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SUSE Security Announcement: various kernel problems (SUSE-SA:2004:044)
From: Marcus Meissner <meissner () suse de>
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 20:37:48 +0100
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----______________________________________________________________________________ SUSE Security Announcement Package: kernel Announcement-ID: SUSE-SA:2004:044 Date: Tuesday, Dec 21st 2004 18:00 MEST Affected products: SUSE Linux 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, 9 SUSE Linux Desktop 1.0 Novell Linux Desktop 9 Vulnerability Type: local privilege escalation remote denial of service local denial of service Severity (1-10): 9 SUSE default package: yes Cross References: CAN-2004-1068 CAN-2004-1016 CAN-2004-1137 CAN-2004-1151 Content of this advisory: 1) security vulnerability resolved: - several vulnerabilities in the linux kernel problem description 2) solution/workaround 3) special instructions and notes 4) package location and checksums 5) pending vulnerabilities, solutions, workarounds: - problem with smbfs in earlier update - see SUSE Security Summary Report 6) standard appendix (further information)______________________________________________________________________________1) problem description, brief discussion Linux kernel Several vulnerabilities have been found and fixed in the Linux kernel. Paul Starzetz reported that the missing serialization in unix_dgram_recvmsg() which was added to kernel 2.4.28 can be used by a local attacker to gain elevated privileges (root access). This issue is tracked by the Mitre CVE ID CAN-2004-1068. Paul Starzetz and Georgi Guninski reported independently that bad argument handling and bad integer arithmetics in the IPv4 sendmsg handling of control messages could lead to a local attacker crashing the machine. This problem was fixed by Herbert Xu and is tracked by the Mitre CVE ID CAN-2004-1016. Georgi Guninski reported a memory leak in the IP option handling of the IPv4 sendmsg call. Paul Starzetz found bad handling in the kernel IGMP code, which could lead to a local attacker being able to crash the machine. This problem was fixed by Chris Wright and is tracked by the Mitre CVE ID CAN-2004-1137. Olaf Kirch found and fixed a problem in the RPC handling in the kernel of SUSE Linux 9.1, 9.2, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 which could lead to a remote attacker crashing the machine. A local denial of service problem in the aio_free_ring system call could allow a local attacker to crash the machine. A problem in the memory management handling of ELF executables could lead to a local attacker crashing the machine with a handcrafted ELF binary. (This is a VMA overlap problem and not related to earlier ELF problems.) A buffer overflow in the system call handling in the 32bit system call emulation on AMD64 / Intel EM64T systems was fixed. It is not thought to be exploitable. A memory leak in the ip_conntrack_ftp firewalling module was fixed in the 2.6 kernels. Various UML security issues in the SUSE Linux 9.2 UML setup were fixed. Additionally some non-security bugs were fixed in the released kernels: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 and SUSE Linux 8.1: - A memory leak in addition / removal of SCSI target devices was fixed. - A race condition in SCSI I/O accounting which could lead to erroneous reports on SCSI disk I/O was fixed. - S390: Patches from IBM have been installed in the S/390 architecture, both for 32 and 64bit. Refer to the maintenance information mail for the full change log. - The "memfrac" and "lower_zone_reserve" kernel parameters had no effect since they were used before kernel command line parsing. - PowerPC: Missing synchronization that could lead to processes hanging in signal delivery was added. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and SUSE Linux 9.1: - A vfree() was called with interrupts disabled in the SCSI generic device handling, which could lead to a hanging machine. - A race condition between a file unlink and umount could lead to a machine crash. - Fixed a small memory leak in bio_copy_user(). - cdrecord -scanbus could crash the kernel when using the "gdth" SCSI driver. - Allow reading from zero page (/dev/zero) using O_DIRECT/rawio. - Fixed some LSB issues in the fcntl compatibility handling. - The st (SCSI tape) driver did not pass on generic SCSI ioctl commands to the SCSI mid layer. SUSE Linux 9.2: - The kernel installation routines did not call depmod for the modules in the -nongpl RPMs, so they could not be loaded. This lead to non working USB modem drivers and similar. This problem was fixed. - A Problem with mounting iPods over FireWire was fixed. - A data corruption problem in the megaraid driver was fixed. - A pageattr overflow condition in the memory subsystem and missing TLB flush if multiple pages were passed were fixed. - Allow reading from zeropage with O_DIRECT/rawio. - Do not restart the system on ACPI events after power down. (Make it no longer start on opening the lid of just shutdown laptops for instance.) - New memory imbalance handling handling by Andrea leading to better Out Of Memory (OOM) handling was added.2) solution/workaround Please install the fixed packages, there is no workaround.3) special instructions and notes SPECIAL INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS: ============================== The following paragraphs will guide you through the installation process in a step-by-step fashion. The character sequence "****" marks the beginning of a new paragraph. In some cases, the steps outlined in a particular paragraph may or may not be applicable to your situation. Therefore, please make sure to read through all of the steps below before attempting any of these procedures. All of the commands that need to be executed are required to be run as the superuser (root). Each step relies on the steps before it to complete successfully. **** Step 1: Determine the needed kernel type Please use the following command to find the kernel type that is installed on your system: rpm -qf /boot/vmlinuz Following are the possible kernel types (disregard the version and build number following the name separated by the "-" character) k_deflt # default kernel, good for most systems. k_i386 # kernel for older processors and chip sets k_athlon # kernel made specifically for AMD Athlon(tm) family processors k_psmp # kernel for Pentium-I dual processor systems k_smp # kernel for SMP systems (Pentium-II and above) k_smp4G # kernel for SMP systems which supports a maximum of 4G of RAM kernel-64k-pagesize kernel-bigsmp kernel-default kernel-smp **** Step 2: Download the package for your system Please download the kernel RPM package for your distribution with the name as indicated by Step 1. The list of all kernel rpm packages is appended below. Note: The kernel-source package does not contain a binary kernel in bootable form. Instead, it contains the sources that the binary kernel rpm packages are created from. It can be used by administrators who have decided to build their own kernel. Since the kernel-source.rpm is an installable (compiled) package that contains sources for the linux kernel, it is not the source RPM for the kernel RPM binary packages. The kernel RPM binary packages for the distributions can be found at the locations belowftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/. 8.1/rpm/i586 8.2/rpm/i586 9.0/rpm/i586 9.1/rpm/i586 9.2/rpm/i586 After downloading the kernel RPM package for your system, you should verify the authenticity of the kernel rpm package using the methods as listed in section 3) of each SUSE Security Announcement. **** Step 3: Installing your kernel rpm package Install the rpm package that you have downloaded in Steps 3 or 4 with the command rpm -Uhv --nodeps --force <K_FILE.RPM> where <K_FILE.RPM> is the name of the rpm package that you downloaded. Warning: After performing this step, your system will likely not be able to boot if the following steps have not been fully followed. If you run SUSE LINUX 8.1 and haven't applied the kernel update (SUSE-SA:2003:034), AND you are using the freeswan package, you also need to update the freeswan rpm as a dependency as offered by YOU (YaST Online Update). The package can be downloaded fromftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/i586/ **** Step 4: configuring and creating the initrd The initrd is a ramdisk that is loaded into the memory of your system together with the kernel boot image by the bootloader. The kernel uses the content of this ramdisk to execute commands that must be run before the kernel can mount its actual root filesystem. It is usually used to initialize SCSI drivers or NIC drivers for diskless operation. The variable INITRD_MODULES in /etc/sysconfig/kernel determines which kernel modules will be loaded in the initrd before the kernel has mounted its actual root filesystem. The variable should contain your SCSI adapter (if any) or filesystem driver modules. With the installation of the new kernel, the initrd has to be re-packed with the update kernel modules. Please run the command mk_initrd as root to create a new init ramdisk (initrd) for your system. On SuSE Linux 8.1 and later, this is done automatically when the RPM is installed. **** Step 5: bootloader If you run a SUSE LINUX 8.x, SLES8, or SUSE LINUX 9.x system, there are two options: Depending on your software configuration, you have either the lilo bootloader or the grub bootloader installed and initialized on your system. The grub bootloader does not require any further actions to be performed after the new kernel images have been moved in place by the rpm Update command. If you have a lilo bootloader installed and initialized, then the lilo program must be run as root. Use the command grep LOADER_TYPE /etc/sysconfig/bootloader to find out which boot loader is configured. If it is lilo, then you must run the lilo command as root. If grub is listed, then your system does not require any bootloader initialization. Warning: An improperly installed bootloader may render your system unbootable. **** Step 6: reboot If all of the steps above have been successfully completed on your system, then the new kernel including the kernel modules and the initrd should be ready to boot. The system needs to be rebooted for the changes to become active. Please make sure that all steps have completed, then reboot using the command shutdown -r now or init 6 Your system should now shut down and reboot with the new kernel.4) package location and checksums Please download the update package for your distribution and verify its integrity by the methods listed in section 3) of this announcement. Then, install the package using the command "rpm -Fhv file.rpm" to apply the update. Our maintenance customers are being notified individually. The packages are being offered to install from the maintenance web. x86 Platform: SUSE Linux 9.2:ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/i586/kernel-source-2.6.8-24.8.i586.rpm 8dc5b70f5fdef7c0437372d2811bcb02ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/i586/kernel-default-2.6.8-24.8.i586.rpm 134c37732850c86ef872c97171c81edeftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/i586/kernel-smp-2.6.8-24.8.i586.rpm f552ef1f49675a4e8dc8f71ad7829ed1ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/i586/kernel-bigsmp-2.6.8-24.8.i586.rpm ea2be2b3152a5b6d362636cc29534007ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/i586/kernel-default-nongpl-2.6.8-24.8.i586.rpm f5af05e9e7ec387fe1ce755b8f53a022ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/i586/kernel-smp-nongpl-2.6.8-24.8.i586.rpm 94e01d31f7cdda2a2ae00377613ad625ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/i586/kernel-bigsmp-nongpl-2.6.8-24.8.i586.rpm f3437bd22be65df11df36b9722f15fa7ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/i586/um-host-kernel-2.6.8-24.8.i586.rpm 772e6200300a11d137383e51486cd159ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/i586/um-host-install-initrd-1.0-48.3.i586.rpm 00eba31f6adc46309c4be34ddd477d1a patch rpm(s):ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/i586/um-host-kernel-2.6.8-24.8.i586.patch.rpm 00d6b04af9b54eaff147d7267d66ae08ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/i586/um-host-install-initrd-1.0-48.3.i586.patch.rpm 2de74bf6f185d1c732412945147c4914 source rpm(s):ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/src/kernel-source-2.6.8-24.8.src.rpm bc9e4a08ba429884716d9e1768ca7391ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/src/kernel-default-2.6.8-24.8.nosrc.rpm 0cbc4714154be7df7a18fda4c5ca595bftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/src/kernel-smp-2.6.8-24.8.nosrc.rpm 451d4c51a5d4083b4e663913bb53e622ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/src/kernel-bigsmp-2.6.8-24.8.nosrc.rpm 292bc1aab35f113099765e01f5c87b8eftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/src/kernel-default-2.6.8-24.8.nosrc.rpm 0cbc4714154be7df7a18fda4c5ca595bftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/src/kernel-smp-2.6.8-24.8.nosrc.rpm 451d4c51a5d4083b4e663913bb53e622ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/src/kernel-bigsmp-2.6.8-24.8.nosrc.rpm 292bc1aab35f113099765e01f5c87b8eftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/src/kernel-um-2.6.8-24.8.nosrc.rpm 32aeaea2ff952d83cfd2cf94b1358d33ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/src/um-host-install-initrd-1.0-48.3.src.rpm bc079272affb6c4a444ff0eed5668c58 SUSE Linux 9.1:ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.1/rpm/i586/kernel-source-2.6.5-7.111.19.i586.rpm b5905fea74dd7c6b43896506c28a23d7ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.1/rpm/i586/kernel-default-2.6.5-7.111.19.i586.rpm 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905182441a3e0dfc19d241249f0bcd43 source rpm(s):ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.1/rpm/src/kernel-source-2.6.5-7.111.19.src.rpm 07caa57a7b036cc4e22f73744f0378f3ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.1/rpm/src/kernel-default-2.6.5-7.111.19.nosrc.rpm 15b023f310014e3327dde1a0bcf746c1ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.1/rpm/src/kernel-smp-2.6.5-7.111.19.nosrc.rpm 10c39d732cbafaeabb21f64aab518602 SUSE Linux 9.0:ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.0/rpm/x86_64/kernel-source-2.4.21-266.x86_64.rpm 981d7abbc9dd7774c724a3aec2508db1ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.0/rpm/x86_64/k_deflt-2.4.21-266.x86_64.rpm 47e4ec4f93d49abc0459a058526c1fb6ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.0/rpm/x86_64/k_smp-2.4.21-266.x86_64.rpm 03b0c0787d0a818634b11d4bbc533a38ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.0/rpm/x86_64/k_numa-2.4.21-149.x86_64.rpm 8877a1ca2ea3cb393aa96be727ca362e source rpm(s):ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.0/rpm/src/kernel-source-2.4.21-266.src.rpm 326f9c08d5f92ccc3bca476977b745d6ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.0/rpm/src/k_deflt-2.4.21-266.src.rpm ab01bf0aa3117ce642cc2eedebbba41bftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.0/rpm/src/k_smp-2.4.21-266.src.rpm 714b10cc3466776599cab8237223165fftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.0/rpm/src/k_numa-2.4.21-149.src.rpm 52c705df37ed9e44bb2943af318d8500______________________________________________________________________________5) Pending vulnerabilities in SUSE Distributions and Workarounds: Please see our Security Summary Report. - problem with smbfs in the previous kernel update We received reports of smbfs being broken by our last kernel update (released on Dec 1st, SUSE-SA:2004:042). This apparently only affects the smbfs filesystem on 2.6 kernels, so SUSE Linux 9.1, 9.2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and Novell Linux Desktop 9. This problem is unfortunately not yet fixed in this security update, we will be releasing fixed packages in the begin of next year. As workaround please change to use the cifs filesystem if possible, which replaces smbfs in the 2.6 kernel series.______________________________________________________________________________6) standard appendix: authenticity verification, additional information - Package authenticity verification: SUSE update packages are available on many mirror ftp servers all over the world. While this service is being considered valuable and important to the free and open source software community, many users wish to be sure about the origin of the package and its content before installing the package. There are two verification methods that can be used independently from each other to prove the authenticity of a downloaded file or rpm package: 1) md5sums as provided in the (cryptographically signed) announcement. 2) using the internal gpg signatures of the rpm package. 1) execute the command md5sum <name-of-the-file.rpm> after you downloaded the file from a SUSE ftp server or its mirrors. Then, compare the resulting md5sum with the one that is listed in the announcement. Since the announcement containing the checksums is cryptographically signed (usually using the key security () suse de), the checksums show proof of the authenticity of the package. We disrecommend to subscribe to security lists which cause the email message containing the announcement to be modified so that the signature does not match after transport through the mailing list software. Downsides: You must be able to verify the authenticity of the announcement in the first place. If RPM packages are being rebuilt and a new version of a package is published on the ftp server, all md5 sums for the files are useless. 2) rpm package signatures provide an easy way to verify the authenticity of an rpm package. Use the command rpm -v --checksig <file.rpm> to verify the signature of the package, where <file.rpm> is the filename of the rpm package that you have downloaded. Of course, package authenticity verification can only target an un-installed rpm package file. Prerequisites: a) gpg is installed b) The package is signed using a certain key. The public part of this key must be installed by the gpg program in the directory ~/.gnupg/ under the user's home directory who performs the signature verification (usually root). You can import the key that is used by SUSE in rpm packages for SUSE Linux by saving this announcement to a file ("announcement.txt") and running the command (do "su -" to be root): gpg --batch; gpg < announcement.txt | gpg --import SUSE Linux distributions version 7.1 and thereafter install the key "build () suse de" upon installation or upgrade, provided that the package gpg is installed. The file containing the public key is placed at the top-level directory of the first CD (pubring.gpg) and atftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/pubring.gpg-build.suse.de . - SUSE runs two security mailing lists to which any interested party may subscribe: suse-security () suse com - general/linux/SUSE security discussion. All SUSE security announcements are sent to this list. To subscribe, send an email to <suse-security-subscribe () suse com>. suse-security-announce () suse com - SUSE's announce-only mailing list. Only SUSE's security announcements are sent to this list. To subscribe, send an email to <suse-security-announce-subscribe () suse com>. For general information or the frequently asked questions (FAQ) send mail to: <suse-security-info () suse com> or <suse-security-faq () suse com> respectively. ===================================================================== SUSE's security contact is <security () suse com> or <security () suse de>. The <security () suse de> public key is listed below. =====================================================================______________________________________________________________________________ The information in this advisory may be distributed or reproduced, provided that the advisory is not modified in any way. In particular, it is desired that the clear-text signature shows proof of the authenticity of the text. SUSE Linux AG makes no warranties of any kind whatsoever with respect to the information contained in this security advisory.Type Bits/KeyID Date User IDpub 2048R/3D25D3D9 1999-03-06 SuSE Security Team <security () suse de>pub 1024D/9C800ACA 2000-10-19 SuSE Package Signing Key <build () suse de>- -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux)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Fv2n- -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----------BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux)iQEVAwUBQch6Z3ey5gA9JdPZAQH3HQgAnuu2f4XzU4J5LhAWoUOsnBEARd6UJP3cWCruYVbFFQHnEJylqwyJSrFLZ1/vWcVUIE6eEP5DDXmZqo4Yrbq/auNoZs7/35rZXJo7PPEVoPnyyvqH5a4Do0+mVkdHotxC6vltuEnryQO4X0ti5FVR7fOTLbBW/khWQfbzoCTTS9yXA/mVTd3APZqsPpRdBdL3uLYBdkQ92+25TS+EKPRgo0xdvdxFaNsRKmSMH1O+ki0xTRTrB//0WajHRS9WvyzrLhZJ8/pY1Q/4sWWwX/BJuXvTEscXDr15QpLZFn5ASbhUV9qiPgQem8Bvx5zI1MwesE8BGUSvUWw8eAZGoH301g===BemR-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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