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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2009.0447 -- [RedHat] kernel: Multiple vulnerabilities 8 May 2009 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Publisher: Red Hat Operating System: Red Hat Linux 5 Impact: Increased Privileges Access Confidential Data Denial of Service Provide Misleading Information Access: Remote/Unauthenticated CVE Names: CVE-2009-1337 CVE-2009-1336 CVE-2009-0834 CVE-2009-0787 CVE-2008-4307 Ref: ESB-2009.0415 ESB-2009.0426 ESB-2009.0431 ESB-2009.0445 AA-2009.0071 Original Bulletin: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0473.html - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: kernel security and bug fix update Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:0473-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0473.html Issue date: 2009-05-07 CVE Names: CVE-2008-4307 CVE-2009-0787 CVE-2009-0834 CVE-2009-1336 CVE-2009-1337 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, noarch, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, noarch, ppc, s390x, x86_64 3. Description: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues: * a logic error was found in the do_setlk() function of the Linux kernel Network File System (NFS) implementation. If a signal interrupted a lock request, the local POSIX lock was incorrectly created. This could cause a denial of service on the NFS server if a file descriptor was closed before its corresponding lock request returned. (CVE-2008-4307, Important) * a deficiency was found in the Linux kernel system call auditing implementation on 64-bit systems. This could allow a local, unprivileged user to circumvent a system call audit configuration, if that configuration filtered based on the "syscall" number or arguments. (CVE-2009-0834, Important) * the exit_notify() function in the Linux kernel did not properly reset the exit signal if a process executed a set user ID (setuid) application before exiting. This could allow a local, unprivileged user to elevate their privileges. (CVE-2009-1337, Important) * a flaw was found in the ecryptfs_write_metadata_to_contents() function of the Linux kernel eCryptfs implementation. On systems with a 4096 byte page-size, this flaw may have caused 4096 bytes of uninitialized kernel memory to be written into the eCryptfs file headers, leading to an information leak. Note: Encrypted files created on systems running the vulnerable version of eCryptfs may contain leaked data in the eCryptfs file headers. This update does not remove any leaked data. Refer to the Knowledgebase article in the References section for further information. (CVE-2009-0787, Moderate) * the Linux kernel implementation of the Network File System (NFS) did not properly initialize the file name limit in the nfs_server data structure. This flaw could possibly lead to a denial of service on a client mounting an NFS share. (CVE-2009-1336, Moderate) This update also fixes the following bugs: * the enic driver (Cisco 10G Ethernet) did not operate under virtualization. (BZ#472474) * network interfaces using the IBM eHEA Ethernet device driver could not be successfully configured under low-memory conditions. (BZ#487035) * bonding with the "arp_validate=3" option may have prevented fail overs. (BZ#488064) * when running under virtualization, the acpi-cpufreq module wrote "Domain attempted WRMSR" errors to the dmesg log. (BZ#488928) * NFS clients may have experienced deadlocks during unmount. (BZ#488929) * the ixgbe driver double counted the number of received bytes and packets. (BZ#489459) * the Wacom Intuos3 Lens Cursor device did not work correctly with the Wacom Intuos3 12x12 tablet. (BZ#489460) * on the ItaniumĀ® architecture, nanosleep() caused commands which used it, such as sleep and usleep, to sleep for one second more than expected. (BZ#490434) * a panic and corruption of slab cache data structures occurred on 64-bit PowerPC systems when clvmd was running. (BZ#491677) * the NONSTOP_TSC feature did not perform correctly on the IntelĀ® microarchitecture (Nehalem) when running in 32-bit mode. (BZ#493356) * keyboards may not have functioned on IBM eServer System p machines after a certain point during installation or afterward. (BZ#494293) * using Device Mapper Multipathing with the qla2xxx driver resulted in frequent path failures. (BZ#495635) * if the hypervisor was booted with the dom0_max_vcpus parameter set to less than the actual number of CPUs in the system, and the cpuspeed service was started, the hypervisor could crash. (BZ#495931) * using Openswan to provide an IPsec virtual private network eventually resulted in a CPU soft lockup and a system crash. (BZ#496044) * it was possible for posix_locks_deadlock() to enter an infinite loop (under the BKL), causing a system hang. (BZ#496842) Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 456282 - CVE-2008-4307 Kernel BUG() in locks_remove_flock 487035 - ehea network configuration fails during boot after fsck 487990 - CVE-2009-0834 kernel: x86-64: syscall-audit: 32/64 syscall hole 488064 - [RHEL-5.3] ARP packets aren't received by backup slaves breaking arp_validate=3 488928 - xm dmesg printk spam -- Domain attempted WRMSR 00000000000000e8 from 00000016:3d0e9470 to 00000000:00000000 488929 - Deadlock in flush_workqueue() results in hung nfs clients 489459 - [Intel 5.4 bug] ixgbe driver double counts RX byte count 489460 - Wacom driver does not with with mouse/lens device on intuos3 490434 - [5.3] The nanosleep() syscall sleeps one second longer. 491254 - CVE-2009-0787 kernel: ecryptfs file header infoleak 491677 - slab corruption with dlm and clvmd on ppc64 493356 - [Intel 5.4 FEAT] TSC keeps running in C3+[incremental patch for 5.3.z] 493771 - CVE-2009-1337 kernel: exit_notify: kill the wrong capable(CAP_KILL) check 494074 - CVE-2009-1336 kernel: nfsv4 client can be crashed by stating a long filename 494293 - RHEL5-U2 Installation hangs on p-series--7029, 2078 495635 - Frequent path failures during I/O on DM multipath devices 495929 - [5.3][Xen] APERF/MPERF patch update 495931 - [5.3][Xen] dom0 panic when we use dom0_max_vcpus=2. 496044 - Running Openswan ipsec vpn server with rhel-5.3 kernel-2.6.18-128.el5 causes crash 496842 - softlockups due to infinite loops in posix_locks_deadlock 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.src.rpm i386: kernel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm kernel-PAE-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm kernel-PAE-debuginfo-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i386.rpm kernel-xen-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm noarch: kernel-doc-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.noarch.rpm x86_64: kernel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-xen-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.src.rpm i386: kernel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm kernel-PAE-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm kernel-PAE-debuginfo-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i386.rpm kernel-xen-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm ia64: kernel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-xen-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.ia64.rpm noarch: kernel-doc-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.noarch.rpm ppc: kernel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.ppc64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.ppc64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.ppc64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.ppc64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.ppc64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.ppc64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.ppc64.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.ppc.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.ppc64.rpm kernel-kdump-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.ppc64.rpm kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.ppc64.rpm kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.ppc64.rpm s390x: kernel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.s390x.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.s390x.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.s390x.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.s390x.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.s390x.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.s390x.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.s390x.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.s390x.rpm kernel-kdump-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.s390x.rpm kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.s390x.rpm kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.s390x.rpm x86_64: kernel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-xen-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package 7. References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4307 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0787 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0834 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1336 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1337 http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-16748 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. 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