xen: security and bugfix release to 4.2.4 c/s 26280

Xen was updated to fix various bugs and security issues:

Update to Xen version 4.2.4 c/s 26280.

- bnc#861256 - CVE-2014-1950: xen: XSA-88: use-after-free in xc_cpupool_getinfo()
under memory pressure. (fix included with update)

- bnc#863297: xend/pvscsi: recognize also SCSI CDROM devices

- bnc#858496 - CVE-2014-1642: Xen: XSA-83: Out-of-memory condition yielding memory
corruption during IRQ setup

- bnc#860163 - xen: XSA-84: integer overflow in several
XSM/Flask hypercalls (CVE-2014-1891 CVE-2014-1892 CVE-2014-1893 CVE-2014-1894)

- bnc#860165 - CVE-2014-1895: xen: XSA-85: Off-by-one error in
FLASK_AVC_CACHESTAT hypercall

- bnc#860300 - CVE-2014-1896: xen: XSA-86: libvchan failure handling
malicious ring indexes

- bnc#860302 - CVE-2014-1666: xen: XSA-87:
PHYSDEVOP_{prepare,release}_msix exposed to unprivileged guests

- bnc#858311 - Server is not booting in kernel XEN after latest
updates - (XEN) setup 0000:00:18.0 for d0 failed (-19)

- bnc#858496 - CVE-2014-1642: Xen: XSA-83: Out-of-memory condition yielding memory
corruption during IRQ setup

- bnc#853049 - CVE-2013-6885: xen: XSA-82: Guest triggerable
AMD CPU erratum may cause host hang

- bnc#853048 - CVE-2013-6400: xen: XSA-80: IOMMU TLB
flushing may be inadvertently suppressed

- bnc#831120 - CVE-2013-2212: xen: XSA-60: Excessive time to
disable caching with HVM guests with PCI passthrough

- bnc#848014 - [HP HPS] Xen hypervisor panics on 8-blades nPar with
46-bit memory addressing

- bnc#833251 - [HP BCS SLES11 Bug]: In HPs UEFI x86_64 platform
and with xen environment, in booting stage ,xen hypervisor will
panic.

- pygrub: Support (/dev/xvda) style disk specifications

- bnc#849667 - CVE-2014-1895: xen: XSA-74: Lock order reversal between
page_alloc_lock and mm_rwlock

- bnc#849668 - CVE-2013-4554: xen: XSA-76: Hypercalls exposed to privilege
rings 1 and 2 of HVM guests

- bnc#842417 - In HPs UEFI x86_64 platform and sles11sp3 with xen
environment, dom0 will soft lockup on multiple blades nPar.
- bnc#848014 - [HP HPS] Xen hypervisor panics on 8-blades nPar with
46-bit memory addressing
- bnc#846849 - Soft lockup with PCI passthrough and many VCPUs
- bnc#833483 - Boot Failure with xen kernel in UEFI mode with error
"No memory for trampoline"

- bnc#849665 - CVE-2013-4551: xen: XSA-75: Host crash due to
guest VMX instruction execution

- The upstream version of checking for xend when using the 'xl'
command is used is not working.

- bnc#840997 - It is possible to start a VM twice on the same node.

- bnc#848657 - xen: CVE-2013-4494: XSA-73: Lock order
reversal between page allocation and grant table locks

Fixed bugs
bnc#849667
CVE-2013-4553: xen: XSA-74: Lock order reversal between page_alloc_lock and mm_rwlock
bnc#860165
CVE-2014-1895: xen: XSA-85: Off-by-one error in FLASK_AVC_CACHESTAT hypercall
bnc#840997
It is possible to start a VM twice on the same node.
bnc#860163
xen: XSA-84: integer overflow in several XSM/Flask hypercalls
bnc#858496
Xen: XSA-83: Out-of-memory condition yielding memory corruption during IRQ setup
bnc#860302
CVE-2014-1666: xen: XSA-87: PHYSDEVOP_{prepare,release}_msix exposed to unprivileged guests
bnc#853049
CVE-2013-6885: xen: XSA-82: Guest triggerable AMD CPU erratum may cause host hang
bnc#833251
[HP BCS SLES11 Bug]: In HP's UEFI x86_64 platform and with xen environment, in booting stage ,xen hypervisor will panic.
bnc#848657
xen: CVE-2013-4494: XSA-73: Lock order reversal between page allocation and grant table locks
bnc#849668
CVE-2013-4554: xen: XSA-76: Hypercalls exposed to privilege rings 1 and 2 of HVM guests
bnc#860300
CVE-2014-1896: xen: XSA-86: libvchan failure handling malicious ring indexes
bnc#861256
CVE-2014-1950: xen: XSA-88: use-after-free in xc_cpupool_getinfo() under memory pressure
bnc#846849
Soft lockup with PCI passthrough and many VCPUs
bnc#858311
Server is not booting in kernel XEN after latest updates - (XEN) setup 0000:00:18.0 for d0 failed (-19)
bnc#863297
domU crash while accessing SCSI CD via xenscsi.so
bnc#842417
In HP’s UEFI x86_64 platform and sles11sp3 with xen environment, dom0 will soft lockup on multiple blades nPar.
bnc#833483
Boot Failure with xen kernel in UEFI mode with error "No memory for trampoline"
bnc#849665
CVE-2013-4551: xen: XSA-75: Host crash due to guest VMX instruction execution
bnc#848014
[HP HPS Bug] Xen hypervisor panics on 8-blades nPar with 46-bit memory addressing
bnc#853048
CVE-2013-6400: xen: XSA-80: IOMMU TLB flushing may be inadvertently suppressed
bnc#831120
CVE-2013-2212: xen: XSA-60: Excessive time to disable caching with HVM guests with PCI passthrough
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