Security update for multipath-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:3711-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2022-41973 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2022-41973 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2022-41974 ( SUSE ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2022-41974 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP4
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.3

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has six security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for multipath-tools fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2022-41973: Fixed a symlink attack in multipathd. (bsc#1202739)
  • CVE-2022-41974: Fixed an authorization bypass issue in multipathd. (bsc#1202739)
  • Avoid linking to libreadline to avoid licensing issue (bsc#1202616)
  • libmultipath: fix find_multipaths_timeout for unknown hardware (bsc#1201483)
  • multipath-tools: fix "multipath -ll" for Native NVME Multipath devices (bsc#1201483)
  • multipathd: don't switch to DAEMON_IDLE during startup (bsc#1199346, bsc#1197570)
  • multipathd: avoid delays during uevent processing (bsc#1199347)
  • multipathd: Don't keep starting TUR threads, if they always hang. (bsc#1199345)
  • Fix busy loop with delayed_reconfigure (bsc#1199342)
  • multipath.conf: add support for "protocol" subsection in "overrides" section to set certain config options by protocol.
  • Removed the previously deprecated options getuid_callout, config_dir, multipath_dir, pg_timeout
  • Add disclaimer about vendor support
  • Change built-in defaults for NVMe: group by prio, and immediate failback
  • Fixes for minor issues reported by coverity
  • Fix for memory leak with uid_attrs
  • Updates for built in hardware db
  • Logging improvements
  • multipathd: use remove_map_callback for delayed reconfigure
  • Fix handling of path addition in read-only arrays on NVMe
  • Updates of built-in hardware database
  • libmultipath: only warn once about unsupported dev_loss_tmo

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE 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-15.4-2022-3711=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2022-3711=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2022-3711=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2022-3711=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • multipath-tools-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • multipath-tools-devel-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • libmpath0-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • libdmmp-devel-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • libmpath0-debuginfo-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • kpartx-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • libdmmp0_2_0-debuginfo-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • libdmmp0_2_0-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • libmpath0-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • multipath-tools-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • kpartx-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • libmpath0-debuginfo-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • libmpath0-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • multipath-tools-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • kpartx-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • libmpath0-debuginfo-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • multipath-tools-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • multipath-tools-devel-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • libmpath0-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • libdmmp-devel-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • libmpath0-debuginfo-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • kpartx-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • libdmmp0_2_0-debuginfo-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1
    • libdmmp0_2_0-0.9.0+62+suse.3e048d4-150400.4.7.1

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