SUSE-SU-2019:1855-1

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 kernel version 4.12.14 was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2019-10638: Attackers used to be able to track the Linux kernel by the IP ID values the kernel produces for connection-less protocols. When such traffic was sent to multiple destination IP addresses, it was possible to obtain hash collisions (of indices to the counter array) and thereby obtain the hashing key (via enumeration). An attack could have been conducted by hosting a crafted web page that uses WebRTC or gQUIC to force UDP traffic to attacker-controlled IP addresses. [bnc#1140575]

• CVE-2019-10639: The Linux kernel used to allow Information Exposure (partial kernel address disclosure), leading to a KASLR bypass. Specifically, it was possible to extract the KASLR kernel image offset using the IP ID values the kernel produces for connection-less protocols. When such traffic was sent to multiple destination IP addresses, it was possible to obtain hash collisions (of indices to the counter array) and thereby obtain the hashing key (via enumeration). This key contains enough bits from a kernel address (of a static variable) so when the key was extracted (via enumeration), the offset of the kernel image was exposed. This attack could be carried out remotely by the attacker forcing the target device to send UDP or ICMP traffic to attacker-controlled IP addresses. Forcing a server to send UDP traffic is trivial if the server is a DNS server. ICMP traffic is trivial if the server answers ICMP Echo requests (ping). For client targets, if the target visits the attacker's web page, then WebRTC or gQUIC can be used to force UDP traffic to attacker-controlled IP addresses. [bnc#1140577]

• CVE-2018-20836: A race condition used to exist in smp_task_timedout() and smp_task_done() in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c, leading to a use-after-free. [bnc#1134395]

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