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                        SUSE Security Announcement

        Package:                kernel
        Announcement ID:        SUSE-SA:2009:038
        Date:                   Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:00:00 +0000
        Affected Products:      openSUSE 11.1
                                SLE 11 High Availability Extension
                                SLE 11 SDK Unsupported Extras
                                SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras
                                SLE 11
                                SLED 11
                                SLES 11
        Vulnerability Type:     remote denial of service
        Severity (1-10):        9
        SUSE Default Package:   yes
        Cross-References:       CVE-2009-1385, CVE-2009-1389, CVE-2009-1630
                                CVE-2009-1961

    Content of This Advisory:
        1) Security Vulnerability Resolved:
             Kernel security update
           Problem Description
        2) Solution or Work-Around
        3) Special Instructions and Notes
        4) Package Location and Checksums
        5) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds:
            See SUSE Security Summary Report.
        6) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information

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1) Problem Description and Brief Discussion

   The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 and openSUSE 11.1 kernel was updated to
   fix various bugs and several security issues. It was also updated to
   the stable release 2.6.27.25.

   Following security issues were fixed: CVE-2009-1961: A local denial
   of service problem in the splice(2) system call was fixed.

   CVE-2009-1389: A crash on r8169 network cards when receiving large
   packets was fixed.

   CVE-2009-1385: Integer underflow in the e1000_clean_rx_irq function
   in drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c in the e1000 driver in the Linux
   kernel, the e1000e driver in the Linux kernel, and Intel Wired Ethernet
   (aka e1000) before 7.5.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial
   of service (panic) via a crafted frame size.

   CVE-2009-1630: The nfs_permission function in fs/nfs/dir.c in the
   NFS client implementation in the Linux kernel, when atomic_open is
   available, does not check execute (aka EXEC or MAY_EXEC) permission
   bits, which allows local users to bypass permissions and execute files,
   as demonstrated by files on an NFSv4 file server

2) Solution or Work-Around

   There is no known workaround, please install the update packages.

3) Special Instructions and Notes

   Please reboot the machine after installing the update.

4) Package Location and Checksums

   The preferred method for installing security updates is to use the YaST
   Online Update (YOU) tool. YOU detects which updates are required and
   automatically performs the necessary steps to verify and install them.
   Alternatively, download the update packages for your distribution manually
   and verify their integrity by the methods listed in Section 6 of this
   announcement. Then install the packages using the command

     rpm -Fhv 

   to apply the update, replacing  with the filename of the
   downloaded RPM package.


   x86 Platform:

   openSUSE 11.1:
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-debug-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-debug-base-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-debug-extra-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-default-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-default-base-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-default-extra-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-pae-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-pae-base-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-pae-extra-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-source-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-syms-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-trace-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-trace-base-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-trace-extra-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-vanilla-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-xen-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-xen-base-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.i586.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/i586/kernel-xen-extra-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.i586.rpm

   Platform Independent:

   openSUSE 11.1:
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/noarch/kernel-docs-2.6.3-3.13.43.noarch.rpm

   Power PC Platform:

   openSUSE 11.1:
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-default-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-default-base-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-default-extra-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-kdump-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-ppc64-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-ppc64-base-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-ppc64-extra-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-ps3-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-source-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-syms-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/ppc/kernel-vanilla-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.ppc.rpm

   x86-64 Platform:

   openSUSE 11.1:
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-debug-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-debug-base-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-debug-extra-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-default-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-default-base-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-default-extra-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-source-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-syms-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-trace-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-trace-base-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-trace-extra-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-vanilla-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-xen-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-xen-base-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-xen-extra-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm

   Sources:

   openSUSE 11.1:
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/src/kernel-debug-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.nosrc.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/src/kernel-default-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.nosrc.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/src/kernel-docs-2.6.3-3.13.43.src.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/src/kernel-kdump-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.nosrc.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/src/kernel-pae-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.nosrc.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/src/kernel-ppc64-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.nosrc.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/src/kernel-ps3-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.nosrc.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/src/kernel-source-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.src.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/src/kernel-syms-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.src.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/src/kernel-trace-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.nosrc.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/src/kernel-vanilla-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.nosrc.rpm
   http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/rpm/src/kernel-xen-2.6.27.25-0.1.1.nosrc.rpm

   Our maintenance customers are notified individually. The packages are
   offered for installation from the maintenance web:

   SLES 11
     http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=23bbed017e105329dd9057458aa97ecc
     http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=6c01bf54efa63ecdbae0f446ff833e0a
     http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=cc0c4c5f1aaa38e41b3de12e49e991e3
     http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=4b3276123e80cc0c5cc8cb8df0692921
     http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=efe472a6c3ff8e53697cca9b64ed6db5

   SLED 11
     http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=23bbed017e105329dd9057458aa97ecc
     http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=efe472a6c3ff8e53697cca9b64ed6db5

   SLE 11 High Availability Extension
     http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=23bbed017e105329dd9057458aa97ecc
     http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=6c01bf54efa63ecdbae0f446ff833e0a
     http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=cc0c4c5f1aaa38e41b3de12e49e991e3
     http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=4b3276123e80cc0c5cc8cb8df0692921
     http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=efe472a6c3ff8e53697cca9b64ed6db5

   SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras
     http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=22471da7cc5a245cae5c15e6e205e043
     http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=e97eb82541654bf236620fb1797fc700
     http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=8b3745bbeee9d4d6fce42b3581ed6363
     http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=569c1b5018865c546bdf4f0276751985
     http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=e635d72dc8adbd5c234c2e93263fdc53

   SLE 11 SDK Unsupported Extras
     http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=22471da7cc5a245cae5c15e6e205e043
     http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=e635d72dc8adbd5c234c2e93263fdc53

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5) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds:

   See SUSE Security Summary Report.
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6) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information

  - Announcement authenticity verification:

    SUSE security announcements are published via mailing lists and on Web
    sites. The authenticity and integrity of a SUSE security announcement is
    guaranteed by a cryptographic signature in each announcement. All SUSE
    security announcements are published with a valid signature.

    To verify the signature of the announcement, save it as text into a file
    and run the command

      gpg --verify 

    replacing  with the name of the file where you saved the
    announcement. The output for a valid signature looks like:

      gpg: Signature made  using RSA key ID 3D25D3D9
      gpg: Good signature from "SuSE Security Team "

    where  is replaced by the date the document was signed.

    If the security team's key is not contained in your key ring, you can
    import it from the first installation CD. To import the key, use the
    command

      gpg --import gpg-pubkey-3d25d3d9-36e12d04.asc

  - Package authenticity verification:

    SUSE update packages are available on many mirror FTP servers all over the
    world. While this service is considered valuable and important to the free
    and open source software community, the authenticity and the integrity of
    a package needs to be verified to ensure that it has not been tampered
    with.

    The internal rpm package signatures provide an easy way to verify the
    authenticity of an RPM package. Use the command

     rpm -v --checksig 

    to verify the signature of the package, replacing  with the
    filename of the RPM package downloaded. The package is unmodified if it
    contains a valid signature from build@suse.de with the key ID 9C800ACA.

    This key is automatically imported into the RPM database (on
    RPMv4-based distributions) and the gpg key ring of 'root' during
    installation. You can also find it on the first installation CD and at
    the end of this announcement.

  - SUSE runs two security mailing lists to which any interested party may
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    opensuse-security@opensuse.org
        -   General Linux and SUSE security discussion.
            All SUSE security announcements are sent to this list.
            To subscribe, send an e-mail to
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    opensuse-security-announce@opensuse.org
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            To subscribe, send an e-mail to
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