SUSE-SU-2024:2109-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 38 for SLE 15 SP2)

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-15020024157 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2021-46955: Fixed an out-of-bounds read with openvswitch, when fragmenting IPv4 packets bsc1220537. - CVE-2023-52628: Fixed 4-byte stack OOB write in nftables bsc1222118. -...

CVE-2023-52628 netfilter: nftables: exthdr: fix 4-byte stack OOB write

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nftables: exthdr: fix 4-byte stack OOB write If priv-len is a multiple of 4, then dstlen / 4 can write past the destination array which leads to stack corruption. This construct is necessary to clean the remainder of t...