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.

The openSUSE 13.1 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

Following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2016-0728: A reference leak in keyring handling with     join_session_keyring() could lead to local attackers     gain root privileges. (bsc#962075).

  - CVE-2015-7550: A local user could have triggered a race     between read and revoke in keyctl (bnc#958951).

  - CVE-2015-8569: The (1) pptp_bind and (2) pptp_connect     functions in drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c in the Linux kernel     did not verify an address length, which allowed local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory     and bypass the KASLR protection mechanism via a crafted     application (bnc#959190).

  - CVE-2015-8543: The networking implementation in the     Linux kernel did not validate protocol identifiers for     certain protocol families, which allowed local users to     cause a denial of service (NULL function pointer     dereference and system crash) or possibly gain     privileges by leveraging CLONE_NEWUSER support to     execute a crafted SOCK_RAW application (bnc#958886).

  - CVE-2014-8989: The Linux kernel did not properly     restrict dropping of supplemental group memberships in     certain namespace scenarios, which allowed local users     to bypass intended file permissions by leveraging a     POSIX ACL containing an entry for the group category     that is more restrictive than the entry for the other     category, aka a 'negative groups' issue, related to     kernel/groups.c, kernel/uid16.c, and     kernel/user_namespace.c (bnc#906545).

  - CVE-2015-5157: arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S in the Linux     kernel on the x86_64 platform mishandles IRET faults in     processing NMIs that occurred during userspace     execution, which might allow local users to gain     privileges by triggering an NMI (bnc#937969).

  - CVE-2015-7799: The slhc_init function in     drivers/net/slip/slhc.c in the Linux kernel through     4.2.3 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     through 4.2.6, and Xen 4.3.x through 4.6.x, 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     through 4.2.6, and Xen 4.3.x through 4.6.x, 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-2014-9529: Race condition in the key_gc_unused_keys     function in security/keys/gc.c in the Linux kernel     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory     corruption or panic) or possibly have unspecified other     impact via keyctl commands that trigger access to a key     structure member during garbage collection of a key     (bnc#912202).

  - CVE-2015-7990: Race condition in the rds_sendmsg     function in net/rds/sendmsg.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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because     of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-6937 (bnc#952384     953052).

  - 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-2015-7885: The dgnc_mgmt_ioctl function in     drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_mgmt.c in the Linux kernel     through 4.3.3 did not initialize a certain structure     member, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive     information from kernel memory via a crafted application     (bnc#951627).

  - 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-2015-8767: A case can occur when sctp_accept() is     called by the user during a heartbeat timeout event     after the 4-way handshake. Since sctp_assoc_migrate()     changes both assoc->base.sk and assoc->ep, the     bh_sock_lock in sctp_generate_heartbeat_event() will be     taken with the listening socket but released with the     new association socket. The result is a deadlock on any     future attempts to take the listening socket lock.
    (bsc#961509)

  - CVE-2015-8575: Validate socket address length in     sco_sock_bind() to prevent information leak     (bsc#959399).

  - CVE-2015-8551, CVE-2015-8552: xen/pciback: For     XEN_PCI_OP_disable_msi[|x] only disable if device has     MSI(X) enabled (bsc#957990).

  - CVE-2015-8550: Compiler optimizations in the XEN PV     backend drivers could have lead to double fetch     vulnerabilities, causing denial of service or arbitrary     code execution (depending on the configuration)     (bsc#957988).

The following non-security bugs were fixed :

  - ALSA: hda - Disable 64bit address for Creative HDA     controllers (bnc#814440).

  - ALSA: hda - Fix noise problems on Thinkpad T440s     (boo#958504).

  - Input: aiptek - fix crash on detecting device without     endpoints (bnc#956708).

  - KEYS: Make /proc/keys unconditional if CONFIG_KEYS=y     (boo#956934).

  - KVM: x86: update masterclock values on TSC writes     (bsc#961739).

  - NFS: Fix a NULL pointer dereference of migration     recovery ops for v4.2 client (bsc#960839).

  - apparmor: allow SYS_CAP_RESOURCE to be sufficient to     prlimit another task (bsc#921949).

  - blktap: also call blkif_disconnect() when frontend     switched to closed (bsc#952976).

  - blktap: refine mm tracking (bsc#952976).

  - cdrom: Random writing support for BD-RE media     (bnc#959568).

  - genksyms: Handle string literals with spaces in     reference files (bsc#958510).

  - ipv4: Do not increase PMTU with Datagram Too Big message     (bsc#955224).

  - ipv6: distinguish frag queues by device for multicast     and link-local packets (bsc#955422).

  - ipv6: fix tunnel error handling (bsc#952579).

  - route: Use ipv4_mtu instead of raw rt_pmtu (bsc#955224).

  - uas: Add response iu handling (bnc#954138).

  - usbvision fix overflow of interfaces array (bnc#950998).

  - x86/evtchn: make use of PHYSDEVOP_map_pirq.

  - xen/pciback: Do not allow MSI-X ops if     PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY is not set (bsc#957990 XSA-157).

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 function in     fs/udf/symlink.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2     relies on component lengths that are unused, which     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system     crash) via a crafted UDF filesystem image (bsc#933904).

  - CVE-2014-9729: The udf_read_inode function in     fs/udf/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 did not     ensure a certain data-structure size consistency, which     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system     crash) via a crafted UDF filesystem image (bsc#933904).

  - CVE-2014-9731: The UDF filesystem implementation in the     Linux kernel before 3.18.2 did not ensure that space is     available for storing a symlink target's name along with     a trailing \0 character, which allowed local users to     obtain sensitive information via a crafted filesystem     image, related to fs/udf/symlink.c and fs/udf/unicode.c     (bsc#933896).

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

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 update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

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 in the     ext4_file_write_iter function in fs/ext4/file.c in the     Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of     service (file unavailability) via a combination of a     write action and an F_SETFL fcntl operation for the     O_DIRECT flag (bnc#900881).

  - 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/ (bnc#914742).

  - CVE-2014-9683: Off-by-one error in the     ecryptfs_decode_from_filename function in     fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the     Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of     service (buffer overflow and system crash) or possibly     gain privileges via a crafted filename (bnc#918333).

  - CVE-2015-2042: net/rds/sysctl.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#919018).

  - CVE-2015-1421: Use-after-free vulnerability in the     sctp_assoc_update function in net/sctp/associola.c in     the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (slab corruption and panic) or     possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering an     INIT collision that leads to improper handling of     shared-key data (bnc#915577).

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 3 kernel was updated to fix various bugs and security issues.

The following vulnerabilities have been fixed :

CVE-2015-3636: A missing sk_nulls_node_init() in ping_unhash() inside the ipv4 stack can cause crashes if a disconnect is followed by another connect() attempt. (bnc#929525)

CVE-2015-3339: Race condition in the prepare_binprm function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19.6 allows 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. (bnc#928130)

CVE-2015-3331: The __driver_rfc4106_decrypt function in arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_glue.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19.3 does not properly determine the memory locations used for encrypted data, which allows 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 before 3.19.6 allows remote attackers to reconfigure a hop-limit setting via a small hop_limit value in a Router Advertisement (RA) message. (bnc#922583)

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. (bnc#926240)

CVE-2015-2150: XSA-120: 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.
(bnc#919463)

CVE-2015-2042: net/rds/sysctl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19 uses an incorrect data type in a sysctl table, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory or possibly have unspecified other impact by accessing a sysctl entry.
(bnc#919018)

CVE-2015-2041: net/llc/sysctl_net_llc.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19 uses an incorrect data type in a sysctl table, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory or possibly have unspecified other impact by accessing a sysctl entry.
(bnc#919007)

CVE-2015-1421: Use-after-free vulnerability in the sctp_assoc_update function in net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slab corruption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering an INIT collision that leads to improper handling of shared-key data.
(bnc#915577)

CVE-2015-0777: drivers/xen/usbback/usbback.c in 1 -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. (bnc#917830)

CVE-2014-9683: Off-by-one error in the ecryptfs_decode_from_filename function in fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted filename. (bnc#918333)

CVE-2014-9529: Race condition in the key_gc_unused_keys function in security/keys/gc.c in the Linux kernel through 3.18.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via keyctl commands that trigger access to a key structure member during garbage collection of a key. (bnc#912202)

CVE-2014-9419: The __switch_to function in arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c in the Linux kernel through 3.18.1 does not ensure that Thread Local Storage (TLS) descriptors are loaded before proceeding with other steps, which makes it easier for local users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application that reads a TLS base address. (bnc#911326)

CVE-2014-8159: The InfiniBand (IB) implementation in the Linux kernel does not properly restrict use of User Verbs for registration of memory regions, which allows 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/. (bnc#914742)

CVE-2014-8086: Race condition in the ext4_file_write_iter function in fs/ext4/file.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17 allows local users to cause a denial of service (file unavailability) via a combination of a write action and an F_SETFL fcntl operation for the O_DIRECT flag.
(bnc#900881)

Also 

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 kernel was updated to 3.12.39 to receive various security and bugfixes.

Following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2015-0777: The XEN usb backend could leak     information to the guest system due to copying     uninitialized memory.

  - 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.

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The Linux kernel was updated to fix bugs and security issues :

Following security issues were fixed: CVE-2015-2830: A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernels 32-bit emulation implementation handled forking or closing of a task with an int80 entry. A local user could have potentially used this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system.

CVE-2015-2042: A kernel information leak in rds sysctl files was fixed.

CVE-2014-9683: Off-by-one error in the ecryptfs_decode_from_filename function in fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted filename.

CVE-2015-0275: A BUG_ON in ext4 was fixed which could be triggered by local users.

CVE-2015-2666: A buffer overflow when loading microcode files into the kernel could be used by the administrator to execute code in the kernel, bypassing secure boot measures.

  - CVE-2015-1421: Use-after-free vulnerability in the     sctp_assoc_update function in net/sctp/associola.c in     the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (slab corruption and panic) or     possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering an     INIT collision that leads to improper handling of     shared-key data.

  - CVE-2015-2150: XSA-120: Guests were permitted to modify     all bits of the PCI command register of passed through     cards, which could lead to Host system crashes.

  - CVE-2015-0777: The XEN usb backend could leak     information to the guest system due to copying     uninitialized memory.

  - CVE-2015-1593: A integer overflow reduced the     effectiveness of the stack randomization on 64-bit     systems.

  - CVE-2014-9419: The __switch_to function in     arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c in the Linux kernel did not     ensure that Thread Local Storage (TLS) descriptors are     loaded before proceeding with other steps, which made it     easier for local users to bypass the ASLR protection     mechanism via a crafted application that reads a TLS     base address.

  - CVE-2014-9428: The batadv_frag_merge_packets function in     net/batman-adv/fragmentation.c in the B.A.T.M.A.N.
    implementation in the Linux kernel used an incorrect     length field during a calculation of an amount of     memory, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (mesh-node system crash) via fragmented     packets.

  - CVE-2014-8160:
    net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_generic.c in the Linux     kernel generated incorrect conntrack entries during     handling of certain iptables rule sets for the SCTP,     DCCP, GRE, and UDP-Lite protocols, which allowed remote     attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via     packets with disallowed port numbers.

  - CVE-2014-9529: Race condition in the key_gc_unused_keys     function in security/keys/gc.c in the Linux kernel     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory     corruption or panic) or possibly have unspecified other     impact via keyctl commands that trigger access to a key     structure member during garbage collection of a key.

  - CVE-2014-9420: The rock_continue function in     fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel did not restrict the     number of Rock Ridge continuation entries, which allowed     local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop,     and system crash or hang) via a crafted iso9660 image.

  - CVE-2014-9584: The parse_rock_ridge_inode_internal     function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel did not     validate a length value in the Extensions Reference (ER)     System Use Field, which allowed local users to obtain     sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted     iso9660 image.

  - CVE-2014-9585: The vdso_addr function in     arch/x86/vdso/vma.c in the Linux kernel did not properly     choose memory locations for the vDSO area, which made it     easier for local users to bypass the ASLR protection     mechanism by guessing a location at the end of a PMD.

  - CVE-2014-8559: The d_walk function in fs/dcache.c in the     Linux kernel through did not properly maintain the     semantics of rename_lock, which allowed local users to     cause a denial of service (deadlock and system hang) via     a crafted application.

  - CVE-2014-8134: The paravirt_ops_setup function in     arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c in the Linux kernel used an     improper paravirt_enabled setting for KVM guest kernels,     which made it easier for guest OS users to bypass the     ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application that     reads a 16-bit value.

Following bugs were fixed :

  - powerpc/pci: Fix IO space breakage after     of_pci_range_to_resource() change (bnc#922542).

  - cifs: fix use-after-free bug in find_writable_file     (bnc#909477).

  - usb: Do not allow usb_alloc_streams on unconfigured     devices (bsc#920581).

  - fuse: honour max_read and max_write in direct_io mode     (bnc#918954).

  - switch iov_iter_get_pages() to passing maximal number of     pages (bnc#918954).

  - bcache: fix a livelock in btree lock v2 (bnc#910440)     (bnc#910440). Updated because another version went     upstream

  - drm/i915: Initialise userptr mmu_notifier serial to 1     (bnc#918970).

  - NFS: Don't try to reclaim delegation open state if     recovery failed (boo#909634).

  - NFSv4: Ensure that we call FREE_STATEID when NFSv4.x     stateids are revoked (boo#909634).

  - NFSv4: Fix races between nfs_remove_bad_delegation() and     delegation return (boo#909634).

  - NFSv4: Ensure that we remove NFSv4.0 delegations when     state has expired (boo#909634).

  - Fixing lease renewal (boo#909634).

  - bcache: Fix a bug when detaching (bsc#908582).

  - fix a leak in bch_cached_dev_run() (bnc#910440).

  - bcache: unregister reboot notifier when bcache fails to     register a block device (bnc#910440).

  - bcache: fix a livelock in btree lock (bnc#910440).

  - bcache: [BUG] clear BCACHE_DEV_UNLINK_DONE flag when     attaching a backing device (bnc#910440).

  - bcache: Add a cond_resched() call to gc (bnc#910440).

  - storvsc: ring buffer failures may result in I/O freeze     (bnc#914175).

  - ALSA: seq-dummy: remove deadlock-causing events on close     (boo#916608).

  - ALSA: pcm: Zero-clear reserved fields of PCM status     ioctl in compat mode (boo#916608).

  - ALSA: bebob: Uninitialized id returned by     saffirepro_both_clk_src_get (boo#916608).

  - ALSA: hda - Fix built-in mic on Compaq Presario CQ60     (bnc#920604).

  - ALSA: hda - Fix regression of HD-audio controller     fallback modes (bsc#921313).

  - [media] sound: Update au0828 quirks table (boo#916608).

  - [media] sound: simplify au0828 quirk table (boo#916608).

  - ALSA: usb-audio: Add mic volume fix quirk for Logitech     Webcam C210 (boo#916608).

  - ALSA: usb-audio: extend KEF X300A FU 10 tweak to Arcam     rPAC (boo#916608).

  - ALSA: usb-audio: Add ctrl message delay quirk for     Marantz/Denon devices (boo#916608).

  - ALSA: usb-audio: Fix memory leak in FTU quirk     (boo#916608).

  - ALSA: usb-audio: Fix device_del() sysfs warnings at     disconnect (boo#916608).

  - ALSA: hda - Add new GPU codec ID 0x10de0072 to snd-hda     (boo#916608).

  - ALSA: hda - Fix wrong gpio_dir & gpio_mask hint setups     for IDT/STAC codecs (boo#916608).

  - ALSA: hda/realtek - New codec support for ALC298     (boo#916608).

  - ALSA: hda/realtek - New codec support for ALC256     (boo#916608).

  - ALSA: hda/realtek - Add new Dell desktop for ALC3234     headset mode (boo#916608).

  - ALSA: hda - Add EAPD fixup for ASUS Z99He laptop     (boo#916608).

  - ALSA: hda - Fix built-in mic at resume on Lenovo Ideapad     S210 (boo#916608).

  - ALSA: hda/realtek - Add headset Mic support for new Dell     machine (boo#916608).

  - ALSA: hda_intel: Add DeviceIDs for Sunrise Point-LP     (boo#916608).

  - ALSA: hda_intel: Add Device IDs for Intel Sunrise Point     PCH (boo#916608).

  - ALSA: hda - add codec ID for Braswell display audio     codec (boo#916608).

  - ALSA: hda - add PCI IDs for Intel Braswell (boo#916608).

  - ALSA: hda - Add dock support for Thinkpad T440     (17aa:2212) (boo#916608).

  - ALSA: hda - Set up GPIO for Toshiba Satellite S50D     (bnc#915858).

  - rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: Fix build if there is no
    *.crt file

  - mm, vmscan: prevent kswapd livelock due to     pfmemalloc-throttled process being killed (VM     Functionality bnc#910150).

  - Input: evdev - fix EVIOCG(type) ioctl (bnc#904899).

  - mnt: Implicitly add MNT_NODEV on remount when it was     implicitly added by mount (bsc#907988).

  - Btrfs: fix scrub race leading to use-after-free     (bnc#915456).

  - Btrfs: fix setup_leaf_for_split() to avoid leaf     corruption (bnc#915454).

  - Btrfs: fix fsync log replay for inodes with a mix of     regular refs and extrefs (bnc#915425).

  - Btrfs: fix fsync when extend references are added to an     inode (bnc#915425).

  - Btrfs: fix directory inconsistency after fsync log     replay (bnc#915425).

  - Btrfs: make xattr replace operations atomic     (bnc#913466).

  - Btrfs: fix directory recovery from fsync log     (bnc#895797).

  - Btrfs: simplify insert_orphan_item (boo#926385).

  - Btrfs: set proper message level for skinny metadata.

  - Btrfs: make sure we wait on logged extents when fsycning     two subvols.

  - Btrfs: fix lost return value due to variable shadowing.

  - Btrfs: fix leak of path in btrfs_find_item.

  - Btrfs: fix fsync data loss after adding hard link to     inode.

  - Btrfs: fix fs corruption on transaction abort if device     supports discard.

  - Btrfs: fix data loss in the fast fsync path.

  - Btrfs: don't delay inode ref updates during log replay.

  - Btrfs: do not move em to modified list when unpinning.

  - Btrfs:__add_inode_ref: out of bounds memory read when     looking for extended ref.

  - Btrfs: fix inode eviction infinite loop after cloning     into it (boo#905088).

  - bcache: add mutex lock for bch_is_open (bnc#908612).

  - bcache: Correct printing of btree_gc_max_duration_ms     (bnc#908610).

  - bcache: fix crash with incomplete cache set     (bnc#908608).

  - bcache: fix memory corruption in init error path     (bnc#908606).

  - bcache: Fix more early shutdown bugs (bnc#908605).

  - bcache: fix use-after-free in btree_gc_coalesce()     (bnc#908604).

  - bcache: Fix an infinite loop in journal replay     (bnc#908603).

  - bcache: fix typo in bch_bkey_equal_header (bnc#908598).

  - bcache: Make sure to pass GFP_WAIT to mempool_alloc()     (bnc#908596).

  - bcache: fix crash on shutdown in passthrough mode     (bnc#908594).

  - bcache: fix lockdep warnings on shutdown (bnc#908593).

  - bcache allocator: send discards with correct size     (bnc#908592).

  - bcache: Fix to remove the rcu_sched stalls (bnc#908589).

  - bcache: Fix a journal replay bug (bnc#908588).

  - Update x86_64 config files: CONFIG_SENSORS_NCT6683=m The     nct6683 driver is already enabled on i386 and history     suggests that it not being enabled on x86_64 is by     mistake.

  - rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: Own the modules directory in     the devel package (bnc#910322)

  - Revert 'iwlwifi: mvm: treat EAPOLs like mgmt frames wrt     rate' (bnc#900811).

  - mm: free compound page with correct order (bnc#913695).

  - drm/i915: More cautious with pch fifo underruns     (boo#907039).

  - Refresh patches.arch/arm64-0039-generic-pci.patch (fix     PCI bridge support)

  - x86/microcode/intel: Fish out the stashed microcode for     the BSP (bsc#903589).

  - x86, microcode: Reload microcode on resume (bsc#903589).

  - x86, microcode: Don't initialize microcode code on     paravirt (bsc#903589).

  - x86, microcode, intel: Drop unused parameter     (bsc#903589).

  - x86, microcode, AMD: Do not use smp_processor_id() in     preemtible context (bsc#903589).

  - x86, microcode: Update BSPs microcode on resume     (bsc#903589).

  - x86, microcode, AMD: Fix ucode patch stashing on 32-bit     (bsc#903589).

  - x86, microcode: Fix accessing dis_ucode_ldr on 32-bit     (bsc#903589).

  - x86, microcode, AMD: Fix early ucode loading on 32-bit     (bsc#903589).

  - Bluetooth: Add support for Broadcom BCM20702A0 variants     firmware download (bnc#911311).

  - drm/radeon: fix sad_count check for dce3 (bnc#911356).

  - drm/i915: Don't call intel_prepare_page_flip() multiple     times on gen2-4 (bnc#911835).

  - udf: Check component length before reading it.

  - udf: Check path length when reading symlink.

  - udf: Verify symlink size before loading it.

  - udf: Verify i_size when loading inode.

  - arm64: Enable DRM

  - arm64: Enable generic PHB driver (bnc#912061).

  - ACPI / video: Add some Samsung models to     disable_native_backlight list (boo#905681).

  - asus-nb-wmi: Add another wapf=4 quirk (boo#911438).

  - asus-nb-wmi: Add wapf4 quirk for the X550VB     (boo#911438).

  - asus-nb-wmi: Add wapf4 quirk for the U32U (boo#911438).

  - asus-nb-wmi: Add wapf4 quirk for the X550CC     (boo#911438).

  - asus-nb-wmi: Constify asus_quirks DMI table     (boo#911438).

  - asus-nb-wmi: Add wapf4 quirk for the X550CL     (boo#911438).

  - asus-nb-wmi.c: Rename x401u quirk to wapf4 (boo#911438).

  - asus-nb-wmi: Add ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. X200CA     (boo#911438).

  - WAPF 4 for ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. X75VBP WLAN ON     (boo#911438).

  - Input: synaptics - gate forcepad support by DMI check     (bnc#911578).

  - ext4: introduce aging to extent status tree     (bnc#893428).

  - ext4: cleanup flag definitions for extent status tree     (bnc#893428).

  - ext4: limit number of scanned extents in status tree     shrinker (bnc#893428).

  - ext4: move handling of list of shrinkable inodes into     extent status code (bnc#893428).

  - ext4: change LRU to round-robin in extent status tree     shrinker (bnc#893428).

  - ext4: cache extent hole in extent status tree for     ext4_da_map_blocks() (bnc#893428).

  - ext4: fix block reservation for bigalloc filesystems     (bnc#893428).

  - ext4: track extent status tree shrinker delay statictics     (bnc#893428).

  - ext4: improve extents status tree trace point     (bnc#893428).

  - rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: Provide name-version-release     for kgraft packages (bnc#901925)

  - rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: Fix including the secure boot     cert in /etc/uefi/certs

  - doc/README.SUSE: update Solid Driver team contacts

  - rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: Do not sign firmware files     (bnc#867199)

  - Port module signing changes from SLE11-SP3 (fate#314508)

  - doc/README.PATCH-POLICY.SUSE: add patch policy / best     practices document after installation.

  - Update config files. (boo#925479) Do not set     CONFIG_SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYRING until we need it in future     openSUSE version: e.g. MODULE_SIG, IMA, PKCS7(new),     KEXEC_BZIMAGE_VERIFY_SIG(new)

  - Input: xpad - use proper endpoint type (bnc#926397).

  - md: don't require sync_min to be a multiple of     chunk_size (bnc#910500).

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
88545	openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-124)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
86290	SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : kernel-source (SUSE-SU-2015:1678-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
86121	SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2015:1611-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
85764	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2015:1478-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
84545	SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2015:1174-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
83709	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : Security Update for Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2015:0658-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
82756	openSUSE Security Update : Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2015-302)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical

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