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Important kernel security update: Virtuozzo ReadyKernel patch 85.0 for Virtuozzo 7.0.7 to 7.0.10 HF1 and Virtuozzo Infrastructure Platform 2.5

Issue date: 2019-08-20

Applies to: Virtuozzo 7.0, Virtuozzo Infrastructure Platform 2.5

Virtuozzo Advisory ID: VZA-2019-068

1. Overview

The cumulative Virtuozzo ReadyKernel patch was updated with security and stability fixes. The patch applies to the kernels 3.10.0-693.17.1.vz7.43.10 (Virtuozzo 7.0.7), 3.10.0-693.21.1.vz7.46.7 (Virtuozzo 7.0.7 HF2), 3.10.0-693.21.1.vz7.48.2 (Virtuozzo 7.0.7 HF3), 3.10.0-862.9.1.vz7.63.3 (Virtuozzo 7.0.8), 3.10.0-862.11.6.vz7.64.7 (Virtuozzo 7.0.8 HF1), 3.10.0-862.20.2.vz7.73.24 (Virtuozzo 7.0.9 and Virtuozzo Infrastructure Platform 2.5), 3.10.0-862.20.2.vz7.73.29 (Virtuozzo 7.0.9 and Virtuozzo Infrastructure Platform 2.5), 3.10.0-957.10.1.vz7.85.17 (Virtuozzo 7.0.10), 3.10.0-957.12.2.vz7.86.2 (Virtuozzo 7.0.10 HF1).

2. Security Fixes

  • [Important] tcp: integer overflow while processing SACK blocks allows remote denial of service. An integer overflow was found in the way the Linux kernel’s networking subsystem processed TCP Selective Acknowledgment (SACK) segments. While processing SACK segments, the Linux kernel’s socket buffer (SKB) data structure becomes fragmented. Each fragment is about TCP maximum segment size (MSS) bytes. To efficiently process SACK blocks, the Linux kernel merges multiple fragmented SKBs into one, potentially overflowing the variable holding the number of segments. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the Linux kernel by sending a crafted sequence of SACK segments on a TCP connection with small value of TCP MSS, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-11477)

  • [Moderate] nfs: NULL pointer dereference due to an anomalized NFS message sequence. An attacker, who is able to mount an exported NFS filesystem, is able to trigger a null pointer dereference by using an invalid NFS sequence. This can panic the machine and deny access to the NFS server. Any outstanding disk writes to the NFS server will be lost. (CVE-2018-16871)

3. Bug Fixes

  • vziolimit: kernel crash due to a division by zero in throttle_charge(). (PSBM-95815)

  • kvm: potential system hang due to an error in mmu_shrink_scan(). (PSBM-96262)

  • The warning in mem_cgroup_reparent_charges() was triggered too early and too often in certain cases. (PSBM-96533)

4. Installing the Update

Download, install, and immediately apply the patch to the current kernel by running ‘readykernel update’.

Apr 24, 2024
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