SUSE-SA:2009:003 -- SUSE kernel-debug local privilege escalationID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:400099 | Date: (C)2012-01-31 (M)2024-02-19 |
Class: PATCH | Family: unix |
This update fixes various security issues and several bugs in the openSUSE 11.0 kernel. The kernel was also updated to the stable version 2.6.25.20, including its bugfixes. Following security issues were fixed: CVE-2008-5702: Buffer underflow in the ibwdt_ioctl function in drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c might allow local users to have an unknown impact via a certain /dev/watchdog WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT IOCTL call. CVE-2008-5700: libata did not set minimum timeouts for SG_IO requests, which allows local users to cause a denial of service via multiple simultaneous invocations of an unspecified test program. CVE-2008-5079: net/atm/svc.c in the ATM subsystem allowed local users to cause a denial of service by making two calls to svc_listen for the same socket, and then reading a /proc/net/atm/*vc file, related to corruption of the vcc table. CVE-2008-5300: Linux kernel 2.6.28 allows local users to cause a denial of service via a large number of sendmsg function calls, which does not block during AF_UNIX garbage collection and triggers an OOM condition, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5029. CVE-2008-5029: The __scm_destroy function in net/core/scm.c makes indirect recursive calls to itself through calls to the fput function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors related to sending an SCM_RIGHTS message through a UNIX domain socket and closing file descriptors. CVE-2008-4933: Buffer overflow in the hfsplus_find_cat function in fs/hfsplus/catalog.c allowed attackers to cause a denial of service via an hfsplus filesystem image with an invalid catalog namelength field, related to the hfsplus_cat_build_key_uni function. CVE-2008-5025: Stack-based buffer overflow in the hfs_cat_find_brec function in fs/hfs/catalog.c allowed attackers to cause a denial of service via an hfs filesystem image with an invalid catalog namelength field, a related issue to CVE-2008-4933. CVE-2008-5182: The inotify functionality might allow local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors related to race conditions in inotify watch removal and umount. CVE-2008-3831: The i915 driver in drivers/char/drm/i915_dma.c does not restrict the DRM_I915_HWS_ADDR ioctl to the Direct Rendering Manager master, which allows local users to cause a denial of service via a crafted ioctl call, related to absence of the DRM_MASTER and DRM_ROOT_ONLY flags in the ioctls configuration. CVE-2008-4554: The do_splice_from function in fs/splice.c did not reject file descriptors that have the O_APPEND flag set, which allows local users to bypass append mode and make arbitrary changes to other locations in the file.