This Linux kernel update for openSUSE 11.1 fixes lots of bugs and some security issues. The kernel was also updated to the 2.6.27.23 stable release.

Following security issues have been fixed: CVE-2009-1439: Buffer overflow in fs/cifs/connect.c in CIFS in the Linux kernel 2.6.29 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or potential code execution via a long nativeFileSystem field in a Tree Connect response to an SMB mount request.

This requires that kernel can be made to mount a 'cifs' filesystem from a malicious CIFS server.

CVE-2009-1337: The exit_notify function in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel did not restrict exit signals when the CAP_KILL capability is held, which allows local users to send an arbitrary signal to a process by running a program that modifies the exit_signal field and then uses an exec system call to launch a setuid application.

The GCC option -fwrapv has been added to compilation to work around potentially removing integer overflow checks.

CVE-2009-1265: Integer overflow in rose_sendmsg (sys/net/af_rose.c) in the Linux kernel might allow attackers to obtain sensitive information via a large length value, which causes 'garbage' memory to be sent.

CVE-2009-1242: The vmx_set_msr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the VMX implementation in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel on the i386 platform allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by setting the EFER_LME (aka 'Long mode enable') bit in the Extended Feature Enable Register (EFER) model-specific register, which is specific to the x86_64 platform.

CVE-2009-1360: The __inet6_check_established function in net/ipv6/inet6_hashtables.c in the Linux kernel, when Network Namespace Support (aka NET_NS) is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via vectors involving IPv6 packets.

CVE-2009-1192: drivers/char/agp/generic.c in the agp subsystem in the Linux kernel does not zero out pages that may later be available to a user-space process, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these pages.

Additionaly a lot of bugs have been fixed and are listed in the RPM changelog.

Igor Zhbanov discovered that NFS clients were able to create device nodes even when root_squash was enabled. An authenticated remote attacker could create device nodes with open permissions, leading to a loss of privacy or escalation of privileges. Only Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.04 were affected. (CVE-2009-1072)

Dan Carpenter discovered that SELinux did not correctly handle certain network checks when running with compat_net=1. A local attacker could exploit this to bypass network checks. Default Ubuntu installations do not enable SELinux, and only Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.04 were affected.
(CVE-2009-1184)

Shaohua Li discovered that memory was not correctly initialized in the AGP subsystem. A local attacker could potentially read kernel memory, leading to a loss of privacy. (CVE-2009-1192)

Benjamin Gilbert discovered that the VMX implementation of KVM did not correctly handle certain registers. An attacker in a guest VM could exploit this to cause a host system crash, leading to a denial of service. This only affected 32bit hosts. Ubuntu 6.06 was not affected.
(CVE-2009-1242)

Thomas Pollet discovered that the Amateur Radio X.25 Packet Layer Protocol did not correctly validate certain fields. A remote attacker could exploit this to read kernel memory, leading to a loss of privacy. (CVE-2009-1265)

Trond Myklebust discovered that NFS did not correctly handle certain long filenames. An authenticated remote attacker could exploit this to cause a system crash, leading to a denial of service. Only Ubuntu 6.06 was affected. (CVE-2009-1336)

Oleg Nesterov discovered that the kernel did not correctly handle CAP_KILL. A local user could exploit this to send signals to arbitrary processes, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2009-1337)

Daniel Hokka Zakrisson discovered that signal handling was not correctly limited to process namespaces. A local user could bypass namespace restrictions, possibly leading to a denial of service. Only Ubuntu 8.04 was affected. (CVE-2009-1338)

Pavel Emelyanov discovered that network namespace support for IPv6 was not correctly handled. A remote attacker could send specially crafted IPv6 traffic that would cause a system crash, leading to a denial of service. Only Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.04 were affected. (CVE-2009-1360)

Neil Horman discovered that the e1000 network driver did not correctly validate certain fields. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted packet that would cause a system crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2009-1385)

Pavan Naregundi discovered that CIFS did not correctly check lengths when handling certain mount requests. A remote attacker could send specially crafted traffic to cause a system crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2009-1439)

Simon Vallet and Frank Filz discovered that execute permissions were not correctly handled by NFSv4. A local user could bypass permissions and run restricted programs, possibly leading to an escalation of privileges. (CVE-2009-1630)

Jeff Layton and Suresh Jayaraman discovered buffer overflows in the CIFS client code. A malicious remote server could exploit this to cause a system crash or execute arbitrary code as root.
(CVE-2009-1633)

Mikulas Patocka discovered that /proc/iomem was not correctly initialized on Sparc. A local attacker could use this file to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. Ubuntu 6.06 was not affected. (CVE-2009-1914)

Miklos Szeredi discovered that OCFS2 did not correctly handle certain splice operations. A local attacker could exploit this to cause a system hang, leading to a denial of service. Ubuntu 6.06 was not affected. (CVE-2009-1961).

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

The Linux kernel on SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 was updated to 2.6.27.23 and received lots of bugs and security fixes.

The following security issues have been fixed :

  - Buffer overflow in fs/cifs/connect.c in CIFS in the     Linux kernel 2.6.29 and earlier allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (crash) or potential code     execution via a long nativeFileSystem field in a Tree     Connect response to an SMB mount request.
    (CVE-2009-1439)

This requires that kernel can be made to mount a 'cifs' filesystem from a malicious CIFS server.

  - The exit_notify function in kernel/exit.c in the Linux     kernel did not restrict exit signals when the CAP_KILL     capability is held, which allows local users to send an     arbitrary signal to a process by running a program that     modifies the exit_signal field and then uses an exec     system call to launch a setuid application.
    (CVE-2009-1337)

The GCC option -fwrapv has been added to compilation to work around potentially removing integer overflow checks.

  - Integer overflow in rose_sendmsg (sys/net/af_rose.c) in     the Linux kernel might allow attackers to obtain     sensitive information via a large length value, which     causes 'garbage' memory to be sent. (CVE-2009-1265)

  - The vmx_set_msr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the     VMX implementation in the KVM subsystem in the Linux     kernel on the i386 platform allows guest OS users to     cause a denial of service (OOPS) by setting the EFER_LME     (aka 'Long mode enable') bit in the Extended Feature     Enable Register (EFER) model-specific register, which is     specific to the x86_64 platform. (CVE-2009-1242)

  - The __inet6_check_established function in     net/ipv6/inet6_hashtables.c in the Linux kernel, when     Network Namespace Support (aka NET_NS) is enabled,     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via vectors     involving IPv6 packets. (CVE-2009-1360)

  - drivers/char/agp/generic.c in the agp subsystem in the     Linux kernel does not zero out pages that may later be     available to a user-space process, which allows local     users to obtain sensitive information by reading these     pages. (CVE-2009-1192)

Additionaly a lot of bugs have been fixed and are listed in the RPM changelog.

Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel :

The selinux_ip_postroute_iptables_compat function in security/selinux/hooks.c in the SELinux subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.22, and 2.6.28.x before 2.6.28.10, when compat_net is enabled, omits calls to avc_has_perm for the (1) node and (2) port, which allows local users to bypass intended restrictions on network traffic. NOTE: this was incorrectly reported as an issue fixed in 2.6.27.21. (CVE-2009-1184)

The exit_notify function in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30-rc1 does not restrict exit signals when the CAP_KILL capability is held, which allows local users to send an arbitrary signal to a process by running a program that modifies the exit_signal field and then uses an exec system call to launch a setuid application.
(CVE-2009-1337)

The (1) agp_generic_alloc_page and (2) agp_generic_alloc_pages functions in drivers/char/agp/generic.c in the agp subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30-rc3 do not zero out pages that may later be available to a user-space process, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these pages. (CVE-2009-1192)

The ABI in the Linux kernel 2.6.28 and earlier on s390, powerpc, sparc64, and mips 64-bit platforms requires that a 32-bit argument in a 64-bit register was properly sign extended when sent from a user-mode application, but cannot verify this, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted system call. (CVE-2009-0029)

The __inet6_check_established function in net/ipv6/inet6_hashtables.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29, when Network Namespace Support (aka NET_NS) is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via vectors involving IPv6 packets. (CVE-20090-1360)

The inode double locking code in fs/ocfs2/file.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.30 before 2.6.30-rc3, 2.6.27 before 2.6.27.24, 2.6.29 before 2.6.29.4, and possibly other versions down to 2.6.19 allows local users to cause a denial of service (prevention of file creation and removal) via a series of splice system calls that trigger a deadlock between the generic_file_splice_write, splice_from_pipe, and ocfs2_file_splice_write functions. (CVE-2009-1961)

Integer underflow in the e1000_clean_rx_irq function in drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c in the e1000 driver in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30-rc8, the e1000e driver in the Linux kernel, and Intel Wired Ethernet (aka e1000) before 7.5.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a crafted frame size.
(CVE-2009-1385)

The nfs_permission function in fs/nfs/dir.c in the NFS client implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.29.3 and earlier, when atomic_open is available, does not check execute (aka EXEC or MAY_EXEC) permission bits, which allows local users to bypass permissions and execute files, as demonstrated by files on an NFSv4 fileserver. (CVE-2009-1630)

Additionally, the kernel package was updated to the Linux upstream stable version 2.6.27.24.

To update your kernel, please follow the directions located at :

http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/kernelupdate

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
40250	openSUSE Security Update : kernel (kernel-932)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	7/21/2009	1/14/2021	high
39586	Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : linux, linux-source-2.6.15 vulnerabilities (USN-793-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	7/2/2009	1/19/2021	high
41411	SuSE 11 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 927 / 929 / 930)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	9/24/2009	1/14/2021	high
39444	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2009:135)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	6/18/2009	1/6/2021	high

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