Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 RT kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: CVE-2022-49138: Bluetooth: hcievent: Fix checking conn for leconncompleteevt bsc1238160. CVE-2022-50233: Bluetooth: eir: Fix using strlen with hdev-devname,shortnam...

kernel: dmaengine/idxd: hardware erratum allows potential security problem with direct access by untrusted application

Hardware logic with insecure de-synchronization in IntelR DSA and IntelR IAA for some IntelR 4th or 5th generation XeonR processors may allow an authorized user to potentially enable escalation of privilege local access...

Linux kernel security vulnerabilities

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system of the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel that stems from a possible post-release reuse of the dmaengine:idxd component in irqprocessworklist...

CVE-2021-46920

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Fix clobbering of SWERR overflow bit on writeback Current code blindly writes over the SWERR and the OVERFLOW bits. Write back the bits actually read instead so the driver avoids clobbering the OVERFLOW bit that...