Executive Summary

Summary
Title kernel security and bug fix update
Informations
Name RHSA-2009:1670 First vendor Publication 2009-12-15
Vendor RedHat Last vendor Modification 2009-12-15
Severity (Vendor) Important Revision 01

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Problem Description:

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, noarch, ppc, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, noarch, x86_64

3. Description:

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security fixes:

* NULL pointer dereference flaws in the r128 driver. Checks to test if the Concurrent Command Engine state was initialized were missing in private IOCTL functions. An attacker could use these flaws to cause a local denial of service or escalate their privileges. (CVE-2009-3620, Important)

* a NULL pointer dereference flaw in the NFSv4 implementation. Several NFSv4 file locking functions failed to check whether a file had been opened on the server before performing locking operations on it. A local user on a system with an NFSv4 share mounted could possibly use this flaw to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges. (CVE-2009-3726, Important)

* a flaw in tcf_fill_node(). A certain data structure in this function was not initialized properly before being copied to user-space. This could lead to an information leak. (CVE-2009-3612, Moderate)

* unix_stream_connect() did not check if a UNIX domain socket was in the shutdown state. This could lead to a deadlock. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2009-3621, Moderate)

Knowledgebase DOC-20536 has steps to mitigate NULL pointer dereference flaws.

Bug fixes:

* frequently changing a CPU between online and offline caused a kernel panic on some systems. (BZ#545583)

* for the LSI Logic LSI53C1030 Ultra320 SCSI controller, read commands sent could receive incorrect data, preventing correct data transfer. (BZ#529308)

* pciehp could not detect PCI Express hot plug slots on some systems. (BZ#530383)

* soft lockups: inotify race and contention on dcache_lock. (BZ#533822, BZ#537019)

* priority ordered lists are now used for threads waiting for a given mutex. (BZ#533858)

* a deadlock in DLM could cause GFS2 file systems to lock up. (BZ#533859)

* use-after-free bug in the audit subsystem crashed certain systems when running usermod. (BZ#533861)

* on certain hardware configurations, a kernel panic when the Broadcom iSCSI offload driver (bnx2i.ko and cnic.ko) was loaded. (BZ#537014)

* qla2xxx: Enabled MSI-X, and correctly handle the module parameter to control it. This improves performance for certain systems. (BZ#537020)

* system crash when reading the cpuaffinity file on a system. (BZ#537346)

* suspend-resume problems on systems with lots of logical CPUs, e.g. BX-EX. (BZ#539674)

* off-by-one error in the legacy PCI bus check. (BZ#539675)

* TSC was not made available on systems with multi-clustered APICs. This could cause slow performance for time-sensitive applications. (BZ#539676)

* ACPI: ARB_DISABLE now disabled on platforms that do not need it. (BZ#539677)

* fix node to core and power-aware scheduling issues, and a kernel panic during boot on certain AMD Opteron processors. (BZ#539678, BZ#540469, BZ#539680, BZ#539682)

* APIC timer interrupt issues on some AMD Opteron systems prevented achieving full power savings. (BZ#539681)

* general OProfile support for some newer Intel processors. (BZ#539683)

* system crash during boot when NUMA is enabled on systems using MC and kernel-xen. (BZ#539684)

* on some larger systems, performance issues due to a spinlock. (BZ#539685)

* APIC errors when IOMMU is enabled on some AMD Opteron systems. (BZ#539687)

* on some AMD Opteron systems, repeatedly taking a CPU offline then online caused a system hang. (BZ#539688)

* I/O page fault errors on some systems. (BZ#539689)

* certain memory configurations could cause the kernel-xen kernel to fail to boot on some AMD Opteron systems. (BZ#539690)

* NMI watchdog is now disabled for offline CPUs. (BZ#539691)

* duplicate directories in /proc/acpi/processor/ on BX-EX systems. (BZ#539692)

* links did not come up when using bnx2x with certain Broadcom devices. (BZ#540381)

Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

528868 - CVE-2009-3612 kernel: tcf_fill_node() infoleak due to typo in 9ef1d4c7 529227 - CVE-2009-3726 kernel: nfsv4: kernel panic in nfs4_proc_lock() 529308 - [5.4]The errata 28 fix on LSI53C1030 hasn't been included yet. [rhel-5.4.z] 529597 - CVE-2009-3620 kernel: r128 IOCTL NULL pointer dereferences when CCE state is uninitialised 529626 - CVE-2009-3621 kernel: AF_UNIX: Fix deadlock on connecting to shutdown socket 530383 - [5.3] PCIe hotplug slot detection failure [rhel-5.4.z] 533822 - CRM 1908390 - BUG: warning at fs/inotify.c:181/set_dentry_child_flags() [rhel-5.4.z] 533858 - threads on pthread_mutex_lock wake in fifo order, but posix specifies by priority [rhel-5.4.z] 533859 - dlm_recv deadlock under memory pressure while processing GFP_KERNEL locks. [rhel-5.4.z] 533861 - system crashes in audit_update_watch() [rhel-5.4.z] 537014 - Panic on boot when loading iscsid with broadcom NIC [rhel-5.4.z] 537019 - kernel: BUG: soft lockup with dcache_lock [rhel-5.4.z] 537020 - [QLogic 5.4.z bug] qla2xxx - enable MSI-X and correct/cleanup irq request code [rhel-5.4.z] 537346 - kernel: NULL pointer dereference in pci_bus_show_cpuaffinity() [rhel-5.4.z] 539675 - [Intel 5.5 FEAT] Add ability to access Nehalem uncore config space [rhel-5.4.z] 539676 - [Intel 5.5 FEAT] Support Intel multi-APIC-cluster systems [rhel-5.4.z] 539677 - [Intel 5.5 FEAT] ACPI: Disable ARB_DISABLE on platforms where it is not needed [rhel-5.4.z] 539678 - Fix node to core association [rhel-5.4.z] 539680 - Fix Power-aware scheduling [rhel-5.4.z] 539681 - Fix AMD erratum - server C1E [rhel-5.4.z] 539682 - Fix kernel panic while booting RHEL5 32-bit kernel [rhel-5.4.z] 539683 - [Intel 5.5 FEAT] Oprofile: Add support for arch perfmon - kernel component [rhel-5.4.z] 539684 - EXPERIMENTAL EX/MC: Fix Xen NUMA [rhel-5.4.z] 539685 - [Intel 5.5 FEAT] Fix spinlock issue which causes performance impact on large systems [rhel-5.4.z] 539687 - EXPERIMENTAL MC/EX: Fix APIC error IOMMU issues [rhel-5.4.z] 539688 - EXPERIMENTAL MC/EX: Issue when bringing CPU offline and online with 32-bit kernel [rhel-5.4.z] 539689 - EXPERIMENTAL EX/MC: AMD IOMMU Linux driver with latest BIOS has IO PAGE FAULTS [rhel-5.4.z] 539690 - EXPERIMENTAL MC/EX: Incorrect memory setup can cause Xen crash [rhel-5.4.z] 539691 - [Intel 5.5 BUG] NMI and Watchdog are not disabled on CPU when CPU is off-lined [rhel-5.4.z] 540381 - Broadcom Everest Dual port 10Gb with SFP+ (57711) NIC fails with no link [rhel-5.4.z] 540469 - EXPERIMENTAL EX/MC: Fix node to core issue [rhel-5.4.z] 545583 - kernel panic when doing cpu offline/online frequently on hp-dl785g5-01.rhts.eng.bos.redhat.com [rhel-5.4.z]

Original Source

Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1670.html

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
25 % CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
25 % CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion')
25 % CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
25 % CWE-200 Information Exposure

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10395
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10395
Title: The tcf_fill_node function in net/sched/cls_api.c in the netlink subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.32-rc5, and 2.4.37.6 and earlier, does not initialize a certain tcm__pad2 structure member, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2005-4881.
Description: The tcf_fill_node function in net/sched/cls_api.c in the netlink subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.32-rc5, and 2.4.37.6 and earlier, does not initialize a certain tcm__pad2 structure member, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2005-4881.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-3612
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13351
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13351
Title: DSA-1928-1 linux-2.6.24 -- privilege escalation/denial of service/sensitive memory leak
Description: Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service, sensitive memory leak or privilege escalation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2009-2846 Michael Buesch noticed a typing issue in the eisa-eeprom driver for the hppa architecture. Local users could exploit this issue to gain access to restricted memory. CVE-2009-2847 Ulrich Drepper noticed an issue in the do_sigalstack routine on 64-bit systems. This issue allows local users to gain access to potentially sensitive memory on the kernel stack. CVE-2009-2848 Eric Dumazet discovered an issue in the execve path, where the clear_child_tid variable was not being properly cleared. Local users could exploit this issue to cause a denial of service. CVE-2009-2849 Neil Brown discovered an issue in the sysfs interface to md devices. When md arrays are not active, local users can exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. CVE-2009-2903 Mark Smith discovered a memory leak in the appletalk implementation. When the appletalk and ipddp modules are loaded, but no ipddp"N" device is found, remote attackers can cause a denial of service by consuming large amounts of system memory. CVE-2009-2908 Loic Minier discovered an issue in the eCryptfs filesystem. A local user can cause a denial of service by causing a dentry value to go negative. CVE-2009-2909 Arjan van de Ven discovered an issue in the AX.25 protocol implementation. A specially crafted call to setsockopt can result in a denial of service. CVE-2009-2910 Jan Beulich discovered the existence of a sensitive kernel memory leak. Systems running the "amd64" kernel do not properly sanitise registers for 32-bit processes. CVE-2009-3001 Jiri Slaby fixed a sensitive memory leak issue in the ANSI/IEEE 802.2 LLC implementation. This is not exploitable in the Debian lenny kernel as root privileges are required to exploit this issue. CVE-2009-3002 Eric Dumazet fixed several sensitive memory leaks in the IrDA, X.25 PLP, NET/ROM, Acorn Econet/AUN, and Controller Area Network implementations. Local users can exploit these issues to gain access to kernel memory. CVE-2009-3228 Eric Dumazet reported an instance of uninitialised kernel memory in the network packet scheduler. Local users may be able to exploit this issue to read the contents of sensitive kernel memory. CVE-2009-3238 Linus Torvalds provided a change to the get_random_int function to increase its randomness. CVE-2009-3286 Eric Paris discovered an issue with the NFSv4 server implementation. When an O_EXCL create fails, files may be left with corrupted permissions, possibly granting unintentional privileges to other local users. CVE-2009-3547 Earl Chew discovered a NULL pointer dereference issue in the pipe_rdwr_open function which can be used by local users to gain elevated privileges. CVE-2009-3612 Jiri Pirko discovered a typo in the initialisation of a structure in the netlink subsystem that may allow local users to gain access to sensitive kernel memory. CVE-2009-3613 Alistair Strachan reported an issue in the r8169 driver. Remote users can cause a denial of service by transmitting a large amount of jumbo frames. CVE-2009-3620 Ben Hutchings discovered an issue in the DRM manager for ATI Rage 128 graphics adapters. Local users may be able to exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. CVE-2009-3621 Tomoki Sekiyama discovered a deadlock condition in the UNIX domain socket implementation. Local users can exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. For the oldstable distribution, this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.9etch1. We recommend that you upgrade your linux-2.6.24 packages. Note: Debian "etch" includes linux kernel packages based upon both the 2.6.18 and 2.6.24 linux releases. All known security issues are carefully tracked against both packages and both packages will receive security updates until security support for Debian "etch" concludes. However, given the high frequency at which low-severity security issues are discovered in the kernel and the resource requirements of doing an update, lower severity 2.6.18 and 2.6.24 updates will typically release in a staggered or "leap-frog" fashion.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1928-1
CVE-2009-2846
CVE-2009-2847
CVE-2009-2848
CVE-2009-2849
CVE-2009-2903
CVE-2009-2908
CVE-2009-2909
CVE-2009-2910
CVE-2009-3001
CVE-2009-3002
CVE-2009-3228
CVE-2009-3238
CVE-2009-3286
CVE-2009-3547
CVE-2009-3612
CVE-2009-3613
CVE-2009-3620
CVE-2009-3621
Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Product(s): linux-2.6.24
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13735
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13735
Title: DSA-1929-1 linux-2.6 -- privilege escalation/denial of service/sensitive memory leak
Description: Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service, sensitive memory leak or privilege escalation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2009-1883 Solar Designer discovered a missing capability check in the z90crypt driver or s390 systems. This vulnerability may allow a local user to gain elevated privileges. CVE-2009-2909 Arjan van de Ven discovered an issue in the AX.25 protocol implementation. A specially crafted call to setsockopt can result in a denial of service. CVE-2009-3001 Jiri Slaby fixed a sensitive memory leak issue in the ANSI/IEEE 802.2 LLC implementation. This is not exploitable in the Debian lenny kernel as root privileges are required to exploit this issue. CVE-2009-3002 Eric Dumazet fixed several sensitive memory leaks in the IrDA, X.25 PLP, NET/ROM, Acorn Econet/AUN, and Controller Area Network implementations. Local users can exploit these issues to gain access to kernel memory. CVE-2009-3228 Eric Dumazet reported an instance of uninitialised kernel memory in the network packet scheduler. Local users may be able to exploit this issue to read the contents of sensitive kernel memory. CVE-2009-3238 Linus Torvalds provided a change to the get_random_int function to increase its randomness. CVE-2009-3286 Eric Paris discovered an issue with the NFSv4 server implementation. When an O_EXCL create fails, files may be left with corrupted permissions, possibly granting unintentional privileges to other local users. CVE-2009-3547 Earl Chew discovered a NULL pointer dereference issue in the pipe_rdwr_open function which can be used by local users to gain elevated privileges. CVE-2009-3612 Jiri Pirko discovered a typo in the initialisation of a structure in the netlink subsystem that may allow local users to gain access to sensitive kernel memory. CVE-2009-3621 Tomoki Sekiyama discovered a deadlock condition in the UNIX domain socket implementation. Local users can exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. For the oldstable distribution, this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.18.dfsg.1-26etch1. We recommend that you upgrade your linux-2.6, fai-kernels, and user-mode-linux packages. Note: Debian "etch" includes linux kernel packages based upon both the 2.6.18 and 2.6.24 linux releases. All known security issues are carefully tracked against both packages and both packages will receive security updates until security support for Debian "etch" concludes. However, given the high frequency at which low-severity security issues are discovered in the kernel and the resource requirements of doing an update, lower severity 2.6.18 and 2.6.24 updates will typically release in a staggered or "leap-frog" fashion. The following matrix lists additional source packages that were rebuilt for compatibility with or to take advantage of this update: Debian 4.0 fai-kernels 1.17+etch.26etch1 user-mode-linux 2.6.18-1um-2etch.26etch1
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1929-1
CVE-2009-1883
CVE-2009-2909
CVE-2009-3001
CVE-2009-3002
CVE-2009-3228
CVE-2009-3238
CVE-2009-3286
CVE-2009-3547
CVE-2009-3612
CVE-2009-3621
Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Product(s): linux-2.6
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23021
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23021
Title: ELSA-2009:1670: kernel security and bug fix update (Important)
Description: The nfs4_proc_lock function in fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c in the NFSv4 client in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc4 allows remote NFS servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) by sending a certain response containing incorrect file attributes, which trigger attempted use of an open file that lacks NFSv4 state.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2009:1670-01
CVE-2009-3612
CVE-2009-3620
CVE-2009-3621
CVE-2009-3726
Version: 21
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Product(s): kernel
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28862
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28862
Title: RHSA-2009:1670 -- kernel security and bug fix update (Important)
Description: Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2009:1670
CESA-2009:1670-CentOS 5
CVE-2009-3612
CVE-2009-3620
CVE-2009-3621
CVE-2009-3726
Version: 3
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Product(s): kernel
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6636
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6636
Title: Linux Kernel 'nfs4_proc_lock()' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description: The nfs4_proc_lock function in fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c in the NFSv4 client in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc4 allows remote NFS servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) by sending a certain response containing incorrect file attributes, which trigger attempted use of an open file that lacks NFSv4 state.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-3726
Version: 5
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 4.0
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6763
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6763
Title: Linux Kernel r128 Driver CCE Initialization NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description: The ATI Rage 128 (aka r128) driver in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-git11 does not properly verify Concurrent Command Engine (CCE) state initialization, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified ioctl calls.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-3620
Version: 5
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 4.0
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6895
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6895
Title: Linux Kernel 'unix_stream_connect()' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description: net/unix/af_unix.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by creating an abstract-namespace AF_UNIX listening socket, performing a shutdown operation on this socket, and then performing a series of connect operations to this socket.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-3621
Version: 5
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 4.0
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7557
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7557
Title: Linux Kernel 2.4 and 2.6 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Description: The tcf_fill_node function in net/sched/cls_api.c in the netlink subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.32-rc5, and 2.4.37.6 and earlier, does not initialize a certain tcm__pad2 structure member, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2005-4881.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-3612
Version: 5
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 4.0
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7937
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7937
Title: DSA-1928 linux-2.6.24 -- privilege escalation/denial of service/sensitive memory leak
Description: Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service, sensitive memory leak or privilege escalation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: Michael Buesch noticed a typing issue in the eisa-eeprom driver for the hppa architecture. Local users could exploit this issue to gain access to restricted memory. Ulrich Drepper noticed an issue in the do_sigalstack routine on 64-bit systems. This issue allows local users to gain access to potentially sensitive memory on the kernel stack. Eric Dumazet discovered an issue in the execve path, where the clear_child_tid variable was not being properly cleared. Local users could exploit this issue to cause a denial of service (memory corruption). Neil Brown discovered an issue in the sysfs interface to md devices. When md arrays are not active, local users can exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (oops). Mark Smith discovered a memory leak in the appletalk implementation. When the appletalk and ipddp modules are loaded, but no ipddp"N" device is found, remote attackers can cause a denial of service by consuming large amounts of system memory. Loic Minier discovered an issue in the eCryptfs filesystem. A local user can cause a denial of service (kernel oops) by causing a dentry value to go negative. Arjan van de Ven discovered an issue in the AX.25 protocol implementation. A specially crafted call to setsockopt() can result in a denial of service (kernel oops). Jan Beulich discovered the existence of a sensitive kernel memory leak. Systems running the "amd64" kernel do not properly sanitise registers for 32-bit processes. Jiri Slaby fixed a sensitive memory leak issue in the ANSI/IEEE 802.2 LLC implementation. This is not exploitable in the Debian lenny kernel as root privileges are required to exploit this issue. Eric Dumazet fixed several sensitive memory leaks in the IrDA, X.25 PLP (Rose), NET/ROM, Acorn Econet/AUN, and Controller Area Network (CAN) implementations. Local users can exploit these issues to gain access to kernel memory. Eric Dumazet reported an instance of uninitialised kernel memory in the network packet scheduler. Local users may be able to exploit this issue to read the contents of sensitive kernel memory. CVE-2009-3238 Linus Torvalds provided a change to the get_random_int() function to increase its randomness. Eric Paris discovered an issue with the NFSv4 server implementation. When an O_EXCL create fails, files may be left with corrupted permissions, possibly granting unintentional privileges to other local users. Earl Chew discovered a NULL pointer dereference issue in the pipe_rdwr_open function which can be used by local users to gain elevated privileges. Jiri Pirko discovered a typo in the initialisation of a structure in the netlink subsystem that may allow local users to gain access to sensitive kernel memory. Alistair Strachan reported an issue in the r8169 driver. Remote users can cause a denial of service (IOMMU space exhaustion and system crash) by transmitting a large amount of jumbo frames. Ben Hutchings discovered an issue in the DRM manager for ATI Rage 128 graphics adapters. Local users may be able to exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference). Tomoki Sekiyama discovered a deadlock condition in the UNIX domain socket implementation. Local users can exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (system hang).
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1928
CVE-2009-2846
CVE-2009-2847
CVE-2009-2848
CVE-2009-2849
CVE-2009-2903
CVE-2009-2908
CVE-2009-2909
CVE-2009-2910
CVE-2009-3001
CVE-2009-3002
CVE-2009-3228
CVE-2009-3238
CVE-2009-3286
CVE-2009-3547
CVE-2009-3612
CVE-2009-3613
CVE-2009-3620
CVE-2009-3621
Version: 3
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Product(s): linux-2.6.24
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9734
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9734
Title: The nfs4_proc_lock function in fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c in the NFSv4 client in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc4 allows remote NFS servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) by sending a certain response containing incorrect file attributes, which trigger attempted use of an open file that lacks NFSv4 state.
Description: The nfs4_proc_lock function in fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c in the NFSv4 client in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc4 allows remote NFS servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) by sending a certain response containing incorrect file attributes, which trigger attempted use of an open file that lacks NFSv4 state.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-3726
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9891
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9891
Title: The ATI Rage 128 (aka r128) driver in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-git11 does not properly verify Concurrent Command Engine (CCE) state initialization, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified ioctl calls.
Description: The ATI Rage 128 (aka r128) driver in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-git11 does not properly verify Concurrent Command Engine (CCE) state initialization, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified ioctl calls.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-3620
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9921
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9921
Title: net/unix/af_unix.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by creating an abstract-namespace AF_UNIX listening socket, performing a shutdown operation on this socket, and then performing a series of connect operations to this socket.
Description: net/unix/af_unix.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by creating an abstract-namespace AF_UNIX listening socket, performing a shutdown operation on this socket, and then performing a series of connect operations to this socket.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-3621
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Application 1
Application 2
Application 1
Os 6
Os 1
Os 1197
Os 2
Os 2
Os 5
Os 2
Os 2
Os 2
Os 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-04-16 Name : VMSA-2010-0009: ESXi utilities and ESX Service Console third party updates
File : nvt/gb_VMSA-2010-0009.nasl
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2009:1671 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1671_kernel_centos4_i386.nasl
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2009:1670 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1670_kernel_centos5_i386.nasl
2010-10-19 Name : Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2010:198 (kernel)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_198.nasl
2010-09-27 Name : Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2010:188 (kernel)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_188.nasl
2010-08-30 Name : CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2010:0474 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2010_0474_kernel_centos4_i386.nasl
2010-06-18 Name : RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2010:0474-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2010_0474-01_kernel.nasl
2010-05-04 Name : Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2010:088 (kernel)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_088.nasl
2010-03-12 Name : Mandriva Update for rsnapshot MDVA-2010:088 (rsnapshot)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVA_2010_088.nasl
2010-03-02 Name : Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2010-1804
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_1804_kernel_fc11.nasl
2010-03-02 Name : Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2010-1500
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_1500_kernel_fc11.nasl
2010-03-02 Name : Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2010-0919
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_0919_kernel_fc11.nasl
2010-02-25 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 2003-1 (linux-2.6)
File : nvt/deb_2003_1.nasl
2010-02-19 Name : SuSE Update for kernel SUSE-SA:2010:012
File : nvt/gb_suse_2010_012.nasl
2010-01-15 Name : SuSE Update for kernel SUSE-SA:2010:001
File : nvt/gb_suse_2010_001.nasl
2009-12-30 Name : Fedora Core 11 FEDORA-2009-13694 (kernel)
File : nvt/fcore_2009_13694.nasl
2009-12-30 Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:1670 (kernel)
File : nvt/ovcesa2009_1670.nasl
2009-12-30 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1671
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1671.nasl
2009-12-30 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1670
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1670.nasl
2009-12-30 Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:1671 (kernel)
File : nvt/ovcesa2009_1671.nasl
2009-12-14 Name : Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-13098 (kernel)
File : nvt/fcore_2009_13098.nasl
2009-12-10 Name : SuSE Security Advisory SUSE-SA:2009:060 (kernel)
File : nvt/suse_sa_2009_060.nasl
2009-12-10 Name : Fedora Core 11 FEDORA-2009-12786 (kernel)
File : nvt/fcore_2009_12786.nasl
2009-12-10 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1635
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1635.nasl
2009-12-03 Name : SLES11: Security update for Linux kernel
File : nvt/sles11_ext4dev-kmp-def4.nasl
2009-11-23 Name : Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:301 (kernel)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_301.nasl
2009-11-17 Name : SLES9: Security update for Linux kernel
File : nvt/sles9p5062456.nasl
2009-11-11 Name : Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-11038 (kernel)
File : nvt/fcore_2009_11038.nasl
2009-11-11 Name : Fedora Core 11 FEDORA-2009-11032 (kernel)
File : nvt/fcore_2009_11032.nasl
2009-11-11 Name : Fedora Core 11 FEDORA-2009-10639 (kernel)
File : nvt/fcore_2009_10639.nasl
2009-11-11 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1929-1 (linux-2.6)
File : nvt/deb_1929_1.nasl
2009-11-11 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1928-1 (linux-2.6.24)
File : nvt/deb_1928_1.nasl
2009-11-11 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1927-1 (linux-2.6)
File : nvt/deb_1927_1.nasl
2009-11-11 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1540
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1540.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
59877 Linux Kernel NFSv4 Client fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c nfs4_proc_lock Function Remote DoS

59222 Linux Kernel Netlink Subsystem net/sched/cls_api.c tcf_fill_node Function Loc...

59211 Linux Kernel ATI Rage 128 Driver CCE NULL Dereference Local Privilege Escalation

59210 Linux Kernel net/unix/af_unix.c AF_UNIX Socket Reconnect Local DoS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2016-03-08 Name : The remote VMware ESX / ESXi host is missing a security-related patch.
File : vmware_VMSA-2010-0009_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-03-08 Name : The remote VMware ESX host is missing a security-related patch.
File : vmware_VMSA-2010-0004_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-11-26 Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2013-0039.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0474.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1671.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1670.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1550.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1548.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1541.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1522.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-06-29 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-1541.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-06-29 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-1550.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-06-29 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-1548.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20091215_kernel_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20091215_kernel_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20100615_kernel_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-05-17 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_kernel-6730.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-05-17 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_kernel-6697.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-10-11 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_kernel-6694.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-10-08 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-198.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-09-24 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-188.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-08-24 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2010-0474.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-07-30 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-088.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-07-30 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-329.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-06-16 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2010-0474.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-06-01 Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing one or more security-related pat...
File : vmware_VMSA-2010-0009.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-03-05 Name : The remote VMware ESX host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : vmware_VMSA-2010-0004.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-03-02 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2005.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-24 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2003.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-24 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1927.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-24 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1929.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-24 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1928.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-18 Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse9_12578.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-16 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_kernel-100203.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-06 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-1670.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-05 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_2_kernel-091218.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-23 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_kernel-6726.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-21 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-1671.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-16 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1670.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-16 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1671.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-07 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-864-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-03 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_kernel-091123.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-01 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_1_kernel-091123.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-11-16 Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse9_12541.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-11-06 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2009-11038.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-11-06 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2009-11032.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-11-04 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1550.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-11-04 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1541.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-11-04 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1548.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-10-28 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2009-10639.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-10-27 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-1522.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-10-23 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1522.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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