openSUSE Security Update: kernel: Update to fix various bugs and security issues ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2012:0540-1 Rating: low References: #676204 #718918 #719416 #721739 #722350 #726600 #729247 #731387 #731590 #732908 #738397 #741128 #744658 #745832 #746695 #746980 #747404 #749569 #749651 #750079 #750106 #750959 #755812 Cross-References: CVE-2011-1083 CVE-2011-4077 CVE-2011-4086 CVE-2012-1090 CVE-2012-1097 CVE-2012-1146 Affected Products: openSUSE 12.1 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that solves 6 vulnerabilities and has 17 fixes is now available. Description: This kernel update fixes various bugs and security issues. For bugfixes, - a lot of BTRFS bugs were fixed - a performance issue with transparent huge pages was fixed which could have caused huge slowdowns when doing I/O over e.g. USB sticks. Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 12.1: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2012-235 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 12.1 (i586 x86_64): kernel-debug-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-debug-base-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-debug-base-debuginfo-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-debug-debugsource-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-debug-devel-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-default-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-default-base-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-default-base-debuginfo-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-default-debuginfo-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-default-debugsource-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-default-devel-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-default-devel-debuginfo-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-desktop-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-desktop-base-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-desktop-base-debuginfo-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-desktop-debuginfo-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-desktop-debugsource-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-desktop-devel-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-desktop-devel-debuginfo-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-ec2-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-ec2-base-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-ec2-base-debuginfo-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-ec2-debuginfo-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-ec2-debugsource-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-ec2-devel-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-ec2-devel-debuginfo-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-ec2-extra-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-ec2-extra-debuginfo-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-syms-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-trace-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-trace-base-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-trace-base-debuginfo-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-trace-debuginfo-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-trace-debugsource-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-trace-devel-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-trace-devel-debuginfo-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-vanilla-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-vanilla-base-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-vanilla-base-debuginfo-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-vanilla-debuginfo-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-vanilla-debugsource-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-vanilla-devel-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-vanilla-devel-debuginfo-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-xen-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-xen-base-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-xen-base-debuginfo-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-xen-debuginfo-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-xen-debugsource-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-xen-devel-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-xen-devel-debuginfo-3.1.10-1.9.1 - openSUSE 12.1 (noarch): kernel-devel-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-docs-3.1.10-1.9.2 kernel-source-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-source-vanilla-3.1.10-1.9.1 - openSUSE 12.1 (i586): kernel-pae-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-pae-base-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-pae-base-debuginfo-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-pae-debuginfo-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-pae-debugsource-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-pae-devel-3.1.10-1.9.1 kernel-pae-devel-debuginfo-3.1.10-1.9.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1083.html http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4077.html http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4086.html http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1090.html http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1097.html http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1146.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/676204 https://bugzilla.novell.com/718918 https://bugzilla.novell.com/719416 https://bugzilla.novell.com/721739 https://bugzilla.novell.com/722350 https://bugzilla.novell.com/726600 https://bugzilla.novell.com/729247 https://bugzilla.novell.com/731387 https://bugzilla.novell.com/731590 https://bugzilla.novell.com/732908 https://bugzilla.novell.com/738397 https://bugzilla.novell.com/741128 https://bugzilla.novell.com/744658 https://bugzilla.novell.com/745832 https://bugzilla.novell.com/746695 https://bugzilla.novell.com/746980 https://bugzilla.novell.com/747404 https://bugzilla.novell.com/749569 https://bugzilla.novell.com/749651 https://bugzilla.novell.com/750079 https://bugzilla.novell.com/750106 https://bugzilla.novell.com/750959 https://bugzilla.novell.com/755812