE-2014-9710: The Btrfs implementation in the Linux kernel did not ensure that the visible xattr state is consistent with a requested replacement, which allowed local users to bypass intended ACL settings and gain privileges via standard filesystem operations (1) during an xattr-replacement time window, related to a race condition, or (2) after an xattr-replacement attempt that fails because the data does not fit. (bsc#939260)

• CVE-2014-3687: The sctp_assoc_lookup_asconf_ack function in net/sctp/associola.c in the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via duplicate ASCONF chunks that trigger an incorrect uncork within the side-effect interpreter. (bsc#902349 bsc#939044)

• CVE-2015-3331: The __driver_rfc4106_decrypt function in arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_glue.c in the Linux kernel did not properly determine the memory locations used for encrypted data, which allowed context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by triggering a crypto API call, as demonstrated by use of a libkcapi test program with an AF_ALG(aead) socket. (bsc#939262)

• CVE-2014-8159: The InfiniBand (IB) implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict use of User Verbs for registration of memory regions, which allowed local users to access arbitrary physical memory locations, and consequently cause a denial of service (system crash) or gain privileges, by leveraging permissions on a uverbs device under /dev/infiniband/. (bsc#939241)

• CVE-2014-7822: The implementation of certain splice_write file operations in the Linux kernel before 3.16 does not enforce a restriction on the maximum size of a single file, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted splice system call, as demonstrated by use of a file descriptor associated with…

This update contains a kernel live patch for the 3.12.43-52.6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Kernel, fixing following security issues.

• CVE-2015-5364/CVE-2015-5366: Two denial of service attacks via a flood of UDP packets with invalid checksums were fixed that could be used by remote attackers to delay execution. (bsc#939276)

• CVE-2015-1805: The (1) pipe_read and (2) pipe_write implementations in fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel did not properly consider the side effects of failed __copy_to_user_inatomic and __copy_from_user_inatomic calls, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application, aka an 'I/O vector array overrun.' (bsc#939270)

• CVE-2015-4700: A BPF Jit optimization flaw could allow local users to panic the kernel. (bsc#939273)

This update contains a kernel live patch for the 3.12.39-47 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Kernel, fixing following security issues.

• CVE-2015-3339: A race condition in the prepare_binprm function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program at a time instant when a chown to root is in progress, and the ownership is changed but the setuid bit is not yet stripped. (bsc#939263 bsc#939044)

• CVE-2015-3636: The ping_unhash function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain list data structure during an unhash operation, which allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) by leveraging the ability to make a SOCK_DGRAM socket system call for the IPPROTO_ICMP or IPPROTO_ICMPV6 protocol, and then making a connect system call after a disconnect. (bsc#939277)

• CVE-2015-5364/CVE-2015-5366: Two denial of service attacks via a flood of UDP packets with invalid checksums were fixed that could be used by remote attackers to delay execution. (bsc#939276)

• CVE-2015-1805: The (1) pipe_read and (2) pipe_write implementations in fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel did not properly consider the side effects of failed __copy_to_user_inatomic and __copy_from_user_inatomic calls, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application, aka an 'I/O vector array overrun.' (bsc#939270)

• CVE-2015-4700: A BPF Jit optimization flaw could allow local users to panic the kernel. (bsc#939273)

• CVE-2015-3331: The __driver_rfc4106_decrypt function in arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_glue.c in the Linux kernel did not properly determine the memory locations used for encrypted data, which allowed context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by triggering a crypto API call, as demonstrated by use of a libkcapi test program with an AF_ALG(aead) socket. (bsc#939262)

• CVE-2014-8159: The InfiniBand (IB) implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict use of User Verbs for registration of memory regions, which allowed local users to access arbitrary physical memory locations, and consequently cause a denial of service (system crash) or gain privileges, by leveraging permissions on a uverbs device under /dev/infiniband/. (bsc#939241)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 Realtime kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following feature was added for RT:

• FATE#317131: The SocketCAN (Peak PCI) driver was added for CAN bus support.

Following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2015-5707: An integer overflow in the SCSI generic driver could be potentially used by local attackers to crash the kernel or execute code (bsc#940338).
• CVE-2015-5364: A remote denial of service (hang) via UDP flood with incorrect package checksums was fixed. (bsc#936831).
• CVE-2015-5366: A remote denial of service (unexpected error returns) via UDP flood with incorrect package checksums was fixed. (bsc#936831).
• CVE-2015-1420: A race condition in the handle_to_path function in fs/fhandle.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to bypass intended size restrictions and trigger read operations on additional memory locations by changing the handle_bytes value of a file handle during the execution of this function (bnc#915517).
• CVE-2015-4700: A local user could have created a bad instruction in the JIT processed BPF code, leading to a kernel crash (bnc#935705).
• CVE-2015-4167: The UDF filesystem in the Linux kernel was vulnerable to a crash which could occur while fetching inode information from a corrupted/malicious udf file system image. (bsc#933907).
• CVE-2014-9728 CVE-2014-9729 CVE-2014-9730 CVE-2014-9731: Various issues in handling UDF filesystems in the Linux kernel allowed the corruption of kernel memory and other issues. An attacker able to mount a corrupted/malicious UDF file system image could cause the kernel to crash. (bsc#933904 bsc#933896)
• CVE-2015-2150: The Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to PCI command registers, which might have allowed local guest users to cause a denial of service (non-maskable interrupt and host crash) by disabling the (1) memory or (2) I/O decoding for a PCI Express device and then accessing the device, which triggers an Unsupported Request (UR) response (bsc#919463).
• CVE-2015-0777: drivers/xen/usbback/usbback.c as used in the Linux kernel 2.6.x and 3.x in SUSE Linux distributions, allowed guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized locations in host OS kernel memory via unspecified vectors (bnc#917830).
• CVE-2015-2830: arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel did not prevent the TS_COMPAT flag from reaching a user-mode task, which might have allowed local users to bypass the seccomp or audit protection mechanism via a crafted application that uses the (1) fork or (2) close system call, as demonstrated by an attack against seccomp before 3.16 (bnc#926240).
• CVE-2015-1805: The Linux kernels implementation of vectored pipe read and write functionality did not take into account the I/O vectors that were already processed when retrying after a failed atomic access operation, potentially resulting in memory corruption due to an I/O vector array overrun. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system. (bsc#933429).

Also the following non-security bugs were fixed:

• audit: keep inode pinned (bsc#851068).
• btrfs: be aware of btree inode write errors to avoid fs corruption (bnc#942350).
• btrfs: check if previous transaction aborted to avoid fs corruption (bnc#942350).
• btrfs: deal with convert_extent_bit errors to avoid fs corruption (bnc#942350).
• cifs: Fix missing crypto allocation (bnc#937402).
• client MUST ignore EncryptionKeyLength if CAP_EXTENDED_SECURITY is set (bnc#932348).
• drm: ast,cirrus,mgag200: use drm_can_sleep (bnc#883380, bsc#935572).
• drm/cirrus: do not attempt to acquire a reservation while in an interrupt handler (bsc#935572).
• drm/mgag200: do not attempt to acquire a reservation while in an interrupt handler (bsc#935572).
• drm/mgag200: Do not do full cleanup if mgag200_device_init fails.
• ext3: Fix data…

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

Following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2015-5707: An integer overflow in the SCSI generic driver could be potentially used by local attackers to crash the kernel or execute code (bsc#940338).
• CVE-2015-5364: A remote denial of service (hang) via UDP flood with incorrect package checksums was fixed. (bsc#936831).
• CVE-2015-5366: A remote denial of service (unexpected error returns) via UDP flood with incorrect package checksums was fixed. (bsc#936831).
• CVE-2015-1420: A race condition in the handle_to_path function in fs/fhandle.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to bypass intended size restrictions and trigger read operations on additional memory locations by changing the handle_bytes value of a file handle during the execution of this function (bnc#915517).
• CVE-2015-4700: A local user could have created a bad instruction in the JIT processed BPF code, leading to a kernel crash (bnc#935705).
• CVE-2015-4167: The UDF filesystem in the Linux kernel was vulnerable to a crash which could occur while fetching inode information from a corrupted/malicious udf file system image. (bsc#933907).
• CVE-2014-9728 CVE-2014-9729 CVE-2014-9730 CVE-2014-9731: Various issues in handling UDF filesystems in the Linux kernel allowed the corruption of kernel memory and other issues. An attacker able to mount a corrupted/malicious UDF file system image could cause the kernel to crash. (bsc#933904 bsc#933896)
• CVE-2015-2150: The Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to PCI command registers, which might have allowed local guest users to cause a denial of service (non-maskable interrupt and host crash) by disabling the (1) memory or (2) I/O decoding for a PCI Express device and then accessing the device, which triggers an Unsupported Request (UR) response (bsc#919463).
• CVE-2015-0777: drivers/xen/usbback/usbback.c as used in the Linux kernel 2.6.x and 3.x in SUSE Linux distributions, allowed guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized locations in host OS kernel memory via unspecified vectors (bnc#917830).
• CVE-2015-2830: arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel did not prevent the TS_COMPAT flag from reaching a user-mode task, which might have allowed local users to bypass the seccomp or audit protection mechanism via a crafted application that uses the (1) fork or (2) close system call, as demonstrated by an attack against seccomp before 3.16 (bnc#926240).
• CVE-2015-1805: The Linux kernels implementation of vectored pipe read and write functionality did not take into account the I/O vectors that were already processed when retrying after a failed atomic access operation, potentially resulting in memory corruption due to an I/O vector array overrun. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system. (bsc#933429).

Also the following non-security bugs were fixed:

• audit: keep inode pinned (bsc#851068).
• btrfs: be aware of btree inode write errors to avoid fs corruption (bnc#942350).
• btrfs: check if previous transaction aborted to avoid fs corruption (bnc#942350).
• btrfs: deal with convert_extent_bit errors to avoid fs corruption (bnc#942350).
• cifs: Fix missing crypto allocation (bnc#937402).
• client MUST ignore EncryptionKeyLength if CAP_EXTENDED_SECURITY is set (bnc#932348).
• drm: ast,cirrus,mgag200: use drm_can_sleep (bnc#883380, bsc#935572).
• drm/cirrus: do not attempt to acquire a reservation while in an interrupt handler (bsc#935572).
• drm/mgag200: do not attempt to acquire a reservation while in an interrupt handler (bsc#935572).
• drm/mgag200: Do not do full cleanup if mgag200_device_init fails.
• ext3: Fix data corruption in inodes with journalled data (bsc#936637)
• ext4: handle SEEK_HOLE/SEEK_DATA generically (bsc#934944).
• fanotify: Fix…

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

Following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2015-6252: Possible file descriptor leak for each VHOST_SET_LOG_FDcommand issued, this could eventually wasting available system resources and creating a denial of service (bsc#942367).
• CVE-2015-5707: Possible integer overflow in the calculation of total number of pages in bio_map_user_iov() (bsc#940338).
• CVE-2015-5364: The (1) udp_recvmsg and (2) udpv6_recvmsg functions in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 do not properly consider yielding a processor, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via incorrect checksums within a UDP packet flood (bsc#936831).
• CVE-2015-5366: The (1) udp_recvmsg and (2) udpv6_recvmsg functions in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 provide inappropriate -EAGAIN return values, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (EPOLLET epoll application read outage) via an incorrect checksum in a UDP packet, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5364 (bsc#936831).
• CVE-2015-1420: Race condition in the handle_to_path function in fs/fhandle.c in the Linux kernel through 3.19.1 allowed local users to bypass intended size restrictions and trigger read operations on additional memory locations by changing the handle_bytes value of a file handle during the execution of this function (bsc#915517).
• CVE-2015-1805: The (1) pipe_read and (2) pipe_write implementations in fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 3.16 do not properly consider the side effects of failed __copy_to_user_inatomic and __copy_from_user_inatomic calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application, aka an 'I/O' vector array overrun. (bsc#933429)
• CVE-2015-2150: Xen 3.3.x through 4.5.x and the Linux kernel through 3.19.1 do not properly restrict access to PCI command registers, which might allow local guest users to cause a denial of service (non-maskable interrupt and host crash) by disabling the (1) memory or (2) I/O decoding for a PCI Express device and then accessing the device, which triggers an Unsupported Request (UR) response. (bsc#919463)
• CVE-2015-2830: arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel before 3.19.2 does not prevent the TS_COMPAT flag from reaching a user-mode task, which might allow local users to bypass the seccomp or audit protection mechanism via a crafted application that uses the (1) fork or (2) close system call, as demonstrated by an attack against seccomp before 3.16. (bsc#926240)
• CVE-2015-4700: The bpf_int_jit_compile function in arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by creating a packet filter and then loading crafted BPF instructions that trigger late convergence by the JIT compiler (bsc#935705).
• CVE-2015-4167: The udf_read_inode function in fs/udf/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19.1 did not validate certain length values, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (incorrect data representation or integer overflow, and OOPS) via a crafted UDF filesystem (bsc#933907).
• CVE-2015-0777: drivers/xen/usbback/usbback.c in linux-2.6.18-xen-3.4.0 (aka the Xen 3.4.x support patches for the Linux kernel 2.6.18), as used in the Linux kernel 2.6.x and 3.x in SUSE Linux distributions, allows guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized locations in host OS kernel memory via unspecified vectors. (bsc#917830)
• CVE-2014-9728: The UDF filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 did not validate certain lengths, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and system crash) via a crafted filesystem image, related to fs/udf/inode.c and fs/udf/symlink.c (bsc#933904).
• CVE-2014-9730: The udf_pc_to_char…

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 Realtime kernel was updated to version 3.0.101.rt130-45.1 to receive various security and bugfixes.

Following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2015-6252: Possible file descriptor leak for each VHOST_SET_LOG_FDcommand issued, this could eventually wasting available system resources and creating a denial of service (bsc#942367).
• CVE-2015-5707: Possible integer overflow in the calculation of total number of pages in bio_map_user_iov() (bsc#940338).
• CVE-2015-5364: The (1) udp_recvmsg and (2) udpv6_recvmsg functions in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 do not properly consider yielding a processor, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via incorrect checksums within a UDP packet flood (bnc#936831).
• CVE-2015-5366: The (1) udp_recvmsg and (2) udpv6_recvmsg functions in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 provide inappropriate -EAGAIN return values, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (EPOLLET epoll application read outage) via an incorrect checksum in a UDP packet, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5364 (bnc#936831).
• CVE-2015-1420: Race condition in the handle_to_path function in fs/fhandle.c in the Linux kernel through 3.19.1 allowed local users to bypass intended size restrictions and trigger read operations on additional memory locations by changing the handle_bytes value of a file handle during the execution of this function (bnc#915517).
• CVE-2015-4700: The bpf_int_jit_compile function in arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by creating a packet filter and then loading crafted BPF instructions that trigger late convergence by the JIT compiler (bnc#935705).
• CVE-2015-5697: The get_bitmap_file function in drivers/md/md.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.6 does not initialize a certain bitmap data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a GET_BITMAP_FILE ioctl call. (bnc#939994)

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

• Btrfs: be aware of btree inode write errors to avoid fs corruption (bnc#942350).
• Btrfs: be aware of btree inode write errors to avoid fs corruption (bnc#942404).
• Btrfs: check if previous transaction aborted to avoid fs corruption (bnc#942350).
• Btrfs: check if previous transaction aborted to avoid fs corruption (bnc#942404).
• Btrfs: deal with convert_extent_bit errors to avoid fs corruption (bnc#942350).
• Btrfs: deal with convert_extent_bit errors to avoid fs corruption (bnc#942404).
• Btrfs: fix hang when failing to submit bio of directIO (bnc#942688).
• Btrfs: fix memory corruption on failure to submit bio for direct IO (bnc#942688).
• Btrfs: fix put dio bio twice when we submit dio bio fail (bnc#942688).
• DRM/I915: Add enum hpd_pin to intel_encoder (bsc#942938).
• DRM/i915: Convert HPD interrupts to make use of HPD pin assignment in encoders (v2) (bsc#942938).
• DRM/i915: Get rid if the 'hotplug_supported_mask' in struct drm_i915_private (bsc#942938).
• DRM/i915: Remove i965_hpd_irq_setup (bsc#942938).
• DRM/i915: Remove valleyview_hpd_irq_setup (bsc#942938).
• CIFS: Fix missing crypto allocation (bnc#937402).
• IB/core: Fix mismatch between locked and pinned pages (bnc#937855).
• IB/iser: Add Discovery support (bsc#923002).
• IB/iser: Move informational messages from error to info level (bsc#923002).
• SCSI: Moved iscsi kabi patch to patches.kabi (bsc#923002)
• SCSI: kabi: allow iscsi disocvery session support (bsc#923002).
• SCSI: vmw_pvscsi: Fix pvscsi_abort() function (bnc#940398 bsc#930934).
• SCSI: fix scsi_error_handler vs. scsi_host_dev_release race (bnc#942204).
• SCSI: scsi_error: add missing case statements in scsi_decide_disposition() (bsc#920733).
• SCSI: scsi_transport_iscsi: Exporting new attrs for iscsi session and connection in sysfs (bsc#923002).
• NFSD: Fix nfsv4 opcode decoding…

The (1) udp_recvmsg and (2) udpv6_recvmsg functions in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 provide inappropriate -EAGAIN return values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (EPOLLET epoll application read outage) via an incorrect checksum in a UDP packet, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5364.

A flaw was discovered in the user space memory copying for the pipe iovecs in the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or potentially escalate their privileges. (CVE-2015-1805)

A flaw was discovered in the kvm (kernel virtual machine) subsystem's kvm_apic_has_events function. A unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-4692)

Daniel Borkmann reported a kernel crash in the Linux kernel's BPF filter JIT optimization. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-4700)

A flaw was discovered in how the Linux kernel handles invalid UDP checksums. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service using a flood of UDP packets with invalid checksums. (CVE-2015-5364)

A flaw was discovered in how the Linux kernel handles invalid UDP checksums. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service against applications that use epoll by injecting a single packet with an invalid checksum. (CVE-2015-5366)

A double free flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's path lookup. A local user could cause a denial of service (Oops). (CVE-2015-5706)

A flaw was discovered in the kvm (kernel virtual machine) subsystem's kvm_apic_has_events function. A unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-4692)

A flaw was discovered in how the Linux kernel handles invalid UDP checksums. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service using a flood of UDP packets with invalid checksums. (CVE-2015-5364)

A flaw was discovered in how the Linux kernel handles invalid UDP checksums. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service against applications that use epoll by injecting a single packet with an invalid checksum. (CVE-2015-5366)

A flaw was discovered in the kvm (kernel virtual machine) subsystem's kvm_apic_has_events function. A unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-4692)

Daniel Borkmann reported a kernel crash in the Linux kernel's BPF filter JIT optimization. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-4700)

A flaw was discovered in how the Linux kernel handles invalid UDP checksums. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service using a flood of UDP packets with invalid checksums. (CVE-2015-5364)

A flaw was discovered in how the Linux kernel handles invalid UDP checksums. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service against applications that use epoll by injecting a single packet with an invalid checksum. (CVE-2015-5366)