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From: Tom Wijsman <TomWij@g.o>
To: gentoo-kernel@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-kernel] [ANNOUNCE] genpatches-3.10.7-1 release
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 17:53:40
Message-Id: 20130925194758.39748c37@TOMWIJ-GENTOO
In Reply to: [gentoo-kernel] [ANNOUNCE] genpatches-3.10.7-1 release by TomWij@gentoo.org (Tom Wijsman )
1 On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 17:13:14 +0000 (UTC)
2 TomWij@g.o (Tom Wijsman ) wrote:
3
4 > This is an automated email announcing the release of
5 > genpatches-3.10.7-1
6 >
7 > PATCHES
8 > -------
9 >
10 > When the website updates, the complete patch list and split-out
11 > patches will be available here:
12 > http://dev.gentoo.org/~mpagano/genpatches/patches-3.10.7-1.htm
13 > http://dev.gentoo.org/~mpagano/genpatches/tarballs/genpatches-3.10.7-1.base.tar.bz2
14 > http://dev.gentoo.org/~mpagano/genpatches/tarballs/genpatches-3.10.7-1.extras.tar.bz2
15 > http://dev.gentoo.org/~mpagano/genpatches/tarballs/genpatches-3.10.7-1.experimental.tar.bz2
16
17 If you are wondering what this is...
18
19 This is a revision bump to =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.10.7, it
20 backports some stability and security fixes that are a bit more
21 important than the usual fixes; here is the summary:
22
23
24 Revision 2497:
25 Import 3.10-13 (3.10.7 release) as 3.10.7 branch, to bring security
26 fixes to stable. (tomwij)
27
28 Revision 2498:
29 fs/proc/task_mmu.c: fix buffer overflow in add_page_map() reported by
30 stintel on IRC, backported from 3.10.8. (tomwij)
31 Added: 1500_task-mmu_fix-buffer-overflow-in-add_page_map.patch
32
33 Revision 2517:
34 Added CVE-2013-4300 patch to 3.10 and 3.10.7 branches for security bug
35 #483614. (tomwij)
36 Added:
37 1500_CVE-2013-4300-net-Check-the-correct-namespace-when-spoofing-pid-ov.patch
38
39 Revision 2527:
40 Added patches for HID security flaws for CVE-2013-2888 - CVE-2013-2899,
41 see bug #482896 for more information. (tomwij)
42 Added: 1500_CVE-2013-2888-HID-validate-HID-report-id-size.patch
43 Added:
44 1500_CVE-2013-2889-HID-zeroplus-validate-output-report-details.patch
45 Added:
46 1500_CVE-2013-2891-HID-steelseries-validate-output-report-details.patch
47 Added:
48 1500_CVE-2013-2892-HID-pantherlord-validate-output-report-details.patch
49 Added:
50 1500_CVE-2013-2894-HID-lenovo-tpkbd-validate-output-report-details.patch
51 Added:
52 1500_CVE-2013-2895-HID-logitech-dj-validate-output-report-details.patch
53 Added:
54 1500_CVE-2013-2896-HID-ntrig-validate-feature-report-details.patch
55 Added: 1500_CVE-2013-2897-HID-multitouch-validate-indexes-details.patch
56 Added:
57 1500_CVE-2013-2898-HID-sensor-hub-validate-feature-report-details.patch
58 Added:
59 1500_CVE-2013-2899-HID-picolcd_core-validate-output-report-details.patch
60 Added: 1500_HID-check-for-NULL-field-when-setting-values.patch
61 Added: 1500_HID-provide-a-helper-for-validating-hid-reports.patch
62
63
64 The commit message used for =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.10.7-r1:
65
66
67 Revision bump for 3.10.7. Fixed an important buffer overflow in
68 add_page_map() causing kernel panics, backported from 3.10.8; reported
69 by stintel on IRC. Fixed PID Spoofing Privilege Escalation, backported
70 from 3.11, see bug #483614; CVE-2013-4300. Fixed multiple HID security
71 flaws, backported from GregKH's stable queue and Linus' master, see bug
72 #482896; from CVE-2013-2888 till CVE-2013-2899. Users that had kernel
73 panics due to buffer overflows or need additional security are
74 suggested to update.
75
76
77 Not sure if anybody needs this information, just added for completeness.
78
79 --
80 With kind regards,
81
82 Tom Wijsman (TomWij)
83 Gentoo Developer
84
85 E-mail address : TomWij@g.o
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