This kernel update of the openSUSE 12.1 kernel brings various bug and security fixes.

Following issues were fixed :

  - tcp: drop SYN+FIN messages (bnc#765102, CVE-2012-2663).

  - net: sock: validate data_len before allocating skb in     sock_alloc_send_pskb() (bnc#765320, CVE-2012-2136).

  - thp: avoid atomic64_read in pmd_read_atomic for 32bit     PAE (bnc#762991).

  - be2net: non-member vlan pkts not received in promiscous     mode (bnc#732006 CVE-2011-3347).

  - 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).

  - macvtap: zerocopy: set SKBTX_DEV_ZEROCOPY only when skb     is built successfully (bnc#758243 CVE-2012-2119).

  - macvtap: zerocopy: put page when fail to get all     requested user pages (bnc#758243 CVE-2012-2119).

  - macvtap: zerocopy: fix offset calculation when building     skb (bnc#758243 CVE-2012-2119).

  - Avoid reading past buffer when calling GETACL     (bnc#762992).

  - Avoid beyond bounds copy while caching ACL (bnc#762992).

  - Fix length of buffer copied in __nfs4_get_acl_uncached     (bnc#762992).

  - hfsplus: Fix potential buffer overflows (bnc#760902     CVE-2009-4020).

  - usb/net: rndis: merge command codes. only net/hyperv     part

  - usb/net: rndis: remove ambiguous status codes. only     net/hyperv part

  - usb/net: rndis: break out <linux/rndis.h> defines. only     net/hyperv part

  - net/hyperv: Add flow control based on hi/low watermark.

  - hv: fix return type of hv_post_message().

  - Drivers: hv: util: Properly handle version negotiations.

  - Drivers: hv: Get rid of an unnecessary check in     vmbus_prep_negotiate_resp().

  - HID: hyperv: Set the hid drvdata correctly.

  - HID: hid-hyperv: Do not use hid_parse_report() directly.

  - [SCSI] storvsc: Properly handle errors from the host     (bnc#747404).

  - Delete patches.suse/suse-hv-storvsc-ignore-ata_16.patch.

  - patches.suse/suse-hv-pata_piix-ignore-disks.patch     replace our version of this patch with upstream variant:
    ata_piix: defer disks to the Hyper-V drivers by default     libata: add a host flag to ignore detected ATA devices.

  - mm: pmd_read_atomic: fix 32bit PAE pmd walk vs     pmd_populate SMP race condition (bnc#762991     CVE-2012-2373).

  - xfrm: take net hdr len into account for esp payload size     calculation (bnc#759545).

  - net/hyperv: Adding cancellation to ensure rndis filter     is closed.

  - xfs: Fix oops on IO error during     xlog_recover_process_iunlinks() (bnc#761681).

  - thp: reduce khugepaged freezing latency (bnc#760860).

  - igb: fix rtnl race in PM resume path (bnc#748859).

  - ixgbe: add missing rtnl_lock in PM resume path     (bnc#748859).

  - cdc_ether: Ignore bogus union descriptor for RNDIS     devices (bnc#735362). Taking the fix from net-next

  - Fix kABI breakage due to including proc_fs.h in     kernel/fork.c modversion changed because of changes in     struct proc_dir_entry (became defined) Refresh     patches.fixes/procfs-namespace-pid_ns-fix-leakage-on-for     k-failure.

  - Disabled MMC_TEST (bnc#760077).

  - Input: ALPS - add semi-MT support for v3 protocol     (bnc#716996).

  - Input: ALPS - add support for protocol versions 3 and 4     (bnc#716996).

  - Input: ALPS - remove assumptions about packet size     (bnc#716996).

  - Input: ALPS - add protocol version field in     alps_model_info (bnc#716996).

  - Input: ALPS - move protocol information to Documentation     (bnc#716996).

  - sysctl/defaults: kernel.hung_task_timeout ->     kernel.hung_task_timeout_secs (bnc#700174)

  - btrfs: partial revert of truncation improvements     (FATE#306586 bnc#748463 bnc#760279).

  - libata: skip old error history when counting probe     trials.

  - procfs, namespace, pid_ns: fix leakage upon fork()     failure (bnc#757783).

  - cdc-wdm: fix race leading leading to memory corruption     (bnc#759554). This patch fixes a race whereby a pointer     to a buffer would be overwritten while the buffer was in     use leading to a double free and a memory leak. This     causes crashes. This bug was introduced in 2.6.34

  - netfront: delay gARP until backend switches to     Connected.

  - xenbus: Reject replies with payload >     XENSTORE_PAYLOAD_MAX.

  - xenbus: check availability of XS_RESET_WATCHES command.

  - xenbus_dev: add missing error checks to watch handling.

  - drivers/xen/: use strlcpy() instead of strncpy().

  - blkfront: properly fail packet requests (bnc#745929).

  - Linux 3.1.10.

  - Update Xen config files.

  - Refresh other Xen patches.

  - tlan: add cast needed for proper 64 bit operation     (bnc#756840).

  - dl2k: Tighten ioctl permissions (bnc#758813).

  - mqueue: fix a vfsmount longterm reference leak     (bnc#757783).

  - cciss: Add IRQF_SHARED back in for the non-MSI(X)     interrupt handler (bnc#757789).

  - procfs: fix a vfsmount longterm reference leak     (bnc#757783).

  - uwb: fix error handling (bnc#731720). This fixes a     kernel error on unplugging an uwb dongle

  - uwb: fix use of del_timer_sync() in interrupt     (bnc#731720). This fixes a kernel warning on plugging in     an uwb dongle

  - acer-wmi: Detect communication hot key number.

  - acer-wmi: replaced the hard coded bitmap by the     communication devices bitmap from SMBIOS.

  - acer-wmi: add ACER_WMID_v2 interface flag to represent     new notebooks.

  - acer-wmi: No wifi rfkill on Sony machines.

  - acer-wmi: No wifi rfkill on Lenovo machines.

  - [media] cx22702: Fix signal strength.

  - fs: cachefiles: Add support for large files in     filesystem caching (bnc#747038).

  - Drivers: scsi: storvsc: Account for in-transit packets     in the RESET path.

  - CPU hotplug, cpusets, suspend: Don't touch cpusets     during suspend/resume (bnc#752460).

  - net: fix a potential rcu_read_lock() imbalance in     rt6_fill_node() (bnc#754186, bnc#736268).

  - This commit fixes suspend to ram breakage reported in     bnc#764864. Remove dud patch. The problem it addressed     is being respun upstream, is in tip, but not yet     mainlined. See bnc#752460 for details regarding the     problem the now removed patch fixed while breaking S2R.
    Delete     patches.fixes/cpusets-Dont-touch-cpusets-during-suspend-     or-resume.patch.

  - Remove dud patch. The problem it addressed is being     respun upstream, is in tip, but not yet mainlined.
    Delete     patches.fixes/cpusets-Dont-touch-cpusets-during-suspend-     or-resume.patch.

  - fix VM_FOREIGN users after c/s 878:eba6fe6d8d53     (bnc#760974).

  - gntdev: fix multi-page slot allocation (bnc#760974).

  - mm: pmd_read_atomic: fix 32bit PAE pmd walk vs     pmd_populateSMP race condition (bnc#762991     CVE-2012-2373).

  - thp: avoid atomic64_read in pmd_read_atomic for 32bit     PAE (bnc#762991).

  - sym53c8xx: Fix NULL pointer dereference in slave_destroy     (bnc#767786).

  - sky2: fix regression on Yukon Optima (bnc#731537).

This Linux kernel update fixes various security issues and bugs in the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP4 kernel.

The following security issues have been fixed :

CVE-2011-2494: kernel/taskstats.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain sensitive I/O statistics by sending taskstats commands to a netlink socket, as demonstrated by discovering the length of another users password (a side channel attack).

CVE-2012-2744: net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c in the Linux kernel, when the nf_conntrack_ipv6 module is enabled, allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via certain types of fragmented IPv6 packets.

CVE-2012-3510: Use-after-free vulnerability in the xacct_add_tsk function in kernel/tsacct.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (system crash) via a taskstats TASKSTATS_CMD_ATTR_PID command.

CVE-2011-4110: The user_update function in security/keys/user_defined.c in the Linux kernel 2.6 allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and kernel oops) via vectors related to a user-defined key and updating a negative key into a fully instantiated key.

CVE-2011-1044: The ib_uverbs_poll_cq function in drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain response buffer, which allowed local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via vectors that cause this buffer to be only partially filled, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4649.

CVE-2012-3400: Heap-based buffer overflow in the udf_load_logicalvol function in fs/udf/super.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted UDF filesystem.

CVE-2012-2136: The sock_alloc_send_pskb function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel did not properly validate a certain length value, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and system crash) or possibly gain privileges by leveraging access to a TUN/TAP device.

CVE-2012-2663: A small denial of service leak in dropping syn+fin messages was fixed.

The following non-security issues have been fixed :

Packaging :

  - kbuild: Fix gcc -x syntax (bnc#773831).

NFS :

  - knfsd: An assortment of little fixes to the sunrpc cache     code (bnc#767766).

  - knfsd: Unexport cache_fresh and fix a small race     (bnc#767766).

  - knfsd: nfsd: do not drop silently on upcall deferral     (bnc#767766).

  - knfsd: svcrpc: remove another silent drop from deferral     code (bnc#767766).

  - sunrpc/cache: simplify cache_fresh_locked and     cache_fresh_unlocked (bnc#767766).

  - sunrpc/cache: recheck cache validity after     cache_defer_req (bnc#767766).

  - sunrpc/cache: use list_del_init for the list_head     entries in cache_deferred_req (bnc#767766).

  - sunrpc/cache: avoid variable over-loading in     cache_defer_req (bnc#767766).

  - sunrpc/cache: allow thread to block while waiting for     cache update (bnc#767766).

  - sunrpc/cache: Fix race in sunrpc/cache introduced by     patch to allow thread to block while waiting for cache     update (bnc#767766).

  - sunrpc/cache: Another fix for race problem with sunrpc     cache deferal (bnc#767766).

  - knfsd: nfsd: make all exp_finding functions return

-errnos on err (bnc#767766).

  - Fix kabi breakage in previous nfsd patch series     (bnc#767766).

  - nfsd: Work around incorrect return type for     wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout (bnc#767766).

  - nfs: Fix a potential file corruption issue when writing     (bnc#773272).

  - nfs: Allow sync writes to be multiple pages     (bnc#763526).

  - nfs: fix reference counting for NFSv4 callback thread     (bnc#767504).

  - nfs: flush signals before taking down callback thread     (bnc#767504).

  - nfsv4: Ensure nfs_callback_down() calls svc_destroy()     (bnc#767504).

SCSI :

  - SCSI/ch: Check NULL for kmalloc() return (bnc#783058).
    drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_init.c: correct the size     argument to kmalloc (bnc#783058).

    block: fail SCSI passthrough ioctls on partition devices     (bnc#738400).

    dm: do not forward ioctls from logical volumes to the     underlying device (bnc#738400).

    vmware: Fix VMware hypervisor detection (bnc#777575,     bnc#770507).

S/390 :

  - lgr: Make lgr_page static (bnc#772409,LTC#83520).

  - zfcp: Fix oops in _blk_add_trace()     (bnc#772409,LTC#83510). kernel: Add z/VM LGR detection     (bnc#767277,LTC#RAS1203).

    be2net: Fix EEH error reset before a flash dump     completes (bnc#755546).

  - mptfusion: fix msgContext in mptctl_hp_hostinfo     (bnc#767939).

  - PCI: Fix bus resource assignment on 32 bits with 64b     resources. (bnc#762581)

  - PCI: fix up setup-bus.c #ifdef. (bnc#762581) x86:
    powernow-k8: Fix indexing issue (bnc#758985).

    net: Fix race condition about network device name     allocation (bnc#747576).

XEN :

  - smpboot: adjust ordering of operations.

  - xen/x86-64: provide a memset() that can deal with 4Gb or     above at a time (bnc#738528).

  - xen: fix VM_FOREIGN users after c/s 878:eba6fe6d8d53     (bnc#760974).

  - xen/gntdev: fix multi-page slot allocation (bnc#760974).

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 10 SP3 LTSS kernel received a roll up update to fix lots of moderate security issues and several bugs.

The Following security issues have been fixed :

CVE-2012-4530: The load_script function in fs/binfmt_script.c in the Linux kernel did not properly handle recursion, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.

CVE-2011-2494: kernel/taskstats.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain sensitive I/O statistics by sending taskstats commands to a netlink socket, as demonstrated by discovering the length of another users password.

CVE-2013-2234: The (1) key_notify_sa_flush and (2) key_notify_policy_flush functions in net/key/af_key.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize certain structure members, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by reading a broadcast message from the notify interface of an IPSec key_socket.

CVE-2013-2237: The key_notify_policy_flush function in net/key/af_key.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain structure member, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by reading a broadcast message from the notify_policy interface of an IPSec key_socket.

CVE-2013-2147: The HP Smart Array controller disk-array driver and Compaq SMART2 controller disk-array driver in the Linux kernel did not initialize certain data structures, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via (1) a crafted IDAGETPCIINFO command for a /dev/ida device, related to the ida_locked_ioctl function in drivers/block/cpqarray.c or (2) a crafted CCISS_PASSTHRU32 command for a /dev/cciss device, related to the cciss_ioctl32_passthru function in drivers/block/cciss.c.

CVE-2013-2141: The do_tkill function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain data structure, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application that makes a (1) tkill or (2) tgkill system call.

CVE-2013-0160: The Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain sensitive information about keystroke timing by using the inotify API on the /dev/ptmx device.

CVE-2012-6537: net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize certain structures, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.

CVE-2013-3222: The vcc_recvmsg function in net/atm/common.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain length variable, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

CVE-2013-3223: The ax25_recvmsg function in net/ax25/af_ax25.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain data structure, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

CVE-2013-3224: The bt_sock_recvmsg function in net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize a certain length variable, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

CVE-2013-3228: The irda_recvmsg_dgram function in net/irda/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain length variable, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

CVE-2013-3229: The iucv_sock_recvmsg function in net/iucv/af_iucv.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain length variable, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

CVE-2013-3231: The llc_ui_recvmsg function in net/llc/af_llc.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain length variable, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

CVE-2013-3232: The nr_recvmsg function in net/netrom/af_netrom.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain data structure, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

CVE-2013-3234: The rose_recvmsg function in net/rose/af_rose.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain data structure, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

CVE-2013-3235: net/tipc/socket.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain data structure and a certain length variable, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

CVE-2013-1827: net/dccp/ccid.h in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for a certain (1) sender or (2) receiver getsockopt call.

CVE-2012-6549: The isofs_export_encode_fh function in fs/isofs/export.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain structure member, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory via a crafted application.

CVE-2012-6547: The __tun_chr_ioctl function in drivers/net/tun.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain structure, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.

CVE-2012-6546: The ATM implementation in the Linux kernel did not initialize certain structures, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.

CVE-2012-6544: The Bluetooth protocol stack in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize certain structures, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application that targets the (1) L2CAP or (2) HCI implementation.

CVE-2012-6545: The Bluetooth RFCOMM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize certain structures, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application.

CVE-2012-6542: The llc_ui_getname function in net/llc/af_llc.c in the Linux kernel had an incorrect return value in certain circumstances, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application that leverages an uninitialized pointer argument.

CVE-2012-6541: The ccid3_hc_tx_getsockopt function in net/dccp/ccids/ccid3.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain structure, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.

CVE-2012-6540: The do_ip_vs_get_ctl function in net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain structure for IP_VS_SO_GET_TIMEOUT commands, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.

CVE-2013-0914: The flush_signal_handlers function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel preserved the value of the sa_restorer field across an exec operation, which made it easier for local users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application containing a sigaction system call.

CVE-2011-2492: The bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize certain data structures, which allowed local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted getsockopt system call, related to (1) the l2cap_sock_getsockopt_old function in net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c and (2) the rfcomm_sock_getsockopt_old function in net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c.

CVE-2013-2206: The sctp_sf_do_5_2_4_dupcook function in net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c in the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle associations during the processing of a duplicate COOKIE ECHO chunk, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted SCTP traffic.

CVE-2012-6539: The dev_ifconf function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a certain structure, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.

CVE-2013-2232: The ip6_sk_dst_check function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by using an AF_INET6 socket for a connection to an IPv4 interface.

CVE-2013-2164: The mmc_ioctl_cdrom_read_data function in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a read operation on a malfunctioning CD-ROM drive.

CVE-2012-4444: The ip6_frag_queue function in net/ipv6/reassembly.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to bypass intended network restrictions via overlapping IPv6 fragments.

CVE-2013-1928: The do_video_set_spu_palette function in fs/compat_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel on unspecified architectures lacked a certain error check, which might have allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted VIDEO_SET_SPU_PALETTE ioctl call on a /dev/dvb device.

CVE-2013-0871: Race condition in the ptrace functionality in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges via a PTRACE_SETREGS ptrace system call in a crafted application, as demonstrated by ptrace_death.

CVE-2013-0268: The msr_open function in arch/x86/kernel/msr.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to bypass intended capability restrictions by executing a crafted application as root, as demonstrated by msr32.c.

CVE-2012-3510: Use-after-free vulnerability in the xacct_add_tsk function in kernel/tsacct.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (system crash) via a taskstats TASKSTATS_CMD_ATTR_PID command.

CVE-2011-4110: The user_update function in security/keys/user_defined.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and kernel oops) via vectors related to a user-defined key and 'updating a negative key into a fully instantiated key.'

CVE-2012-2136: The sock_alloc_send_pskb function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel did not properly validate a certain length value, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and system crash) or possibly gain privileges by leveraging access to a TUN/TAP device.

CVE-2009-4020: Stack-based buffer overflow in the hfs subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted Hierarchical File System (HFS) filesystem, related to the hfs_readdir function in fs/hfs/dir.c.

CVE-2011-2928: The befs_follow_link function in fs/befs/linuxvfs.c in the Linux kernel did not validate the length attribute of long symlinks, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (incorrect pointer dereference and OOPS) by accessing a long symlink on a malformed Be filesystem.

CVE-2011-4077: Buffer overflow in the xfs_readlink function in fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c in XFS in the Linux kernel, when CONFIG_XFS_DEBUG is disabled, allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an XFS image containing a symbolic link with a long pathname.

CVE-2011-4324: The encode_share_access function in fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash) by using the mknod system call with a pathname on an NFSv4 filesystem.

CVE-2011-4330: Stack-based buffer overflow in the hfs_mac2asc function in fs/hfs/trans.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HFS image with a crafted len field.

CVE-2011-1172: net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c in the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel did not place the expected 0 character at the end of string data in the values of certain structure members, which allowed local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability to issue a crafted request, and then reading the argument to the resulting modprobe process.

CVE-2011-2525: The qdisc_notify function in net/sched/sch_api.c in the Linux kernel did not prevent tc_fill_qdisc function calls referencing builtin (aka CQ_F_BUILTIN) Qdisc structures, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted call.

CVE-2011-2699: The IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel did not generate Fragment Identification values separately for each destination, which made it easier for remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disrupted networking) by predicting these values and sending crafted packets.

CVE-2011-1171: net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c in the IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel did not place the expected 0 character at the end of string data in the values of certain structure members, which allowed local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability to issue a crafted request, and then reading the argument to the resulting modprobe process.

CVE-2011-1170: net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c in the IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel did not place the expected 0 character at the end of string data in the values of certain structure members, which allowed local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability to issue a crafted request, and then reading the argument to the resulting modprobe process.

CVE-2011-3209: The div_long_long_rem implementation in include/asm-x86/div64.h in the Linux kernel on the x86 platform allowed local users to cause a denial of service (Divide Error Fault and panic) via a clock_gettime system call.

CVE-2011-2213: The inet_diag_bc_audit function in net/ipv4/inet_diag.c in the Linux kernel did not properly audit INET_DIAG bytecode, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) via crafted INET_DIAG_REQ_BYTECODE instructions in a netlink message, as demonstrated by an INET_DIAG_BC_JMP instruction with a zero yes value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3880.

CVE-2011-2534: Buffer overflow in the clusterip_proc_write function in net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CLUSTERIP.c in the Linux kernel might have allowed local users to cause a denial of service or have unspecified other impact via a crafted write operation, related to string data that lacks a terminating 0 character.

CVE-2011-2699: The IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel did not generate Fragment Identification values separately for each destination, which made it easier for remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disrupted networking) by predicting these values and sending crafted packets.

CVE-2011-2203: The hfs_find_init function in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and Oops) by mounting an HFS file system with a malformed MDB extent record.

CVE-2009-4067: A USB string descriptor overflow in the auerwald USB driver was fixed, which could be used by physically proximate attackers to cause a kernel crash.

CVE-2011-3363: The setup_cifs_sb function in fs/cifs/connect.c in the Linux kernel did not properly handle DFS referrals, which allowed remote CIFS servers to cause a denial of service (system crash) by placing a referral at the root of a share.

CVE-2011-2484: The add_del_listener function in kernel/taskstats.c in the Linux kernel did not prevent multiple registrations of exit handlers, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption), and bypass the OOM Killer, via a crafted application.

CVE-2011-4132: The cleanup_journal_tail function in the Journaling Block Device (JBD) functionality in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (assertion error and kernel oops) via an ext3 or ext4 image with an 'invalid log first block value.'

CVE-2010-4249: The wait_for_unix_gc function in net/unix/garbage.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc3-next-20101125 does not properly select times for garbage collection of inflight sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via crafted use of the socketpair and sendmsg system calls for SOCK_SEQPACKET sockets.

The following bugs have been fixed :

patches.fixes/allow-executables-larger-than-2GB.patch: Allow executables larger than 2GB (bnc#836856).

cio: prevent kernel panic after unexpected I/O interrupt (bnc#649868,LTC#67975).

  - cio: Add timeouts for internal IO     (bnc#701550,LTC#72691). kernel: first time swap use     results in heavy swapping (bnc#701550,LTC#73132).

    qla2xxx: Do not be so verbose on underrun detected

    patches.arch/i386-run-tsc-calibration-5-times.patch: Fix     the patch, the logic was wrong (bnc#537165, bnc#826551).

    xfs: Do not reclaim new inodes in xfs_sync_inodes()     (bnc#770980 bnc#811752).

    kbuild: Fix gcc -x syntax (bnc#773831).

    e1000e: stop cleaning when we reach tx_ring->next_to_use     (bnc#762825).

    Fix race condition about network device name allocation     (bnc#747576).

    kdump: bootmem map over crash reserved region     (bnc#749168, bnc#722400, bnc#742881).

    tcp: fix race condition leading to premature termination     of sockets in FIN_WAIT2 state and connection being reset     (bnc#745760)

    tcp: drop SYN+FIN messages (bnc#765102).

    net/linkwatch: Handle jiffies wrap-around (bnc#740131).

    patches.fixes/vm-dirty-bytes: Provide     /proc/sys/vm/dirty_{background_,}bytes for tuning     (bnc#727597).

    ipmi: Fix deadlock in start_next_msg() (bnc#730749).

    cpu-hotplug: release workqueue_mutex properly on CPU     hot-remove (bnc#733407).

    libiscsi: handle init task failures (bnc#721351).

    NFS/sunrpc: do not use a credential with extra groups     (bnc#725878).

    x86_64: fix reboot hang when 'reboot=b' is passed to the     kernel (bnc#721267).

    nf_nat: do not add NAT extension for confirmed     conntracks (bnc#709213).

    xfs: fix memory reclaim recursion deadlock on locked     inode buffer (bnc#699355 bnc#699354 bnc#721830).

    ipmi: do not grab locks in run-to-completion mode     (bnc#717421).

    cciss: do not attempt to read from a write-only register     (bnc#683101).

    qla2xxx: Disable MSI-X initialization (bnc#693513).

    Allow balance_dirty_pages to help other filesystems     (bnc#709369).

  - nfs: fix congestion control (bnc#709369).

  - NFS: Separate metadata and page cache revalidation     mechanisms (bnc#709369). knfsd: nfsd4: fix laundromat     shutdown race (bnc#752556).

    x87: Do not synchronize TSCs across cores if they     already should be synchronized by HW (bnc#615418     bnc#609220).

    reiserfs: Fix int overflow while calculating free space     (bnc#795075).

    af_unix: limit recursion level (bnc#656153).

    bcm43xx: netlink deadlock fix (bnc#850241).

    jbd: Issue cache flush after checkpointing (bnc#731770).

    cfq: Fix infinite loop in cfq_preempt_queue()     (bnc#724692).

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.

Andy Adamson discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's NFSv4 implementation. A remote NFS server (attacker) could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2011-4131)

Steve Grubb reported a flaw with Linux fscaps (file system base capabilities) when used to increase the permissions of a process. For application on which fscaps are in use a local attacker can disable address space randomization to make attacking the process with raised privileges easier. (CVE-2012-2123)

An error was discovered in the Linux kernel's network TUN/TAP device implementation. A local user with access to the TUN/TAP interface (which is not available to unprivileged users until granted by a root user) could exploit this flaw to crash the system or potential gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2012-2136)

Stephan Mueller reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's dl2k network driver's handling of ioctls. An unprivileged local user could leverage this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2012-2313)

Timo Warns reported multiple flaws in the Linux kernel's hfsplus filesystem. An unprivileged local user could exploit these flaws to gain root system priviliges. (CVE-2012-2319)

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2012-2372)

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's NFSv4 (Network file system) handling of ACLs (access control lists). A remote NFS server (attacker) could cause a denial of service (OOPS). (CVE-2012-2375)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP2 kernel was updated to 3.0.34, fixing a lot of bugs and security issues.

The update from Linux kernel 3.0.31 to 3.0.34 also fixes various bugs not listed here.

The following security issues have been fixed :

  - Local attackers could trigger an overflow in     sock_alloc_send_pksb(), potentially crashing the machine     or escalate privileges. (CVE-2012-2136)

  - A memory leak in transparent hugepages on mmap failure     could be used by local attacker to run the machine out     of memory (local denial of service). (CVE-2012-2390)

  - A malicious guest driver could overflow the host stack     by passing a long descriptor, so potentially crashing     the host system or escalating privileges on the host.
    (CVE-2012-2119)

  - Malicious NFS server could crash the clients when more     than 2 GETATTR bitmap words are returned in response to     the FATTR4_ACL attribute requests, only incompletely     fixed by CVE-2011-4131. (CVE-2012-2375)

The following non-security bugs have been fixed :

Hyper-V :

  - storvsc: Properly handle errors from the host.
    (bnc#747404)

  - HID: hid-hyperv: Do not use hid_parse_report() directly.

  - HID: hyperv: Set the hid drvdata correctly.

  - drivers/hv: Get rid of an unnecessary check in     vmbus_prep_negotiate_resp().

  - drivers/hv: util: Properly handle version negotiations.

  - hv: fix return type of hv_post_message().

  - net/hyperv: Add flow control based on hi/low watermark.

  - usb/net: rndis: break out <1/rndis.h> defines. only     net/hyperv part

  - usb/net: rndis: remove ambiguous status codes. only     net/hyperv part

  - usb/net: rndis: merge command codes. only net/hyperv     part

  - net/hyperv: Adding cancellation to ensure rndis filter     is closed.

  - update hv drivers to 3.4-rc1, requires new hv_kvp_daemon :

  - drivers: hv: kvp: Add/cleanup connector defines.

  - drivers: hv: kvp: Move the contents of hv_kvp.h to     hyperv.h.

  - net/hyperv: Convert camel cased variables in     rndis_filter.c to lower cases.

  - net/hyperv: Correct the assignment in     netvsc_recv_callback().

  - net/hyperv: Remove the unnecessary memset in     rndis_filter_send().

  - drivers: hv: Cleanup the kvp related state in hyperv.h.

  - tools: hv: Use hyperv.h to get the KVP definitions.

  - drivers: hv: kvp: Cleanup the kernel/user protocol.

  - drivers: hv: Increase the number of VCPUs supported in     the guest.

  - net/hyperv: Fix data corruption in     rndis_filter_receive().

  - net/hyperv: Add support for vlan trunking from guests.

  - Drivers: hv: Add new message types to enhance KVP.

  - Drivers: hv: Support the newly introduced KVP messages     in the driver.

  - Tools: hv: Fully support the new KVP verbs in the user     level daemon.

  - Tools: hv: Support enumeration from all the pools.

  - net/hyperv: Fix the code handling tx busy.

  - patches.suse/suse-hv-pata_piix-ignore-disks.patch     replace our version of this patch with upstream variant:
    ata_piix: defer disks to the Hyper-V drivers by default     libata: add a host flag to ignore detected ATA devices.

Btrfs :

  - btrfs: more module message prefixes.

  - vfs: re-implement writeback_inodes_sb(_nr)_if_idle() and     rename them

  - btrfs: flush all the dirty pages if     try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr() fails

  - vfs: re-implement writeback_inodes_sb(_nr)_if_idle() and     rename them

  - btrfs: fix locking in btrfs_destroy_delayed_refs

  - btrfs: wake up transaction waiters when aborting a     transaction

  - btrfs: abort the transaction if the commit fails

  - btrfs: fix btrfs_destroy_marked_extents

  - btrfs: unlock everything properly in the error case for     nocow

  - btrfs: fix return code in drop_objectid_items

  - btrfs: check to see if the inode is in the log before     fsyncing

  - btrfs: pass locked_page into     extent_clear_unlock_delalloc if theres an error

  - btrfs: check the return code of btrfs_save_ino_cache

  - btrfs: do not update atime for RO snapshots     (FATE#306586).

  - btrfs: convert the inode bit field to use the actual bit     operations

  - btrfs: fix deadlock when the process of delayed refs     fails

  - btrfs: stop defrag the files automatically when doin     readonly remount or umount

  - btrfs: avoid memory leak of extent state in error     handling routine

  - btrfs: make sure that we have made everything in pinned     tree clean

  - btrfs: destroy the items of the delayed inodes in error     handling routine

  - btrfs: ulist realloc bugfix

  - btrfs: bugfix in btrfs_find_parent_nodes

  - btrfs: bugfix: ignore the wrong key for indirect tree     block backrefs

  - btrfs: avoid buffer overrun in btrfs_printk

  - btrfs: fall back to non-inline if we do not have enough     space

  - btrfs: NUL-terminate path buffer in DEV_INFO ioctl     result

  - btrfs: avoid buffer overrun in mount option handling

  - btrfs: do not do balance in readonly mode

  - btrfs: fix the same inode id problem when doing auto     defragment

  - btrfs: fix wrong error returned by adding a device

  - btrfs: use fastpath in extent state ops as much as     possible Misc :

  - tcp: drop SYN+FIN messages. (bnc#765102)

  - mm: avoid swapping out with swappiness==0 (swappiness).

  - thp: avoid atomic64_read in pmd_read_atomic for 32bit     PAE. (bnc#762991)

  - paravirt: Split paravirt MMU ops (bnc#556135,     bnc#754690, FATE#306453).

  - paravirt: Only export pv_mmu_ops symbol if PARAVIRT_MMU

  - parvirt: Stub support KABI for KVM_MMU (bnc#556135,     bnc#754690, FATE#306453).

  - tmpfs: implement NUMA node interleaving. (bnc#764209)

  - synaptics-hp-clickpad: Fix the detection of LED on the     recent HP laptops. (bnc#765524)

  - supported.conf: mark xt_AUDIT as supported. (bnc#765253)

  - mm: pmd_read_atomic: fix 32bit PAE pmd walk vs     pmd_populate SMP race condition. (bnc#762991 /     CVE-2012-2373)

  - xhci: Do not free endpoints in xhci_mem_cleanup().
    (bnc#763307)

  - xhci: Fix invalid loop check in xhci_free_tt_info().
    (bnc#763307)

  - drm: Skip too big EDID extensions. (bnc#764900)

  - drm/i915: Add HP EliteBook to LVDS-temporary-disable     list. (bnc#763717)

  - hwmon: (fam15h_power) Increase output resolution.
    (bnc#759336)

  - hwmon: (k10temp) Add support for AMD Trinity CPUs.
    (bnc#759336)

  - rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: Own the right -kdump initrd.
    (bnc#764500)

  - memcg: prevent from OOM with too many dirty pages.

  - dasd: re-prioritize partition detection message     (bnc#764091,LTC#81617).

  - kernel: pfault task state race (bnc#764091,LTC#81724).

  - kernel: clear page table for sw large page emulation     (bnc#764091,LTC#81933).

  - USB: fix bug of device descriptor got from superspeed     device. (bnc#761087)

  - xfrm: take net hdr len into account for esp payload size     calculation. (bnc#759545)

  - st: clean up dev cleanup in st_probe. (bnc#760806)

  - st: clean up device file creation and removal.
    (bnc#760806)

  - st: get rid of scsi_tapes array. (bnc#760806)

  - st: raise device limit. (bnc#760806)

  - st: Use static class attributes. (bnc#760806)

  - mm: Optimize put_mems_allowed() usage (VM performance).

  - cifs: fix oops while traversing open file list (try #4).
    (bnc#756050)

  - scsi: Fix dm-multipath starvation when scsi host is     busy. (bnc#763485)

  - dasd: process all requests in the device tasklet.
    (bnc#763267)

  - rt2x00:Add RT539b chipset support. (bnc#760237)

  - kabi/severities: Ignore changes in     drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00, these are just exports used     among the rt2x00 modules.

  - rt2800: radio 3xxx: reprogram only lower bits of RF_R3.
    (bnc#759805)

  - rt2800: radio 3xxx: program RF_R1 during channel switch.
    (bnc#759805)

  - rt2800: radio 3xxxx: channel switch RX/TX calibration     fixes. (bnc#759805)

  - rt2x00: Avoid unnecessary uncached. (bnc#759805)

  - rt2x00: Introduce sta_add/remove callbacks. (bnc#759805)

  - rt2x00: Add WCID to crypto struct. (bnc#759805)

  - rt2x00: Add WCID to HT TX descriptor. (bnc#759805)

  - rt2x00: Move bssidx calculation into its own function.
    (bnc#759805)

  - rt2x00: Make use of sta_add/remove callbacks in rt2800.
    (bnc#759805)

  - rt2x00: Forbid aggregation for STAs not programmed into     the hw. (bnc#759805)

  - rt2x00: handle spurious pci interrupts. (bnc#759805)

  - rt2800: disable DMA after firmware load.

  - rt2800: radio 3xxx: add channel switch calibration     routines. (bnc#759805)

  - rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: Obsolete ath3k, as it is now     in the tree.

  - floppy: remove floppy-specific O_EXCL handling.
    (bnc#757315)

  - floppy: convert to delayed work and single-thread wq.
    (bnc#761245)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
74661	openSUSE Security Update : Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2012:0812-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	6/13/2014	1/19/2021	high
83563	SUSE SLED10 / SLES10 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2012:1391-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	5/20/2015	1/19/2021	high
83603	SUSE SLES10 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2013:1832-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	5/20/2015	1/19/2021	high
61508	USN-1530-1 : linux-ti-omap4 vulnerabilities	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	8/13/2012	12/1/2016	high
64175	SuSE 11.2 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Number 6463)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	1/25/2013	1/19/2021	high

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