Advisory:

This kernel update is based on upstream -longterm 3.14.41 and fixes
the following security issues:

net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_generic.c in the Linux kernel before
3.18 generates incorrect conntrack entries during handling of certain
iptables rule sets for the SCTP, DCCP, GRE, and UDP-Lite protocols,
which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions
via packets with disallowed port numbers (CVE-2014-8160).

The em_sysenter function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel
before 3.18.5, when the guest OS lacks SYSENTER MSR initialization,
allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges or cause a denial of
service (guest OS crash) by triggering use of a 16-bit code segment for
emulation of a SYSENTER instruction (CVE-2015-0239).

It was found that the Linux kernel's ping socket implementation didn't
properly handle socket unhashing during spurious disconnects which could
lead to use-after-free flaw. On x86-64 architecture systems, a local user
able to create ping sockets could use this flaw to crash the system. On
non-x86-64 architecture systems, a local user able to create ping sockets
could use this flaw to increase their privileges on the system.
Note: By default ping sockets are disabled on the system 
(net.ipv4.ping_group_range = 1	0) and have to be explicitly enabled by the
system administrator for specific user groups in order to exploit this issue
(CVE-2015-3636).

For other fixes in this update, see the referenced changelogs.

References:
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.40
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.41

In VirtualBox, M4, KDE, 32-bit

Package(s) under test:
kernel-linus-latest

default install of kernel-linus-latest

[root@localhost wilcal]# uname -a
Linux localhost 3.14.32-1.mga4 #1 SMP Fri Feb 6 23:51:22 UTC 2015 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
[root@localhost wilcal]# urpmi kernel-linus-latest
Package kernel-linus-latest-3.14.32-1.mga4.i586 is already installed

System boots to a working desktop. Common apps work. Screen dimensions are correct.

install kernel-linus-latest from updates_testing

[root@localhost wilcal]# uname -a
Linux localhost 3.14.41-1.mga4 #1 SMP Thu May 7 07:05:48 UTC 2015 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
[root@localhost wilcal]# urpmi kernel-linus-latest
Package kernel-linus-latest-3.14.41-1.mga4.i586 is already installed

System boots to a working desktop. Common apps work. Screen dimensions are correct.

Test platform:
Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz
GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3-B3 LGA 1155 MoBo
GIGABYTE GV-N440D3-1GI Nvidia GeForce GT 440 (Fermi) 1GB
RTL8111/8168B PCI Express 1Gbit Ethernet
DRAM 16GB (4 x 4GB)
Mageia 4 64-bit, Nvidia driver
virtualbox-4.3.10-1.1.mga4.x86_64
virtualbox-guest-additions-4.3.10-1.1.mga4.x86_64

CC: (none) => wilcal.int

In VirtualBox, M4, KDE, 64-bit

Package(s) under test:
kernel-linus-latest

default install of kernel-linus-latest

[root@localhost wilcal]# uname -a
Linux localhost 3.14.39-1.mga4 #1 SMP Sun Apr 19 13:48:22 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root@localhost wilcal]# urpmi kernel-linus-latest
Package kernel-linus-latest-3.14.39-1.mga4.x86_64 is already installed

System boots to a working desktop. Common apps work. Screen dimensions are correct.

install kernel-linus-latest from updates_testing

[root@localhost wilcal]# uname -a
Linux localhost 3.14.41-1.mga4 #1 SMP Thu May 7 06:56:24 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root@localhost wilcal]# urpmi kernel-linus-latest
Package kernel-linus-latest-3.14.41-1.mga4.x86_64 is already installed

System boots to a working desktop. Common apps work. Screen dimensions are correct.

Test platform:
Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz
GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3-B3 LGA 1155 MoBo
GIGABYTE GV-N440D3-1GI Nvidia GeForce GT 440 (Fermi) 1GB
RTL8111/8168B PCI Express 1Gbit Ethernet
DRAM 16GB (4 x 4GB)
Mageia 4 64-bit, Nvidia driver
virtualbox-4.3.10-1.1.mga4.x86_64
virtualbox-guest-additions-4.3.10-1.1.mga4.x86_64

Testing complete mga4 32 & 64

Testing with dkms modules broadcom-wl, fglrx, nvidia-current, nvidia173, nvidia304, libafs (the update from bug 15912), virtualbox, vboxadditions and xtables-addons

Depends on: (none) => 15912
Whiteboard: (none) => mga4-32-ok mga4-64-ok

Validating. Advisory uploaded.

Please push to 4 updates

Thanks

Keywords: (none) => validated_update
Whiteboard: mga4-32-ok mga4-64-ok => advisory mga4-32-ok mga4-64-ok
CC: (none) => sysadmin-bugs

An update for this issue has been pushed to Mageia Updates repository.

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0221.html

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED