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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2010.0794 Important: kernel security and bug fix update 3 September 2010 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: kernel Publisher: Red Hat Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Existing Account Increased Privileges -- Existing Account Denial of Service -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2010-2798 CVE-2010-2240 Reference: ESB-2010.0782 Original Bulletin: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0670.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-2010:0670-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0670.html Issue date: 2010-09-02 CVE Names: CVE-2010-2240 CVE-2010-2798 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues and three bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Extended Update Support. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.4.z 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: * When an application has a stack overflow, the stack could silently overwrite another memory mapped area instead of a segmentation fault occurring, which could cause an application to execute arbitrary code, possibly leading to privilege escalation. It is known that the X Window System server can be used to trigger this flaw. (CVE-2010-2240, Important) * A miscalculation of the size of the free space of the initial directory entry in a directory leaf block was found in the Linux kernel Global File System 2 (GFS2) implementation. A local, unprivileged user with write access to a GFS2-mounted file system could perform a rename operation on that file system to trigger a NULL pointer dereference, possibly resulting in a denial of service or privilege escalation. (CVE-2010-2798, Important) Red Hat would like to thank the X.Org security team for reporting CVE-2010-2240, with upstream acknowledging Rafal Wojtczuk as the original reporter; and Grant Diffey of CenITex for reporting CVE-2010-2798. This update also fixes the following bugs: * Problems receiving network traffic correctly via a non-standard layer 3 protocol when using the ixgbe driver. This update corrects this issue. (BZ#618275) * A bug was found in the way the megaraid_sas driver (for SAS based RAID controllers) handled physical disks and management IOCTLs. All physical disks were exported to the disk layer, allowing an oops in megasas_complete_cmd_dpc() when completing the IOCTL command if a timeout occurred. One possible trigger for this bug was running "mkfs". This update resolves this issue by updating the megaraid_sas driver to version 4.31. (BZ#619363) * Previously, Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) resulted in PCI bus writes to mask and unmask the MSI IRQ for a PCI device. These unnecessary PCI bus writes resulted in the serialization of MSIs, leading to poor performance on systems with high MSI load. This update adds a new kernel boot parameter, msi_nolock, which forgoes the PCI bus writes and allows for better simultaneous processing of MSIs. (BZ#621939) 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 all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the 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 To install kernel packages manually, use "rpm -ivh [package]". Do not use "rpm -Uvh" as that will remove the running kernel binaries from your system. You may use "rpm -e" to remove old kernels after determining that the new kernel functions properly on your system. 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 606611 - CVE-2010-2240 kernel: mm: keep a guard page below a grow-down stack segment 618275 - Received data corrupts when non standards L3 protocols are used on ixgbe [rhel-5.4.z] 619363 - [LSI 5.6 feat] update megaraid_sas to version 4.31 [rhel-5.4.z] 620300 - CVE-2010-2798 kernel: gfs2: rename causes kernel panic 621939 - Significant MSI performance issue due to redundant interrupt masking [rhel-5.4.z] 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.4.z server): Source: kernel-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.src.rpm i386: kernel-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-PAE-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-PAE-debuginfo-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.i386.rpm kernel-xen-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.i686.rpm ia64: kernel-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-xen-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.ia64.rpm noarch: kernel-doc-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.noarch.rpm ppc: kernel-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.ppc64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.ppc64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.ppc64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.ppc64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.ppc64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.ppc64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.ppc64.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.ppc.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.ppc64.rpm kernel-kdump-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.ppc64.rpm kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.ppc64.rpm kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.ppc64.rpm s390x: kernel-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.s390x.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.s390x.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.s390x.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.s390x.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.s390x.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.s390x.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.s390x.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.s390x.rpm kernel-kdump-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.s390x.rpm kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.s390x.rpm kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.s390x.rpm x86_64: kernel-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-xen-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-164.25.1.el5.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. 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