CVE-2015-7872

This kernel update is based on upstream 4.1.15 longterm kernel and fixes the following security issues:

The __rds_conn_create function in net/rds/connection.c in the Linux kernel through 4.2.3 allows 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 (CVE-2015-6937).

The key_gc_unused_keys function in security/keys/gc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via crafted keyctl commands (CVE-2015-7872).

The vivid_fb_ioctl function in drivers/media/platform/vivid/vivid-osd.c in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application (CVE-2015-7884).

The dgnc_mgmt_ioctl function in drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_mgmt.c in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application (CVE-2015-7885).

Felix Wilhelm discovered a race condition in the Xen paravirtualized drivers which can cause double fetch vulnerabilities. An attacker in the paravirtualized guest could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (crash the host) or potentially execute arbitrary code on the host (CVE-2015-8550 / XSA-155).

Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk discovered the Xen PCI backend driver does not perform sanity checks on the device's state. An attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference) on the host (CVE-2015-8551 / XSA-157).

Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk discovered the Xen PCI backend driver does not perform sanity checks on the device's state. An attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service by flooding the logging system with WARN() messages causing the initial domain to exhaust disk space (CVE-2015-8552 / XSA-157).

The ovl_setattr function in fs/overlayfs/inode.c in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3 attempts to merge distinct setattr operations, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and modify the attributes of arbitrary overlay files via a crafted application (CVE-2015-8660).

For other fixes in this update, see the referenced changelogs.

This kernel-linus update is based on upstream 4.1.15 longterm kernel and fixes the following security issues:

The virtnet_probe function in drivers/net/virtio_net.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2 attempts to support a FRAGLIST feature without proper memory allocation, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and memory corruption) via a crafted sequence of fragmented packets (CVE-2015-5156).

The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.2.6, and Xen 4.3.x through 4.6.x, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS panic or hang) by triggering many #AC (aka Alignment Check) exceptions, related to svm.c and vmx.c (CVE-2015-5307).

The __rds_conn_create function in net/rds/connection.c in the Linux kernel through 4.2.3 allows 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 (CVE-2015-6937).

The key_gc_unused_keys function in security/keys/gc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via crafted keyctl commands (CVE-2015-7872).

The vivid_fb_ioctl function in drivers/media/platform/vivid/vivid-osd.c in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application (CVE-2015-7884).

The dgnc_mgmt_ioctl function in drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_mgmt.c in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application (CVE-2015-7885).

Felix Wilhelm discovered a race condition in the Xen paravirtualized drivers which can cause double fetch vulnerabilities. An attacker in the paravirtualized guest could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (crash the host) or potentially execute arbitrary code on the host (CVE-2015-8550 / XSA-155).

Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk discovered the Xen PCI backend driver does not perform sanity checks on the device's state. An attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference) on the host (CVE-2015-8551 / XSA-157).

Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk discovered the Xen PCI backend driver does not perform sanity checks on the device's state. An attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service by flooding the logging system with WARN() messages causing the initial domain to exhaust disk space (CVE-2015-8552 / XSA-157).

The ovl_setattr function in fs/overlayfs/inode.c in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3 attempts to merge distinct setattr operations, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and modify the attributes of arbitrary overlay files via a crafted application (CVE-2015-8660).

For other fixes in this update, see the referenced changelogs.

This kernel-tmb update provides an upgrade to the upstream 4.1 longterm kernel series, currently based on 4.1.15 and resolves at least the following security issues:

It was found that the Linux kernel's keyring implementation would leak memory when adding a key to a keyring via the add_key() function. A local attacker could use this flaw to exhaust all available memory on the system. (CVE-2015-1333)

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel where the deletion of a file or directory could trigger an unmount and reveal data under a mount point. This flaw was inadvertently introduced with the new feature of being able to lazily unmount a mount tree when using file system user namespaces. (CVE-2015-4176)

A flaw was discovered in the kernel's collect_mounts function. If the kernel audit subsystem called collect_mounts to audit an unmounted path, it could panic the system. With this flaw, an unprivileged user could call umount (MNT_DETACH) to launch a denial-of-service attack. (CVE-2015-4177)

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel which is related to the user namespace lazily unmounting file systems. The fs_pin struct has two members (m_list and s_list) which are usually initialized on use in the pin_insert_group function. However, these members might go unmodified; in this case, the system panics when it attempts to destroy or free them. This flaw could be used to launch a denial-of-service attack. (CVE-2015-4178)

A DoS flaw was found for a Linux kernel built for the x86 architecture which had the KVM virtualization support(CONFIG_KVM) enabled. The kernel would be vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference flaw in Linux kernel's kvm_apic_has_events() function while doing an ioctl. An unprivileged user able to access the "/dev/kvm" device could use this flaw to crash the system kernel. (CVE-2015-4692)

A flaw was found in the kernel's implementation of the Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF). A local attacker could craft BPF code to crash the system by creating a situation in which the JIT compiler would fail to correctly optimize the JIT image on the last pass. This would lead to the CPU executing instructions that were not part of the JIT code. (CVE-2015-4700)

The virtnet_probe function in drivers/net/virtio_net.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2 attempts to support a FRAGLIST feature without proper memory allocation, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and memory corruption) via a crafted sequence of fragmented packets. (CVE-2015-5156)

Moein Ghasemzadeh discovered that the USB WhiteHEAT serial driver contained hardcoded attributes about the USB devices. An attacker could construct a fake WhiteHEAT USB device that, when inserted, causes a denial of service (system crash) (CVE-2015-5257).

A guest to host DoS issue was found affecting various hypervisors. In that, a guest can DoS the host by triggering an infinite stream of "alignment check" (#AC) exceptions. This causes the microcode to enter an infinite loop where the core never receives another interrupt. The host kernel panics due to this effect (CVE-2015-5307).

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. (CVE-2015-5697)

Use-after-free vulnerability in the path_openat function in fs/namei.c in the Linux kernel 3.x and 4.x before 4.0.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via O_TMPFILE filesystem operations that leverage a duplicate cleanup operation. (CVE-2015-5706)

It was discovered that an integer overflow error existed in the SCSIgeneric (sg) driver in the Linux kernel. A local attacker with writepermission to a SCSI generic device could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or potentially escalate their privileges. (CVE-2015-5707)

The __rds_conn_create function in…

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…

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 kernel was updated to 3.12.51 to receive various security and bugfixes.

Following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2015-7799: The slhc_init function in drivers/net/slip/slhc.c in the Linux kernel did not ensure that certain slot numbers were valid, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted PPPIOCSMAXCID ioctl call (bnc#949936).
• CVE-2015-5283: The sctp_init function in net/sctp/protocol.c in the Linux kernel had an incorrect sequence of protocol-initialization steps, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (panic or memory corruption) by creating SCTP sockets before all of the steps have finished (bnc#947155).
• CVE-2015-2925: The prepend_path function in fs/dcache.c in the Linux kernel did not properly handle rename actions inside a bind mount, which allowed local users to bypass an intended container protection mechanism by renaming a directory, related to a 'double-chroot attack (bnc#926238).
• CVE-2015-8104: The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS panic or hang) by triggering many #DB (aka Debug) exceptions, related to svm.c (bnc#954404).
• CVE-2015-5307: The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS panic or hang) by triggering many #AC (aka Alignment Check) exceptions, related to svm.c and vmx.c (bnc#953527).
• CVE-2015-7990: RDS: There was no verification that an underlying transport exists when creating a connection, causing usage of a NULL pointer (bsc#952384).
• CVE-2015-7872: The key_gc_unused_keys function in security/keys/gc.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via crafted keyctl commands (bnc#951440).
• CVE-2015-0272: Missing checks allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (IPv6 traffic disruption) via a crafted MTU value in an IPv6 Router Advertisement (RA) message, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8215 (bnc#944296).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

• ALSA: hda - Disable 64bit address for Creative HDA controllers (bnc#814440).
• Add PCI IDs of Intel Sunrise Point-H SATA Controller S232/236 (bsc#953796).
• Btrfs: fix file corruption and data loss after cloning inline extents (bnc#956053).
• Btrfs: fix truncation of compressed and inlined extents (bnc#956053).
• Disable some ppc64le netfilter modules to restore the kabi (bsc#951546)
• Fix regression in NFSRDMA server (bsc#951110).
• KEYS: Fix race between key destruction and finding a keyring by name (bsc#951440).
• KVM: x86: call irq notifiers with directed EOI (bsc#950862).
• NVMe: Add shutdown timeout as module parameter (bnc#936076).
• NVMe: Mismatched host/device page size support (bsc#935961).
• PCI: Drop 'setting latency timer' messages (bsc#956047).
• SCSI: Fix hard lockup in scsi_remove_target() (bsc#944749).
• SCSI: hosts: update to use ida_simple for host_no (bsc#939926)
• SUNRPC: Fix oops when trace sunrpc_task events in nfs client (bnc#956703).
• Sync ppc64le netfilter config options with other archs (bnc#951546)
• Update kabi files with sbc_parse_cdb symbol change (bsc#954635).
• apparmor: allow SYS_CAP_RESOURCE to be sufficient to prlimit another task (bsc#921949).
• apparmor: temporary work around for bug while unloading policy (boo#941867).
• audit: correctly record file names with different path name types (bsc#950013).
• audit: create private file name copies when auditing inodes (bsc#950013).
• cpu: Defer smpboot kthread unparking until CPU known to scheduler (bsc#936773).
• dlm: make posix locks interruptible, (bsc#947241).
• 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've merged with the previous (bsc#904348).
• dm: impose configurable deadline for dm_request_fn's merge heuristic (bsc#904348).
• dmapi: Fix…

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel was updated to 3.12.51 to receive various security and bugfixes.

Following features were added:

• hwrng: Add a driver for the hwrng found in power7+ systems (fate#315784).

Following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2015-8215: net/ipv6/addrconf.c in the IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel did not validate attempted changes to the MTU value, which allowed context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (packet loss) via a value that is (1) smaller than the minimum compliant value or (2) larger than the MTU of an interface, as demonstrated by a Router Advertisement (RA) message that is not validated by a daemon, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0272. (bsc#955354)
• CVE-2015-5156: The virtnet_probe function in drivers/net/virtio_net.c in the Linux kernel attempted to support a FRAGLIST feature without proper memory allocation, which allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and memory corruption) via a crafted sequence of fragmented packets (bnc#940776).
• CVE-2015-7872: The key_gc_unused_keys function in security/keys/gc.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via crafted keyctl commands (bnc#951440).
• CVE-2015-7799: The slhc_init function in drivers/net/slip/slhc.c in the Linux kernel did not ensure that certain slot numbers are valid, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted PPPIOCSMAXCID ioctl call (bnc#949936).
• CVE-2015-2925: The prepend_path function in fs/dcache.c in the Linux kernel did not properly handle rename actions inside a bind mount, which allowed local users to bypass an intended container protection mechanism by renaming a directory, related to a 'double-chroot attack (bnc#926238).
• CVE-2015-7990: RDS: Verify the underlying transport exists before creating a connection, preventing possible DoS (bsc#952384).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

• af_iucv: avoid path quiesce of severed path in shutdown() (bnc#954986, LTC#131684).
• alsa: hda - Disable 64bit address for Creative HDA controllers (bnc#814440).
• alsa: hda - Fix noise problems on Thinkpad T440s (boo#958504).
• alsa: hda - Fix noise problems on Thinkpad T440s (boo#958504).
• apparmor: allow SYS_CAP_RESOURCE to be sufficient to prlimit another task (bsc#921949).
• audit: correctly record file names with different path name types (bsc#950013).
• audit: create private file name copies when auditing inodes (bsc#950013).
• bcache: Add btree_insert_node() (bnc#951638).
• bcache: Add explicit keylist arg to btree_insert() (bnc#951638).
• bcache: backing device set to clean after finishing detach (bsc#951638).
• bcache: backing device set to clean after finishing detach (bsc#951638).
• bcache: Clean up keylist code (bnc#951638).
• bcache: Convert btree_insert_check_key() to btree_insert_node() (bnc#951638).
• bcache: Convert bucket_wait to wait_queue_head_t (bnc#951638).
• bcache: Convert try_wait to wait_queue_head_t (bnc#951638).
• bcache: Explicitly track btree node's parent (bnc#951638).
• bcache: Fix a bug when detaching (bsc#951638).
• bcache: Fix a lockdep splat in an error path (bnc#951638).
• bcache: Fix a shutdown bug (bsc#951638).
• bcache: Fix more early shutdown bugs (bsc#951638).
• bcache: Fix sysfs splat on shutdown with flash only devs (bsc#951638).
• bcache: Insert multiple keys at a time (bnc#951638).
• bcache: kill closure locking usage (bnc#951638).
• bcache: Refactor journalling flow control (bnc#951638).
• bcache: Refactor request_write() (bnc#951638).
• bcache: Use blkdev_issue_discard() (bnc#951638).
• btrfs: Adjust commit-transaction condition to avoid NO_SPACE more (bsc#958647).
• btrfs: Adjust commit-transaction condition to avoid NO_SPACE more (bsc#958647).
• btrfs: cleanup: remove no-used alloc_chunk in btrfs_check_data_free_space() (bsc#958647).
• btrfs: cleanup: remove no-used alloc_chunk in…

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

Following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2015-7509: Mounting ext4 filesystems in no-journal mode could hav lead to a system crash (bsc#956709).
• CVE-2015-7799: The slhc_init function in drivers/net/slip/slhc.c in the Linux kernel did not ensure that certain slot numbers are valid, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted PPPIOCSMAXCID ioctl call (bnc#949936).
• CVE-2015-8104: The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS panic or hang) by triggering many #DB (aka Debug) exceptions, related to svm.c (bnc#954404).
• CVE-2015-5307: The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS panic or hang) by triggering many #AC (aka Alignment Check) exceptions, related to svm.c and vmx.c (bnc#953527).
• CVE-2015-7990: RDS: There was no verification that an underlying transport exists when creating a connection, causing usage of a NULL pointer (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 (bnc#938706).
• CVE-2015-7872: The key_gc_unused_keys function in security/keys/gc.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via crafted keyctl commands (bnc#951440).
• CVE-2015-0272: Missing checks allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (IPv6 traffic disruption) via a crafted MTU value in an IPv6 Router Advertisement (RA) message, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8215 (bnc#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 (bnc#945825).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

• ALSA: hda - Disable 64bit address for Creative HDA controllers (bnc#814440).
• Driver: Vmxnet3: Fix ethtool -S to return correct rx queue stats (bsc#950750).
• Drivers: hv: do not do hypercalls when hypercall_page is NULL.
• Drivers: hv: kvp: move poll_channel() to hyperv_vmbus.h.
• Drivers: hv: util: move kvp/vss function declarations to hyperv_vmbus.h.
• Drivers: hv: vmbus: Get rid of some unused definitions.
• Drivers: hv: vmbus: Implement the protocol for tearing down vmbus state.
• Drivers: hv: vmbus: add special crash handler (bnc#930770).
• Drivers: hv: vmbus: add special kexec handler.
• Drivers: hv: vmbus: kill tasklets on module unload.
• Drivers: hv: vmbus: prefer '^A' notification chain to 'panic'.
• Drivers: hv: vmbus: remove hv_synic_free_cpu() call from hv_synic_cleanup().
• Drivers: hv: vmbus: unregister panic notifier on module unload.
• 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).
• KEYS: Fix race between key destruction and finding a keyring by name (bsc#951440).
• Make sure XPRT_CONNECTING gets cleared when needed (bsc#946309).
• NFSv4: Fix two infinite loops in the mount code (bsc#954628).
• PCI: Add VPD function 0 quirk for Intel Ethernet devices (bnc#943786).
• PCI: Add dev_flags bit to access VPD through function 0 (bnc#943786).
• PCI: Clear NumVFs when disabling SR-IOV in sriov_init() (bnc#952084).
• PCI: Refresh First VF Offset and VF Stride when updating NumVFs (bnc#952084).
• PCI: Update NumVFs register when disabling SR-IOV (bnc#952084).
• PCI: delay configuration of SRIOV capability (bnc#952084).
• PCI: set pci sriov page size before reading SRIOV BAR (bnc#952084).
• SCSI: hosts: update to use ida_simple for host_no (bsc#939926)
• SUNRPC refactor rpcauth_checkverf error returns…

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

Following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2015-7509: Mounting a prepared ext2 filesystem as ext4 could lead to a local denial of service (crash) (bsc#956709).
• CVE-2015-7799: The slhc_init function in drivers/net/slip/slhc.c in the Linux kernel did not ensure that certain slot numbers are valid, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted PPPIOCSMAXCID ioctl call (bnc#949936).
• CVE-2015-8104: The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS panic or hang) by triggering many #DB (aka Debug) exceptions, related to svm.c (bnc#954404).
• CVE-2015-5307: The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS panic or hang) by triggering many #AC (aka Alignment Check) exceptions, related to svm.c and vmx.c (bnc#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 allow local users to gain privileges by triggering an NMI (bnc#937969 937970 938706 939207).
• CVE-2015-7872: The key_gc_unused_keys function in security/keys/gc.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via crafted keyctl commands (bnc#951440).
• CVE-2015-8215: net/ipv6/addrconf.c in the IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel did not validate attempted changes to the MTU value, which allowed context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (packet loss) via a value that is (1) smaller than the minimum compliant value or (2) larger than the MTU of an interface, as demonstrated by a Router Advertisement (RA) message that is not validated by a daemon, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0272. NOTE: the scope of CVE-2015-0272 is limited to the NetworkManager product. (bnc#955354).
• 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 (bnc#945825).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

• af_xhci: avoid path quiesce of severed path in shutdown() (bnc#946214, LTC#131684).
• ahci: Add Device ID for Intel Sunrise Point PCH (bsc#953799).
• alsa: hda - Disable 64bit address for Creative HDA controllers (bnc#814440).
• blktap: also call blkif_disconnect() when frontend switched to closed (bsc#952976).
• blktap: refine mm tracking (bsc#952976).
• cachefiles: Avoid deadlocks with fs freezing (bsc#935123).
• dm: do not start current request if it would've merged with the previous (bsc#904348).
• dm: impose configurable deadline for dm_request_fn's merge heuristic (bsc#904348).
• dm-snap: avoid deadock on s->lock when a read is split (bsc#939826).
• dm sysfs: introduce ability to add writable attributes (bsc#904348).
• drivers: hv: do not do hypercalls when hypercall_page is NULL.
• drivers: hv: kvp: move poll_channel() to hyperv_vmbus.h.
• drivers: hv: util: move kvp/vss function declarations to hyperv_vmbus.h.
• drivers: hv: vmbus: add special crash handler (bnc#930770).
• drivers: hv: vmbus: add special kexec handler.
• drivers: hv: vmbus: Get rid of some unused definitions.
• drivers: hv: vmbus: Implement the protocol for tearing down vmbus state.
• drivers: hv: vmbus: kill tasklets on module unload.
• drivers: hv: vmbus: prefer 'die' notification chain to 'panic'.
• drivers: hv: vmbus: remove hv_synic_free_cpu() call from hv_synic_cleanup().
• drivers: hv: vmbus: unregister panic notifier on module unload.
• driver: Vmxnet3: Fix ethtool -S to…

This kernel live patch for Linux Kernel 3.12.49-11.1 fixes security issues and bugs:

Security issues fixed:

• CVE-2015-8539: A negatively instantiated user key could have been used by a local user to leverage privileges (bnc#958601).

• CVE-2015-6937: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) implementation allowing a local user to cause system DoS. A verification was missing that the underlying transport exists when a connection was created. (bsc#953052)

• CVE-2015-7990: RDS: Verify the underlying transport exists before creating a connection, preventing possible DoS (bsc#953052).

• CVE-2015-7872: Possible crash when trying to garbage collect an uninstantiated keyring (bsc#951542).

Non-security bugfix were also done:

• xfs: Fix lost direct IO write in the last block (bsc#954005).

This kernel live patch for Linux Kernel 3.12.48-52.27.1 fixes security issues and bugs:

Security issues fixed:

• CVE-2015-8539: A negatively instantiated user key could have been used by a local user to leverage privileges (bnc#958601).

• CVE-2015-6937: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) implementation allowing a local user to cause system DoS. A verification was missing that the underlying transport exists when a connection was created. (bsc#953052)

• CVE-2015-7990: RDS: Verify the underlying transport exists before creating a connection, preventing possible DoS (bsc#953052).

• CVE-2015-7872: Possible crash when trying to garbage collect an uninstantiated keyring (bsc#951542).

• CVE-2015-2925: The prepend_path function in fs/dcache.c in the Linux kernel did not properly handle rename actions inside a bind mount, which allowed local users to bypass an intended container protection mechanism by renaming a directory, related to a 'double-chroot attack (bnc#951625).

Non-security bugfix were also done:

• xfs: Fix lost direct IO write in the last block (bsc#954005).
• simple fix in kallsyms initialization (bsc#940342 bsc#916225)

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

Following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2015-8104: The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS panic or hang) by triggering many #DB (aka Debug) exceptions, related to svm.c (bnc#954404).
• CVE-2015-5307: The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS panic or hang) by triggering many #AC (aka Alignment Check) exceptions, related to svm.c and vmx.c (bnc#953527).
• CVE-2015-7990: RDS: Verify the underlying transport exists before creating a connection, preventing possible DoS (bsc#952384, CVE-2015-7990).
• 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 allow local users to gain privileges by triggering an NMI (bnc#937969 bnc#937970 bnc#938706 bnc#939207).
• CVE-2015-7872: The key_gc_unused_keys function in security/keys/gc.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via crafted keyctl commands (bnc#951440).
• CVE-2015-8215: net/ipv6/addrconf.c in the IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel did not validate attempted changes to the MTU value, which allowed context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (packet loss) via a value that is (1) smaller than the minimum compliant value or (2) larger than the MTU of an interface, as demonstrated by a Router Advertisement (RA) message that is not validated by a daemon, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0272. NOTE: the scope of CVE-2015-0272 is limited to the NetworkManager product. (bnc#955354).
• 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 (bnc#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 triggers permanent file-descriptor allocation (bnc#942367).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

• alsa: hda - Disable 64bit address for Creative HDA controllers (bnc#814440).
• 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).
• dm: do not start current request if it would've merged with the previous (bsc#904348).
• dm: impose configurable deadline for dm_request_fn's merge heuristic (bsc#904348).
• dm-snap: avoid deadock on s->lock when a read is split (bsc#939826).
• dm sysfs: introduce ability to add writable attributes (bsc#904348).
• 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 hotplug activation period to hotplug update mask (bsc#953980).
• drm/i915: Add HPD IRQ storm detection (v5) (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Add messages useful for HPD storm detection debugging (v2) (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Add Reenable Timer to turn Hotplug Detection back on (v4) (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: assert_spin_locked for pipestat interrupt enable/disable (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Avoid race of intel_crt_detect_hotplug() with HPD interrupt (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Avoid race of intel_crt_detect_hotplug() with HPD interrupt, v2 (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: Convert HPD interrupts to make use of HPD pin assignment in encoders (v2) (bsc#942938). -…

This kernel live patch for Linux Kernel 3.12.38-44.1 fixes security issues and bugs:

Security issues fixed:

• CVE-2015-8539: A negatively instantiated user key could have been used by a local user to leverage privileges (bnc#958601).

• CVE-2015-6937: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) implementation allowing a local user to cause system DoS. A verification was missing that the underlying transport exists when a connection was created. (bsc#953052)

• CVE-2015-7990: RDS: Verify the underlying transport exists before creating a connection, preventing possible DoS (bsc#953052).

• CVE-2015-7872: Possible crash when trying to garbage collect an uninstantiated keyring (bsc#951542).

• CVE-2015-2925: The prepend_path function in fs/dcache.c in the Linux kernel did not properly handle rename actions inside a bind mount, which allowed local users to bypass an intended container protection mechanism by renaming a directory, related to a 'double-chroot attack (bnc#951625).

Non-security bugfix were also done:

• xfs: Fix lost direct IO write in the last block (bsc#954005).
• simple fix in kallsyms initialization (bsc#940342 bsc#916225)

This kernel live patch for Linux Kernel 3.12.39-47.1 fixes security issues and bugs:

Security issues fixed:

• CVE-2015-8539: A negatively instantiated user key could have been used by a local user to leverage privileges (bnc#958601).

• CVE-2015-6937: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) implementation allowing a local user to cause system DoS. A verification was missing that the underlying transport exists when a connection was created. (bsc#953052)

• CVE-2015-7990: RDS: Verify the underlying transport exists before creating a connection, preventing possible DoS (bsc#953052).

• CVE-2015-7872: Possible crash when trying to garbage collect an uninstantiated keyring (bsc#951542).

• CVE-2015-2925: The prepend_path function in fs/dcache.c in the Linux kernel did not properly handle rename actions inside a bind mount, which allowed local users to bypass an intended container protection mechanism by renaming a directory, related to a 'double-chroot attack (bnc#951625).

Non-security bugfix were also done:

• xfs: Fix lost direct IO write in the last block (bsc#954005).
• simple fix in kallsyms initialization (bsc#940342 bsc#916225)

This kernel live patch for Linux Kernel 3.12.43-52.6.1 fixes security issues and bugs:

Security issues fixed:

• CVE-2015-8539: A negatively instantiated user key could have been used by a local user to leverage privileges (bnc#958601).

• CVE-2015-6937: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) implementation allowing a local user to cause system DoS. A verification was missing that the underlying transport exists when a connection was created. (bsc#953052)

• CVE-2015-7990: RDS: Verify the underlying transport exists before creating a connection, preventing possible DoS (bsc#953052).

• CVE-2015-7872: Possible crash when trying to garbage collect an uninstantiated keyring (bsc#951542).

• CVE-2015-2925: The prepend_path function in fs/dcache.c in the Linux kernel did not properly handle rename actions inside a bind mount, which allowed local users to bypass an intended container protection mechanism by renaming a directory, related to a 'double-chroot attack (bnc#951625).

Non-security bugfix were also done:

• xfs: Fix lost direct IO write in the last block (bsc#954005).
• simple fix in kallsyms initialization (bsc#940342 bsc#916225)

This kernel live patch for Linux Kernel 3.12.36-38.1 fixes security issues and bugs:

Security issues fixed:

• CVE-2015-8539: A negatively instantiated user key could have been used by a local user to leverage privileges (bnc#958601).

• CVE-2015-6937: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) implementation allowing a local user to cause system DoS. A verification was missing that the underlying transport exists when a connection was created. (bsc#953052)

• CVE-2015-7990: RDS: Verify the underlying transport exists before creating a connection, preventing possible DoS (bsc#953052).

• CVE-2015-7872: Possible crash when trying to garbage collect an uninstantiated keyring (bsc#951542).

• CVE-2015-2925: The prepend_path function in fs/dcache.c in the Linux kernel did not properly handle rename actions inside a bind mount, which allowed local users to bypass an intended container protection mechanism by renaming a directory, related to a 'double-chroot attack (bnc#951625).

Non-security bugfix were also done:

• xfs: Fix lost direct IO write in the last block (bsc#954005).
• simple fix in kallsyms initialization (bsc#940342 bsc#916225)

This kernel live patch for Linux Kernel 3.12.44-52.10.1 fixes security issues and bugs:

Security issues fixed:

• CVE-2015-8539: A negatively instantiated user key could have been used by a local user to leverage privileges (bnc#958601).

• CVE-2015-6937: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) implementation allowing a local user to cause system DoS. A verification was missing that the underlying transport exists when a connection was created. (bsc#953052)

• CVE-2015-7990: RDS: Verify the underlying transport exists before creating a connection, preventing possible DoS (bsc#953052).

• CVE-2015-7872: Possible crash when trying to garbage collect an uninstantiated keyring (bsc#951542).

• CVE-2015-2925: The prepend_path function in fs/dcache.c in the Linux kernel did not properly handle rename actions inside a bind mount, which allowed local users to bypass an intended container protection mechanism by renaming a directory, related to a 'double-chroot attack (bnc#951625).

Non-security bugfix were also done:

• xfs: Fix lost direct IO write in the last block (bsc#954005).
• simple fix in kallsyms initialization (bsc#940342 bsc#916225)

This kernel live patch for Linux Kernel 3.12.44-52.18.1 fixes security issues and bugs:

Security issues fixed:

• CVE-2015-8539: A negatively instantiated user key could have been used by a local user to leverage privileges (bnc#958601).

• CVE-2015-6937: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) implementation allowing a local user to cause system DoS. A verification was missing that the underlying transport exists when a connection was created. (bsc#953052)

• CVE-2015-7990: RDS: Verify the underlying transport exists before creating a connection, preventing possible DoS (bsc#953052).

• CVE-2015-7872: Possible crash when trying to garbage collect an uninstantiated keyring (bsc#951542).

• CVE-2015-2925: The prepend_path function in fs/dcache.c in the Linux kernel did not properly handle rename actions inside a bind mount, which allowed local users to bypass an intended container protection mechanism by renaming a directory, related to a 'double-chroot attack (bnc#951625).

Non-security bugfix were also done:

• xfs: Fix lost direct IO write in the last block (bsc#954005).
• simple fix in kallsyms initialization (bsc#940342 bsc#916225)

This kernel live patch for Linux Kernel 3.12.32-33.1 fixes security issues and bugs:

Security issues fixed:

• CVE-2015-8539: A negatively instantiated user key could have been used by a local user to leverage privileges (bnc#958601).

• CVE-2015-6937: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) implementation allowing a local user to cause system DoS. A verification was missing that the underlying transport exists when a connection was created. (bsc#953052)

• CVE-2015-7990: RDS: Verify the underlying transport exists before creating a connection, preventing possible DoS (bsc#953052).

• CVE-2015-7872: Possible crash when trying to garbage collect an uninstantiated keyring (bsc#951542).

• CVE-2015-2925: The prepend_path function in fs/dcache.c in the Linux kernel did not properly handle rename actions inside a bind mount, which allowed local users to bypass an intended container protection mechanism by renaming a directory, related to a 'double-chroot attack (bnc#951625).

Non-security bugfix were also done:

• xfs: Fix lost direct IO write in the last block (bsc#954005).
• simple fix in kallsyms initialization (bsc#940342 bsc#916225)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP2 kernel was updated to receive various security and bug fixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2016-4486: Fixed 4 byte information leak in net/core/rtnetlink.c (bsc#978822).
• CVE-2016-3134: The netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not validate certain offset fields, which allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via an IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt call (bnc#971126).
• CVE-2016-2847: fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel did not limit the amount of unread data in pipes, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by creating many pipes with non-default sizes (bnc#970948).
• CVE-2016-2188: The iowarrior_probe function in drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c in the Linux kernel allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor (bnc#970956).
• CVE-2016-3138: The acm_probe function in drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c in the Linux kernel allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a USB device without both a control and a data endpoint descriptor (bnc#970911).
• CVE-2016-3137: drivers/usb/serial/cypress_m8.c in the Linux kernel allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a USB device without both an interrupt-in and an interrupt-out endpoint descriptor, related to the cypress_generic_port_probe and cypress_open functions (bnc#970970).
• CVE-2016-3140: The digi_port_init function in drivers/usb/serial/digi_acceleport.c in the Linux kernel allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor (bnc#970892).
• CVE-2016-2186: The powermate_probe function in drivers/input/misc/powermate.c in the Linux kernel allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor (bnc#970958).
• CVE-2016-2185: The ati_remote2_probe function in drivers/input/misc/ati_remote2.c in the Linux kernel allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor (bnc#971124).
• CVE-2016-3156: The IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel mishandles destruction of device objects, which allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS networking outage) by arranging for a large number of IP addresses (bnc#971360).
• CVE-2016-2184: The create_fixed_stream_quirk function in sound/usb/quirks.c in the snd-usb-audio driver in the Linux kernel allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference or double free, and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor (bnc#971125).
• CVE-2016-3139: The wacom_probe function in drivers/input/tablet/wacom_sys.c in the Linux kernel allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor (bnc#970909).
• CVE-2016-2143: The fork implementation in the Linux kernel on s390 platforms mishandled the case of four page-table levels, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application, related to arch/s390/include/asm/mmu_context.h and arch/s390/include/asm/pgalloc.h (bnc#970504).
• CVE-2016-2782: The treo_attach function in drivers/usb/serial/visor.c in the Linux kernel allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by inserting a USB device that lacks a (1)…

The key_gc_unused_keys function in security/keys/gc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via crafted keyctl commands.

It was discovered that the SCTP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel performed an incorrect sequence of protocol-initialization steps. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-5283)

Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the Linux kernel's keyring handler attempted to garbage collect incompletely instantiated keys. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-7872)

Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the Linux kernel's keyring handler attempted to garbage collect incompletely instantiated keys. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).

It was discovered that the SCTP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel performed an incorrect sequence of protocol-initialization steps. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-5283)

Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the Linux kernel's keyring handler attempted to garbage collect incompletely instantiated keys. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-7872)

Jan Beulich discovered that the KVM svm hypervisor implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly catch Debug exceptions on AMD processors. An attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) in the host OS. (CVE-2015-8104)

郭永刚 discovered that the ppp implementation in the Linux kernel did not ensure that certain slot numbers are valid. A local attacker with the privilege to call ioctl() on /dev/ppp could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-7799)

Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the Linux kernel's keyring handler attempted to garbage collect incompletely instantiated keys. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-7872)

It was discovered that the virtual video osd test driver in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize data structures. A local attacker could use this to obtain sensitive information from the kernel. (CVE-2015-7884)

It was discovered that the driver for Digi Neo and ClassicBoard devices did not properly initialize data structures. A local attacker could use this to obtain sensitive information from the kernel. (CVE-2015-7885)