Bug 814523

Summary:	CVE-2012-2123 kernel: fcaps: clear the same personality flags as suid when fcaps are used [fedora-all]
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Eugene Teo (Security Response) <eteo>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	16	CC:	davej, gansalmon, itamar, jforbes, jonathan, jwboyer, kernel-maint, madhu.chinakonda
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Security, SecurityTracking
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	kernel-2.6.43.2-6.fc15	Doc Type:	Release Note
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Last Closed:	2012-04-24 04:29:29 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Blocks:	806722

Description Eugene Teo (Security Response) 2012-04-20 04:58:33 UTC

This is an automatically created tracking bug!  It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected Fedora
versions.

For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.

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http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs

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Bodhi update submission link:
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Please note: this issue affects multiple supported versions of Fedora.
Only one tracking bug has been filed; please ensure that it is only closed
when all affected versions are fixed.


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Reproducers, if any, will remain confidential and never be made public, unless done so by the security team.

[bug automatically created by: add-tracking-bugs]

Comment 1 Josh Boyer 2012-04-20 12:18:43 UTC

Needed across F15-F17.  Upstream commits:

http://git.kernel.org/linus/d52fc5dde171f030170a6cb78034d166b13c9445
http://git.kernel.org/linus/51b79bee627d526199b2f6a6bef8ee0c0739b6d1

Both are queued for the 3.3.3 stable release as well.

Comment 2 Josh Boyer 2012-04-20 12:35:31 UTC

Committed to F15-F17 branches.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2012-04-21 15:22:32 UTC

kernel-3.3.2-8.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-3.3.2-8.fc17

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2012-04-21 16:25:39 UTC

kernel-3.3.2-6.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-3.3.2-6.fc16

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2012-04-21 16:45:39 UTC

kernel-2.6.43.2-6.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-2.6.43.2-6.fc15

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2012-04-21 21:08:04 UTC

Package kernel-3.3.2-8.fc17:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing kernel-3.3.2-8.fc17'
as soon as you are able to, then reboot.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-6344/kernel-3.3.2-8.fc17
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2012-04-24 04:29:29 UTC

kernel-3.3.2-8.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2012-04-24 14:53:32 UTC

kernel-3.3.2-6.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2012-04-26 03:26:53 UTC

kernel-2.6.43.2-6.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.