-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 _______________________________________________________________________ Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2006:059 http://www.mandriva.com/security/ _______________________________________________________________________ Package : kernel Date : March 22, 2006 Affected: 2006.0 _______________________________________________________________________ Problem Description: A number of vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel: sysctl.c in the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.14.1 allows local users to cause a Denial of Service (kernel oops) and possibly execute code by opening an interface file in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/, waiting until the interface is unregistered, then obtaining and modifying function pointers in memory that was used for the ctl_table (CVE-2005-2709). Multiple vulnerabilities in versions prior to 2.6.13.2 allow local users to cause a DoS (oops from null dereference) via fput in a 32bit ioctl on 64-bit x86 systems or sockfd_put in the 32-bit routing_ioctl function on 64-bit systems (CVE-2005-3044). Note that this was previously partially corrected in MDKSA-2005:235. Prior to 2.6.14, the kernel's atm module allows local users to cause a DoS (panic) via certain socket calls that produce inconsistent reference counts for loadable protocol modules (CVE-2005-3359). A race condition in the (1) add_key, (2) request_key, and (3) keyctl functions in the 2.6.x kernel allows local users to cause a DoS (crash) or read sensitive kernel memory by modifying the length of a string argument between the time that the kernel calculates the length and when it copies the data into kernel memory (CVE-2006-0457). Prior to 2.6.15.5, the kernel allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted XFS ftruncate call, which may return stale data (CVE-2006-0554). Prior to 2.6.15.5, the kernel allows local users to cause a DoS (NFS client panic) via unknown attack vectors related to the use of O_DIRECT (CVE-2006-0555). Prior to an including kernel 2.6.16, sys_mbind in mempolicy.c does not sanity check the maxnod variable before making certain computations, which has an unknown impact and attack vectors (CVE-2006-0557). Prior to 2.6.15.5, the kernel allows local users to cause a DoS ("endless recursive fault") via unknown attack vectors related to a "bad elf entry address" on Intel processors (CVE-2006-0741). Prior to 2.6.15.6, the die_if_kernel function in the kernel can allow local users to cause a DoS by causing user faults on Itanium systems (CVE-2006-00742). A race in the signal-handling code which allows a process to become unkillable when the race is triggered was also fixed. In addition to these security fixes, other fixes have been included such as: - add ich8 support - libata locking rewrite - libata clear ATA_QCFLAG_ACTIVE flag before calling the completion callback - support the Acer Aspire 5xxx/3xxx series in the acerhk module - USB storage: remove info sysfs file as it violates the sysfs one value per file rule - fix OOPS in sysfs_hash_and_remove_file() - pl2303 USB driver fixes; makes pl2303HX chip work correctly - fix OOPS in IPMI driver which is probably caused when trying to use ACPI functions when ACPI was not properly initialized - fix de_thread() racy BUG_ON() The provided packages are patched to fix these vulnerabilities. All users are encouraged to upgrade to these updated kernels. To update your kernel, please follow the directions located at: http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/kernelupdate Please note that users using the LSI Logic 53c1030 dual-channel ultra 320 SCSI card will need to re-create their initrd images manually prior to rebooting in order to fix a bug that prevents booting. A future update will correct this problem. To do this, execute: # rm /boot/initrd-2.6.12-18mdk.img # mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.12-18mdk.img 2.6.12-18mdk --with-module=mptspi _______________________________________________________________________ References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2709 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3044 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3359 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0457 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0554 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0555 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0557 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0741 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0742 _______________________________________________________________________ Updated Packages: Mandriva Linux 2006.0: 1b218623b306f20afa82d0016d7f2b02 2006.0/RPMS/kernel-2.6.12.18mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm a051bd99d550490b0f878e53e68dad2f 2006.0/RPMS/kernel-BOOT-2.6.12.18mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm 2ed8565ec9f4bbf280ee38563cbf5ae9 2006.0/RPMS/kernel-i586-up-1GB-2.6.12.18mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm 93f467fbc20508c7cfcc1291c00883a4 2006.0/RPMS/kernel-i686-up-4GB-2.6.12.18mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm 6d682e1336225bfe35c145a9b735cee2 2006.0/RPMS/kernel-smp-2.6.12.18mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm e2a7bf396ef80eb13b3b49e49a632d5e 2006.0/RPMS/kernel-source-2.6-2.6.12-18mdk.i586.rpm 61e26ccfa23888a5e877137565bd2e62 2006.0/RPMS/kernel-source-stripped-2.6-2.6.12-18mdk.i586.rpm d6b3b6357df23337584dcf53d17468d3 2006.0/RPMS/kernel-xbox-2.6.12.18mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm 4b6b2309768ff66a5277cd0b2ad6135f 2006.0/RPMS/kernel-xen0-2.6.12.18mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm 6ea381cb538e6f845bdf7dd10f15b623 2006.0/RPMS/kernel-xenU-2.6.12.18mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm 661bf62bc99323115940fd5a088df875 2006.0/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.12.18mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm Mandriva Linux 2006.0/X86_64: f01f7df9165bc18cecef5c306fadd288 x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/kernel-2.6.12.18mdk-1-1mdk.x86_64.rpm d1c1a1bd3a95220dbb33dc51a8bf6515 x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/kernel-BOOT-2.6.12.18mdk-1-1mdk.x86_64.rpm bab61b2878c55528c09c327e8fdbb444 x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/kernel-smp-2.6.12.18mdk-1-1mdk.x86_64.rpm 222a970d935dcd178f943e2cedb96091 x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/kernel-source-2.6-2.6.12-18mdk.x86_64.rpm 2a327a55284339a3cec137b10f55b16d x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/kernel-source-stripped-2.6-2.6.12-18mdk.x86_64.rpm 661bf62bc99323115940fd5a088df875 x86_64/2006.0/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.12.18mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm _______________________________________________________________________ To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing: gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact security_(at)_mandriva.com _______________________________________________________________________ Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team <security*mandriva.com> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEIcSFmqjQ0CJFipgRAvt2AKC9zOJ2SEwGV4feG8SXlp/BFefmRwCfbjZB 74RRGW29Ghm0tXiO3FoSsbw= =xsOa -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
