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Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

2022-08-1600:00:00
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7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

4.6 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

An update that solves 7 vulnerabilities and has 7 fixes is
now available.

Description:

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP1 kernel was updated to receive various
security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

  • CVE-2020-36557: Fixed race condition between the VT_DISALLOCATE ioctl
    and closing/opening of ttys that could lead to a use-after-free
    (bnc#1201429).
  • CVE-2020-36558: Fixed race condition involving VT_RESIZEX that could
    lead to a NULL pointer dereference and general protection fault
    (bnc#1200910).
  • CVE-2021-33655: Fixed out of bounds write with ioctl FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO
    (bnc#1201635).
  • CVE-2021-33656: Fixed out of bounds write with ioctl PIO_FONT
    (bnc#1201636).
  • CVE-2022-1462: Fixed an out-of-bounds read flaw in the TeleTYpe
    subsystem (bnc#1198829).
  • CVE-2022-20166: Fixed possible out of bounds write due to sprintf
    unsafety that could cause local escalation of privilege (bnc#1200598).
  • CVE-2022-36946: Fixed incorrect packet truncation in nfqnl_mangle() that
    could lead to remote DoS (bnc#1201940).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

  • cifs: On cifs_reconnect, resolve the hostname again (bsc#1201926).
  • cifs: Simplify reconnect code when dfs upcall is enabled (bsc#1201926).
  • cifs: To match file servers, make sure the server hostname matches
    (bsc#1201926).
  • cifs: fix memory leak of smb3_fs_context_dup::server_hostname
    (bsc#1201926).
  • cifs: set a minimum of 120s for next dns resolution (bsc#1201926).
  • cifs: use the expiry output of dns_query to schedule next resolution
    (bsc#1201926).
  • kvm: emulate: Fix SETcc emulation function offsets with SLS
    (bsc#1201930).
  • kvm: emulate: do not adjust size of fastop and setcc subroutines
    (bsc#1201930).
  • rpm/*.spec.in: remove backtick usage
  • rpm/constraints.in: skip SLOW_DISK workers for kernel-source
  • rpm/kernel-obs-build.spec.in: Also depend on dracut-systemd (bsc#1195775)
  • rpm/kernel-obs-build.spec.in: add systemd-initrd and terminfo dracut
    module (bsc#1195775)
  • rpm/kernel-obs-build.spec.in: use default dracut modules (bsc#1195926,
    bsc#1198484)
  • x86/entry: Remove skip_r11rcx (bsc#1201644).

Special Instructions and Notes:

Please reboot the system after installing this update.

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or “zypper patch”.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.4:

    zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2022-2827=1

  • openSUSE Leap 15.3:

    zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2022-2827=1

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1:

    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP1-2022-2827=1

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS:

    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-LTSS-2022-2827=1

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL:

    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-BCL-2022-2827=1

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Live Patching 15-SP1:

    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP1-2022-2827=1

    Please note that this is the initial kernel livepatch without fixes
    itself, this livepatch package is later updated by seperate standalone
    livepatch updates.

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS:

    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP1-LTSS-2022-2827=1

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-ESPOS:

    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP1-ESPOS-2022-2827=1

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 15-SP1:

    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HA-15-SP1-2022-2827=1

  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 6:

    zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-6-2022-2827=1

  • SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0:

    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform ‘skuba’ tool. It
    will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger
    updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.

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7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

4.6 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P