kernel (SL7)

Synopsis: Important: kernel security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2014:1971-1
Issue Date: 2014-12-09
CVE Numbers: CVE-2013-2929
CVE-2014-4027
CVE-2014-4652
CVE-2014-4654
CVE-2014-4655
CVE-2014-4656
CVE-2014-3181
CVE-2014-3182
CVE-2014-3184
CVE-2014-3185
CVE-2014-6410
CVE-2014-5045
CVE-2014-1739
CVE-2014-3631
CVE-2014-3186
CVE-2014-3673
CVE-2014-3687
CVE-2014-3688

* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel’s SCTP implementation
handled the association’s output queue. A remote attacker could send
specially crafted packets that would cause the system to use an excessive
amount of memory, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3688,
Important)

* Two flaws were found in the way the Apple Magic Mouse/Trackpad multi-
touch driver and the Minibox PicoLCD driver handled invalid HID reports.
An attacker with physical access to the system could use these flaws to
crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system.
(CVE-2014-3181, CVE-2014-3186, Moderate)

* A memory corruption flaw was found in the way the USB ConnectTech
WhiteHEAT serial driver processed completion commands sent via USB Request
Blocks buffers. An attacker with physical access to the system could use
this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges
on the system. (CVE-2014-3185, Moderate)

* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel’s keys subsystem handled
the termination condition in the associative array garbage collection
functionality. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the
system. (CVE-2014-3631, Moderate)

* Multiple flaws were found in the way the Linux kernel’s ALSA
implementation handled user controls. A local, privileged user could use
either of these flaws to crash the system. (CVE-2014-4654, CVE-2014-4655,
CVE-2014-4656, Moderate)

* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel’s VFS subsystem handled
reference counting when performing unmount operations on symbolic links. A
local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to exhaust all available
memory on the system or, potentially, trigger a use-after-free error,
resulting in a system crash or privilege escalation. (CVE-2014-5045,
Moderate)

* A flaw was found in the way the get_dumpable() function return value was
interpreted in the ptrace subsystem of the Linux kernel. When
‘fs.suid_dumpable’ was set to 2, a local, unprivileged local user could
use this flaw to bypass intended ptrace restrictions and obtain
potentially sensitive information. (CVE-2013-2929, Low)

* A stack overflow flaw caused by infinite recursion was found in the way
the Linux kernel’s UDF file system implementation processed indirect ICBs.
An attacker with physical access to the system could use a specially
crafted UDF image to crash the system. (CVE-2014-6410, Low)

* An information leak flaw in the way the Linux kernel handled media
device enumerate entities IOCTL requests could allow a local user able to
access the /dev/media0 device file to leak kernel memory bytes.
(CVE-2014-1739, Low)

* An out-of-bounds read flaw in the Logitech Unifying receiver driver
could allow an attacker with physical access to the system to crash the
system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system.
(CVE-2014-3182, Low)

* Multiple out-of-bounds write flaws were found in the way the Cherry
Cymotion keyboard driver, KYE/Genius device drivers, Logitech device
drivers, Monterey Genius KB29E keyboard driver, Petalynx Maxter remote
control driver, and Sunplus wireless desktop driver handled invalid HID
reports. An attacker with physical access to the system could use either
of these flaws to write data past an allocated memory buffer.
(CVE-2014-3184, Low)

* An information leak flaw was found in the RAM Disks Memory Copy (rd_mcp)
back end driver of the iSCSI Target subsystem could allow a privileged
user to leak the contents of kernel memory to an iSCSI initiator remote
client. (CVE-2014-4027, Low)

* An information leak flaw in the Linux kernel’s ALSA implementation could
allow a local, privileged user to leak kernel memory to user space.
(CVE-2014-4652, Low)

SL7
x86_64
kernel-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
noarch
kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.noarch.rpm

– Scientific Linux Development Team