Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
Description
This kernel update of the openSUSE 12.1 kernel fixes lots of bugs and security issues.
Following issues were fixed :
- tcp: drop SYN+FIN messages (bnc#765102).
- net: sock: validate data_len before allocating skb in sock_alloc_send_pskb() (bnc#765320, CVE-2012-2136).
- fcaps: clear the same personality flags as suid when fcaps are used (bnc#758260 CVE-2012-2123).
- macvtap: zerocopy: validate vectors before building skb (bnc#758243 CVE-2012-2119).
- hfsplus: Fix potential buffer overflows (bnc#760902 CVE-2009-4020).
- xfrm: take net hdr len into account for esp payload size calculation (bnc#759545).
- ext4: fix undefined behavior in ext4_fill_flex_info() (bnc#757278).
- igb: fix rtnl race in PM resume path (bnc#748859).
- ixgbe: add missing rtnl_lock in PM resume path (bnc#748859).
- b43: allocate receive buffers big enough for max frame len + offset (bnc#717749).
- xenbus: Reject replies with payload > XENSTORE_PAYLOAD_MAX.
- xenbus_dev: add missing error checks to watch handling.
- hwmon: (coretemp-xen) Fix TjMax detection for older CPUs.
- hwmon: (coretemp-xen) Relax target temperature range check.
- Refresh other Xen patches.
- tlan: add cast needed for proper 64 bit operation (bnc#756840).
- dl2k: Tighten ioctl permissions (bnc#758813).
- [media] cx22702: Fix signal strength.
- fs: cachefiles: Add support for large files in filesystem caching (bnc#747038).
- bridge: correct IPv6 checksum after pull (bnc#738644).
- bridge: fix a possible use after free (bnc#738644).
- bridge: Pseudo-header required for the checksum of ICMPv6 (bnc#738644).
- bridge: mcast snooping, fix length check of snooped MLDv1/2 (bnc#738644).
- PCI/ACPI: Report ASPM support to BIOS if not disabled from command line (bnc#714455).
- ipc/sem.c: fix race with concurrent semtimedop() timeouts and IPC_RMID (bnc#756203).
- drm/i915/crt: Remove 0xa0 probe for VGA.
- tty_audit: fix tty_audit_add_data live lock on audit disabled (bnc#721366).
- drm/i915: suspend fbdev device around suspend/hibernate (bnc#732908).
- dlm: Do not allocate a fd for peeloff (bnc#729247).
- sctp: Export sctp_do_peeloff (bnc#729247).
- i2c-algo-bit: Fix spurious SCL timeouts under heavy load.
- patches.fixes/epoll-dont-limit-non-nested.patch: Don't limit non-nested epoll paths (bnc#676204).
- Update patches.suse/sd_init.mark_majors_busy.patch (bnc#744658).
- igb: Fix for Alt MAC Address feature on 82580 and later devices (bnc#746980).
- mark busy sd majors as allocated (bug#744658).
- regset: Return -EFAULT, not -EIO, on host-side memory fault (bnc# 750079 CVE-2012-1097).
- regset: Prevent NULL pointer reference on readonly regsets (bnc#750079 CVE-2012-1097).
- mm: memcg: Correct unregistring of events attached to the same eventfd (CVE-2012-1146 bnc#750959).
- befs: Validate length of long symbolic links (CVE-2011-2928 bnc#713430).
- si4713-i2c: avoid potential buffer overflow on si4713 (CVE-2011-2700 bnc#707332).
- staging: comedi: fix infoleak to userspace (CVE-2011-2909 bnc#711941).
- hfs: add sanity check for file name length (CVE-2011-4330 bnc#731673).
- cifs: fix dentry refcount leak when opening a FIFO on lookup (CVE-2012-1090 bnc#749569).
- drm: integer overflow in drm_mode_dirtyfb_ioctl() (CVE-2012-0044 bnc#740745).
- xfs: fix acl count validation in xfs_acl_from_disk() (CVE-2012-0038 bnc#740703).
- xfs: validate acl count (CVE-2012-0038 bnc#740703).
- patches.fixes/xfs-fix-possible-memory-corruption-in-xfs_ readlink: Work around missing xfs_alert().
- xfs: Fix missing xfs_iunlock() on error recovery path in xfs_readlink() (CVE-2011-4077 bnc#726600).
- xfs: Fix possible memory corruption in xfs_readlink (CVE-2011-4077 bnc#726600).
- ext4: make ext4_split_extent() handle error correctly.
- ext4: ext4_ext_convert_to_initialized bug found in extended FSX testing.
- ext4: add ext4_split_extent_at() and ext4_split_extent().
- ext4: reimplement convert and split_unwritten (CVE-2011-3638 bnc#726045).
- patches.fixes/epoll-limit-paths.patch: epoll: limit paths (bnc#676204 CVE-2011-1083).
- patches.kabi/epoll-kabi-fix.patch: epoll: hide kabi change in struct file (bnc#676204 CVE-2011-1083).
- NAT/FTP: Fix broken conntrack (bnc#681639 bnc#466279 bnc#747660).
- igmp: Avoid zero delay when receiving odd mixture of IGMP queries (bnc#740448 CVE-2012-0207).
- jbd2: clear BH_Delay & BH_Unwritten in journal_unmap_buffer (bnc#745832 CVE-2011-4086).
- AppArmor: fix oops in apparmor_setprocattr (bnc#717209 CVE-2011-3619).
- Refresh patches.suse/SoN-22-netvm.patch. Clean and
*working* patches.
- Refresh patches.suse/SoN-22-netvm.patch. (bnc#683671) Fix an rcu locking imbalance in the receive path triggered when using vlans.
- Fix mangled patch (invalid date) Although accepted by `patch`, this is rejected by `git apply`
- Fix mangled diff lines (leading space tab vs tab) Although accepted by `patch`, these are rejected by `git apply`
- jbd/jbd2: validate sb->s_first in journal_get_superblock() (bnc#730118).
- fsnotify: don't BUG in fsnotify_destroy_mark() (bnc#689860).
- Fix patches.fixes/x25-Handle-undersized-fragmented-skbs.patc h (CVE-2010-3873 bnc#651219).
- Fix patches.fixes/x25-Prevent-skb-overreads-when-checking-ca ll-user-da.patch (CVE-2010-3873 bnc#651219).
- Fix patches.fixes/x25-Validate-incoming-call-user-data-lengt hs.patch (CVE-2010-3873 bnc#651219).
- Fix patches.fixes/x25-possible-skb-leak-on-bad-facilities.pa tch (CVE-2010-3873 bnc#651219 CVE-2010-4164 bnc#653260).
- Update patches.fixes/econet-4-byte-infoleak-to-the-network.patc h (bnc#681186 CVE-2011-1173). Fix reference.
- hwmon: (w83627ehf) Properly report thermal diode sensors.
- nl80211: fix overflow in ssid_len (bnc#703410 CVE-2011-2517).
- nl80211: fix check for valid SSID size in scan operations (bnc#703410 CVE-2011-2517).
- x25: Prevent skb overreads when checking call user data (CVE-2010-3873 bnc#737624).
- x25: Handle undersized/fragmented skbs (CVE-2010-3873 bnc#737624).
- x25: Validate incoming call user data lengths (CVE-2010-3873 bnc#737624).
- x25: possible skb leak on bad facilities (CVE-2010-3873 bnc#737624).
- net: Add a flow_cache_flush_deferred function (bnc#737624).
- xfrm: avoid possible oopse in xfrm_alloc_dst (bnc#737624).
- scm: lower SCM_MAX_FD (bnc#655696 CVE-2010-4249).
Solution
Update the affected Kernel packages.