Slackware-13.0 ChangeLog (2009-08-18)

Tue Aug 18 18:50:46 CDT 2009

Patched kernels and kernel packages for Linux 2.6.29.6 to address
a bug in proto_ops structures which could allow a user to use the
kernel sendpage operation to execute arbitrary code in page zero.
This could allow local users to gain escalated privileges.
This flaw was discovered by Tavis Ormandy and Julien Tinnes of the
Google Security Team.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2692
In addition, these kernels change the CONFIG_SECURITY_DEFAULT_MMAP_MIN_ADDR
kernel config option value to 4096, which should prevent the execution
of arbitrary code by future NULL dereference bugs that might be found
in the kernel. If you are compiling your own kernel, please check this
option in your .config. If it is set to =0, you may wish to edit it
to 4096 (or some other value > 0) and then reconfigure, or the kernel
will not have default protection against zero page attacks from
userspace.
(* Security fix *)
  • a/kernel-firmware-2.6.29.6-noarch-2.txz
  • a/kernel-generic-2.6.29.6-i486-2.txz
    Patched CVE-2009-2692, changed default vm.mmap_min_addr to 4096.
    (* Security fix *)
  • a/kernel-generic-smp-2.6.29.6_smp-i686-2.txz
    Patched CVE-2009-2692, changed default vm.mmap_min_addr to 4096.
    (* Security fix *)
  • a/kernel-huge-2.6.29.6-i486-2.txz
    Patched CVE-2009-2692, changed default vm.mmap_min_addr to 4096.
    (* Security fix *)
  • a/kernel-huge-smp-2.6.29.6_smp-i686-2.txz
    Patched CVE-2009-2692, changed default vm.mmap_min_addr to 4096.
    (* Security fix *)
  • a/kernel-modules-2.6.29.6-i486-2.txz
  • a/kernel-modules-smp-2.6.29.6_smp-i686-2.txz
  • a/pkgtools-13.0-noarch-3.tgz
    Fixed hardcoded gzip in installpkg –warn. Thanks to Mathieu Bouillaguet.
    Fixed upgradepkg to reject invalid extensions. Thanks to Andrew Psaltis.
  • d/kernel-headers-2.6.29.6_smp-x86-2.txz
  • k/kernel-source-2.6.29.6_smp-noarch-2.txz
    Patched CVE-2009-2692, changed default vm.mmap_min_addr to 4096.
    (* Security fix *)
  • isolinux/initrd.img
    Patched CVE-2009-2692, changed default vm.mmap_min_addr to 4096.
    (* Security fix *)
  • kernels/*
    Patched CVE-2009-2692, changed default vm.mmap_min_addr to 4096.
    (* Security fix *)
  • usb-and-pxe-installers/
    Patched CVE-2009-2692, changed default vm.mmap_min_addr to 4096.
    (* Security fix *)
  • ap/foomatic-filters-4.0.2-i486-1.txz
  • l/libzip-0.9-i486-2.txz
  • n/pinentry-0.7.6-i486-1.txz
  • xap/x11-ssh-askpass-1.2.4.1-i486-1.txz
    Thanks to Vincent Batts for the build script.
    extra/linux-2.6.29.6-nosmp-sdk/: Regenerated SMP to no-SMP kernel source patch.
  • news/2009/08/18/slackware-13.0-changelog.txt
  • Last modified: 5 months ago
  • by Giuseppe Di Terlizzi