[LU-7162] Kernel update for RHEL7.1 [3.10.0-229.14.1.el7]

Related — Fri, 1 Jul 2016 18:51:04 +0000

A flaw was found in the kernel's implementation of the Berkeley Packet
Filter (BPF). A local attacker could craft BPF code to crash the system by
creating a situation in which the JIT compiler would fail to correctly
optimize the JIT image on the last pass. This would lead to the CPU
executing instructions that were not part of the JIT code. (CVE-2015-4700,
Important)

Two flaws were found in the way the Linux kernel's networking
implementation handled UDP packets with incorrect checksum values. A remote
attacker could potentially use these flaws to trigger an infinite loop in
the kernel, resulting in a denial of service on the system, or cause a
denial of service in applications using the edge triggered epoll
functionality. (CVE-2015-5364, CVE-2015-5366, Important)

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's ext4 file system handled
the "page size > block size" condition when the fallocate zero range
functionality was used. A local attacker could use this flaw to crash the
system. (CVE-2015-0275, Moderate)

It was found that the Linux kernel's keyring implementation would leak
memory when adding a key to a keyring via the add_key() function. A local
attacker could use this flaw to exhaust all available memory on the system.
(CVE-2015-1333, Moderate)

A race condition flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's SCTP
implementation handled Address Configuration lists when performing Address
Configuration Change (ASCONF). A local attacker could use this flaw to
crash the system via a race condition triggered by setting certain ASCONF
options on a socket. (CVE-2015-3212, Moderate)

An information leak flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Virtual
Dynamic Shared Object (vDSO) implementation performed address
randomization. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to leak
kernel memory addresses to user-space. (CVE-2014-9585, Low)

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

1181054 - CVE-2014-9585 kernel: ASLR bruteforce possible for vdso library
1193907 - CVE-2015-0275 kernel: fs: ext4: fallocate zero range page size > block size BUG()
1226442 - CVE-2015-3212 kernel: SCTP race condition allows list corruption and panic from userlevel
1233615 - CVE-2015-4700 kernel: Crafted BPF filters may crash kernel during JIT optimisation
1239029 - CVE-2015-5366 CVE-2015-5364 kernel: net: incorrect processing of checksums in UDP implementation
1245658 - CVE-2015-1333 kernel: denial of service due to memory leak in add_key()

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[LU-7162] Kernel update for RHEL7.1 [3.10.0-229.14.1.el7]