CVE-2014-9710

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).

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…

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

The following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2019-11477: A sequence of SACKs may have been crafted such that one can trigger an integer overflow, leading to a kernel panic. (bsc#1137586)

• CVE-2019-11478: It was possible to send a crafted sequence of SACKs which will fragment the TCP retransmission queue. An attacker may have been able to further exploit the fragmented queue to cause an expensive linked-list walk for subsequent SACKs received for that same TCP connection.

• CVE-2019-11479: It was possible to send a crafted sequence of SACKs which will fragment the RACK send map. A remote attacker may be able to further exploit the fragmented send map to cause an expensive linked-list walk for subsequent SACKs received for that same TCP connection. This would have resulted in excess resource consumption due to low mss values.

• 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 did not fit (bnc#923908).

• CVE-2019-5489: The mincore() implementation in mm/mincore.c in the Linux kernel allowed local attackers to observe page cache access patterns of other processes on the same system, potentially allowing sniffing of secret information. (Fixing this affects the output of the fincore program.) Limited remote exploitation may be possible, as demonstrated by latency differences in accessing public files from an Apache HTTP Server (bnc#1120843).

• CVE-2019-11190: The Linux kernel allowed local users to bypass ASLR on setuid programs (such as /bin/su) because install_exec_creds() is called too late in load_elf_binary() in fs/binfmt_elf.c, and thus the ptrace_may_access() check has a race condition when reading /proc/pid/stat (bnc#1131543).

• CVE-2018-17972: An issue was discovered in the proc_pid_stack function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel It did not ensure that only root may inspect the kernel stack of an arbitrary task, allowing a local attacker to exploit racy stack unwinding and leak kernel task stack contents (bnc#1110785).

• CVE-2019-11884: The do_hidp_sock_ioctl function in net/bluetooth/hidp/sock.c in the Linux kernel allowed a local user to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a HIDPCONNADD command, because a name field may not end with a '\0' character (bnc#1134848).

• CVE-2019-11486: The Siemens R3964 line discipline driver in drivers/tty/n_r3964.c in the Linux kernel had multiple race conditions (bnc#1133188).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

• cifs: fix uninitialized memory access (bsc#1120326).
• kabi: drop LINUX_MIB_TCPWQUEUETOOBIG snmp counter (bsc#1137586).
• kernel: Add CEX7 toleration support (bsc#1131295).
• net: ipsec: fix a kernel oops caused by reentrant workqueue (bsc#1119314).
• tcp: add tcp_min_snd_mss sysctl (bsc#1137586).
• tcp: enforce tcp_min_snd_mss in tcp_mtu_probing() (bsc#1137586).
• tcp: limit payload size of sacked skbs (bsc#1137586).
• tcp: tcp_fragment() should apply sane memory limits (bsc#1137586).
• x86/MCE: Handle 'nosmt' offlining properly (bsc#1134729).
• xfs: do not cache inodes read through bulkstat (bsc#1134102).

The Btrfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.19 does not ensure that the visible xattr state is consistent with a requested replacement, which allows 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.

Alexandre Oliva reported a race condition flaw in the btrfs file system's handling of extended attributes (xattrs). A local attacker could exploit this flaw to bypass ACLs and potentially escalate privileges. (CVE-2014-9710)

A memory corruption issue was discovered in AES decryption when using the Intel AES-NI accelerated code path. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or potentially escalate privileges on Intel base machines with AEC-GCM mode IPSec security association. (CVE-2015-3331)

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's IPv4 networking when using TCP fast open to initiate a connection. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-3332)

Alexandre Oliva reported a race condition flaw in the btrfs file system's handling of extended attributes (xattrs). A local attacker could exploit this flaw to bypass ACLs and potentially escalate privileges. (CVE-2014-9710)

A race condition was discovered in the Linux kernel's file_handle size verification. A local user could exploit this flaw to read potentially sensative memory locations. (CVE-2015-1420)

A underflow error was discovered in the Linux kernel's Ozmo Devices USB over WiFi host controller driver. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or potentially execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted packet. (CVE-2015-4001)

A bounds check error was discovered in the Linux kernel's Ozmo Devices USB over WiFi host controller driver. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or potentially execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted packet. (CVE-2015-4002)

A division by zero error was discovered in the Linux kernel's Ozmo Devices USB over WiFi host controller driver. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-4003)

Carl H Lunde discovered missing consistency checks in the Linux kernel's UDF file system (CONFIG_UDF_FS). A local attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) by using a corrupted file system image. (CVE-2015-4167)