Upstream information
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel before 3.3.6, when huge pages are enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges by interacting with a hugetlbfs filesystem, as demonstrated by a umount operation that triggers improper handling of quota data.NVD CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.0 (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Novell/SUSE information
Note from the SUSE Security Team
This bug in the hugetlb support existed in Linux 2.6.24 and upwards. As we did not backport the support, SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 and older products are not affected. Novell Bugzilla entry: 758532 SUSE Security Advisories:- SUSE-SU-2012:0616-1, published Mon, 14 May 2012 16:08:28 +0200 (CEST)
- SUSE-SU-2012:0689-1, published Sat, 2 Jun 2012 02:08:32 +0200 (CEST)
List of released packages
| Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
|---|---|---|
| SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6341 |
| SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6233 |
| SLE 11 SP2 DEBUGINFO |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6338 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP2 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6338 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6338 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6338 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6338 |
| SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6340 |
| SLE 11 SP1 DEBUGINFO |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6230 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP1 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6230 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6230 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6230 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6230 |
| SLE 11 SP1 DEBUGINFO |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6228 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP1 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6228 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6228 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6228 |
| SLE 11 SP1 DEBUGINFO |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6229 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP1 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6229 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6229 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6229 |
| SLE 11 SP2 DEBUGINFO |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6339 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP2 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6339 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6339 |
| SLE 11 SP2 DEBUGINFO |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6349 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP2 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6349 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6349 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6349 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6349 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 11 SP1 |
| slert11-sp1.x86-64 SAT Patch Nr: 6677 |
| SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6342 |
| SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6234 |
| SLE 11 SP2 DEBUGINFO |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6345 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP2 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6345 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6345 |
| SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6231 |
| SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6235 |
| SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6347 |
| SLE 11 SP2 DEBUGINFO |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6348 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP2 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6348 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6348 |
| SLE 11 SP1 DEBUGINFO |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6238 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP1 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6238 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6238 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6238 |
| SLE 11 SP1 DEBUGINFO |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6227 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP1 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6227 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6227 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6227 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6227 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6227 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6227 |
| SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6232 |
| SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras |
| Builds SAT Patch Nr: 6346 |
