[LU-8126] new kernel [RHEL6.8 2.6.32-642.el6] Created: 10/May/16  Updated: 14/Jun/18  Resolved: 02/Jun/16

Status: Resolved
Project: Lustre
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: Lustre 2.9.0

Type: Bug Priority: Major
Reporter: Bob Glossman (Inactive) Assignee: Bob Glossman (Inactive)
Resolution: Fixed Votes: 0
Labels: None

Issue Links:
Blocker
is blocking LU-8227 kernel update [RHEL6.8 2.6.32-642.1.1... Resolved
Related
is related to LU-8205 Support RHEL 6.8 on b2_5_fe Resolved
Severity: 3
Rank (Obsolete): 9223372036854775807

 Description   

With the GA announcement of RHEL 6.8 on 5/10 we need to add content to lustre to allow building and running on it.

This ticket is intended to cover all the changes needed in the lustre tree for this brand new distro release. This includes new target and config files for the new kernel version, new or revised base kernel and ldiskfs patches, and small incremental changes to lbuild and autoconf.



 Comments   
Comment by Bob Glossman (Inactive) [ 10/May/16 ]

Security Fix(es):

  • It was found that reporting emulation failures to user space could lead to
    either a local (CVE-2014-7842) or a L2->L1 (CVE-2010-5313) denial of service. In
    the case of a local denial of service, an attacker must have access to the MMIO
    area or be able to access an I/O port. Please note that on certain systems, HPET
    is mapped to userspace as part of vdso (vvar) and thus an unprivileged user may
    generate MMIO transactions (and enter the emulator) this way. (CVE-2010-5313,
    CVE-2014-7842, Moderate)
  • It was found that the Linux kernel did not properly account file descriptors
    passed over the unix socket against the process limit. A local user could use
    this flaw to exhaust all available memory on the system. (CVE-2013-4312,
    Moderate)
  • A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's virtio-net
    subsystem handled certain fraglists when the GRO (Generic Receive Offload)
    functionality was enabled in a bridged network configuration. An attacker on the
    local network could potentially use this flaw to crash the system, or, although
    unlikely, elevate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2015-5156, Moderate)
  • It was found that the Linux kernel's IPv6 network stack did not properly
    validate the value of the MTU variable when it was set. A remote attacker could
    potentially use this flaw to disrupt a target system's networking (packet loss)
    by setting an invalid MTU value, for example, via a NetworkManager daemon that
    is processing router advertisement packets running on the target system.
    (CVE-2015-8215, Moderate)
  • A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's
    network subsystem handled socket creation with an invalid protocol identifier. A
    local user could use this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2015-8543, Moderate)
  • It was found that the espfix functionality does not work for 32-bit KVM
    paravirtualized guests. A local, unprivileged guest user could potentially use
    this flaw to leak kernel stack addresses. (CVE-2014-8134, Low)
  • A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's ext4 file system driver handled
    non-journal file systems with an orphan list. An attacker with physical access
    to the system could use this flaw to crash the system or, although unlikely,
    escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2015-7509, Low)
  • A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's ext4
    file system driver handled certain corrupted file system images. An attacker
    with physical access to the system could use this flaw to crash the system.
    (CVE-2015-8324, Low)

Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1066751 - tmpfs: creates files with inode number 0, rendering parent directory unremovable
1163762 - CVE-2010-5313 CVE-2014-7842 kernel: kvm: reporting emulation failures to userspace
1172765 - CVE-2014-8134 kernel: x86: espfix not working for 32-bit KVM paravirt guests
1197875 - CIFS DFS shares fail to mount when specifying sec= option
1225359 - bonding: fail to configure master mac address by initscripts
1242239 - md raid1 writemostly feature broken
1243852 - CVE-2015-5156 kernel: buffer overflow with fraglist larger than MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 2 in virtio-net
1248507 - kernel: [drm:cpt_set_fifo_underrun_reporting] ERROR uncleared pch fifo underrun on pch transcoder A
1254020 - RHEL6.6: NFS client has kernel panic after seeing 'VFS: Busy inodes after unmount ... Self-destruct in 5 seconds. Have a nice day'
1259222 - CVE-2015-7509 kernel: Mounting ext2 fs e2fsprogs/tests/f_orphan as ext4 crashes system
1259870 - Incomplete nl80211 backport broke hostapd
1267261 - CVE-2015-8324 kernel: Null pointer dereference when mounting ext4
1283253 - CVE-2015-8215 kernel: MTU value is not validated in IPv6 stack causing packet loss
1290475 - CVE-2015-8543 kernel: IPv6 connect causes DoS via NULL pointer dereference
1297813 - CVE-2013-4312 kernel: File descriptors passed over unix sockets are not properly accounted
1310661 - BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 65642072 followed by kernel panic
697750 - [xfs] concurrent aio/dio got stuck
723722 - BUG: SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/nautilus (deleted) "write" access on /media/TerraVolume.
889368 - LVM RAID: I/O can hang if entire stripe (mirror group) of RAID10 LV is killed while under snapshot

Comment by Gerrit Updater [ 10/May/16 ]

Bob Glossman (bob.glossman@intel.com) uploaded a new patch: http://review.whamcloud.com/20106
Subject: LU-8126 kernel: new kernel RHEL 6.8 [2.6.32-642.el6]
Project: fs/lustre-release
Branch: master
Current Patch Set: 1
Commit: f66668731d2eb58ffa56d3bcc405cc9a9130c2bc

Comment by Gerrit Updater [ 02/Jun/16 ]

Oleg Drokin (oleg.drokin@intel.com) merged in patch http://review.whamcloud.com/20106/
Subject: LU-8126 kernel: new kernel RHEL 6.8 [2.6.32-642.el6]
Project: fs/lustre-release
Branch: master
Current Patch Set:
Commit: cb1609b32c21045655f7fe463d0c050c2667ebba

Comment by Peter Jones [ 02/Jun/16 ]

Landed for 2.9

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