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Security udpate for Linux kernel

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(Last modified: 15OCT2004)


solutions Security udpate for Linux kernel SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (3e705f8e4a55768bb5d8c0624610c2fc)

Applies to

Package: kernel-s390
kernel-source
kernel-syms
Product(s): SUSE CORE 9 for IBM S/390 31bit
Patch: patch-9413
Release: 20041015
Obsoletes: b77cf0f8a867b04da726e0e68209ea3b

Indications

Everyone should install this kernel.

Contraindications

None.

Description

Some potential security problems and bugs have been found in the Linux kernel for SLES9. This update corrects these issues.
Security fixes
  • With the iptables firewall enabled in a certain configuration (as done by SuSEFirewall2) a handcrafted IP packet from a remote attacker could crash the system.
  • The privileged "sacf" instruction on S/390 was not correctly protected, so local users could gain root access.
  • Some minor additional /proc information leaks were fixed.
Bug fixes
  • Two CD writing problems were fixed, one in block IO handling and one in highmem bounce buffer handling (for machines with more than 1GB RAM).
  • A problem with write barriers not being issued on IDE drives that default to write cache set to off was fixed.
  • Make sure O_SYNC writes return -EIO for write errors.
  • Some block IO related fixes for the ASMlib kernel driver.
  • Support for O_NOATIME in open() system call, fixing an LVM related problem.
  • Do not clear/remove referenced pages in BLKFLSBUF ioctl().
  • Fixed an iptables logging oops caused by ifdown/ifup sequences.
  • Do not propagate TCP errors to nfsd to avoid nfsd dieing.
  • Fixed some RAID 1 problems for read retry problems and device removal.
  • Do not mark inherited ACLs dirty.
  • Do not attach upper level SCSI drivers to raid control ports, such as the LSI/Engenio.
  • Fixed a USB 2.0 EHCI problem with list scanning on SMP systems.
  • Fixed a memory corruption in libata.
IBM S/390 and IBM zSeries specific bug fixes
  • Implement PTRACE_GETEVENTMSG 32bit emulation. (LTC8916)
  • Fixed a deadlock issue in the LCS network driver. (LTC9897)
  • IBM codedrop 30-08-2004: add patches.arch/s390-07-[01-15]-april2004.diff
    • Fix LCS device stall.
    • Fix Multicast handling.
    • Various additional fixes.

Solution

Please install the updates provided at the location noted below.

Installation notes

This update is provided as RPM packages that can easily be installed onto a running system by using this command:
rpm -Fvh kernel-s390.rpm kernel-source.rpm kernel-syms.rpm zipl
Finally, reboot the system with
shutdown -r now
to load the new kernel (replace "now" with the appropriate amount of time to allow local users to cleanly log out, for example "+5" for five minutes.)

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