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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: kernel security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:0743-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html
Issue date: 2012-06-18
CVE Names: CVE-2012-0044 CVE-2012-1179 CVE-2012-2119
CVE-2012-2121 CVE-2012-2123 CVE-2012-2136
CVE-2012-2137 CVE-2012-2372 CVE-2012-2373
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1. Summary:
Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs
are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
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 Desktop (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, noarch, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, 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:
* A local, unprivileged user could use an integer overflow flaw in
drm_mode_dirtyfb_ioctl() to cause a denial of service or escalate their
privileges. (CVE-2012-0044, Important)
* A buffer overflow flaw was found in the macvtap device driver, used for
creating a bridged network between the guest and the host in KVM
(Kernel-based Virtual Machine) environments. A privileged guest user in a
KVM guest could use this flaw to crash the host. Note: This issue only
affected hosts that have the vhost_net module loaded with the
experimental_zcopytx module option enabled (it is not enabled by default),
and that also have macvtap configured for at least one guest.
(CVE-2012-2119, Important)
* When a set user ID (setuid) application is executed, certain personality
flags for controlling the application's behavior are cleared (that is, a
privileged application will not be affected by those flags). It was found
that those flags were not cleared if the application was made privileged
via file system capabilities. A local, unprivileged user could use this
flaw to change the behavior of such applications, allowing them to bypass
intended restrictions. Note that for default installations, no application
shipped by Red Hat for Red Hat Enterprise Linux is made privileged via file
system capabilities. (CVE-2012-2123, Important)
* It was found that the data_len parameter of the sock_alloc_send_pskb()
function in the Linux kernel's networking implementation was not validated
before use. A privileged guest user in a KVM guest could use this flaw to
crash the host or, possibly, escalate their privileges on the host.
(CVE-2012-2136, Important)
* A buffer overflow flaw was found in the setup_routing_entry() function in
the KVM subsystem of the Linux kernel in the way the Message Signaled
Interrupts (MSI) routing entry was handled. A local, unprivileged user
could use this flaw to cause a denial of service or, possibly, escalate
their privileges. (CVE-2012-2137, Important)
* A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's memory management
subsystem in the way pmd_none_or_clear_bad(), when called with mmap_sem in
read mode, and Transparent Huge Pages (THP) page faults interacted. A
privileged user in a KVM guest with the ballooning functionality enabled
could potentially use this flaw to crash the host. A local, unprivileged
user could use this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2012-1179, Moderate)
* A flaw was found in the way device memory was handled during guest device
removal. Upon successful device removal, memory used by the device was not
properly unmapped from the corresponding IOMMU or properly released from
the kernel, leading to a memory leak. A malicious user on a KVM host who
has the ability to assign a device to a guest could use this flaw to crash
the host. (CVE-2012-2121, Moderate)
* A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS)
protocol implementation. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to
cause a denial of service. (CVE-2012-2372, Moderate)
* A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's memory management
subsystem in the way pmd_populate() and pte_offset_map_lock() interacted on
32-bit x86 systems with more than 4GB of RAM. A local, unprivileged user
could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2012-2373, Moderate)
Red Hat would like to thank Chen Haogang for reporting CVE-2012-0044.
This update also fixes several bugs. Documentation for these changes will
be available shortly from the Technical Notes document linked to in the
References section.
Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported
patches to correct these issues, and fix the bugs noted in the Technical
Notes. 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
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258
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/):
772894 - CVE-2012-0044 kernel: drm: integer overflow in drm_mode_dirtyfb_ioctl()
803793 - CVE-2012-1179 kernel: thp:__split_huge_page() mapcount != page_mapcount BUG_ON()
806722 - CVE-2012-2123 kernel: fcaps: clear the same personality flags as suid when fcaps are used
814149 - CVE-2012-2121 kvm: device assignment page leak
814278 - CVE-2012-2119 kernel: macvtap: zerocopy: vector length is not validated before pinning user pages
814657 - kernel crash at ieee80211_mgd_probe_ap_send [rhel-6.2.z]
816151 - CVE-2012-2137 kernel: kvm: buffer overflow in kvm_set_irq()
816226 - add option to disable 5GHz band to iwlwifi [rhel-6.2.z]
816289 - CVE-2012-2136 kernel: net: insufficient data_len validation in sock_alloc_send_pskb()
818504 - Disable LRO for all NICs that have LRO enabled [rhel-6.2.z]
818505 - xen: fix drive naming [rhel-6.2.z]
819614 - 2.6.32-220 kernel does not work on a HP DL385G6 with HP Smart Array P410 controller and hpsa driver [rhel-6.2.z]
822754 - CVE-2012-2372 kernel: rds-ping cause kernel panic
822821 - CVE-2012-2373 kernel: mm: read_pmd_atomic: 32bit PAE pmd walk vs pmd_populate SMP race condition
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Client/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.src.rpm
i386:
kernel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
noarch:
kernel-doc-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Client/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.src.rpm
i386:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6ComputeNode/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.src.rpm
noarch:
kernel-doc-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6ComputeNode/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.src.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.src.rpm
i386:
kernel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
noarch:
kernel-doc-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.noarch.rpm
ppc64:
kernel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-bootwrapper-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
kernel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.s390x.rpm
perf-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.s390x.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.src.rpm
i386:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
ppc64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.s390x.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.s390x.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.s390x.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Workstation/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.src.rpm
i386:
kernel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
noarch:
kernel-doc-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Workstation/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.src.rpm
i386:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
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7. References:
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-0044.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-1179.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-2119.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-2121.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-2123.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-2136.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-2137.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-2372.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-2373.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.2_Technical_Notes/kernel.html#RHSA-2012-0743
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2012 Red Hat, Inc.
