Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 11 for SLE 15 SP3)

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:0436-1
Rating: critical
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2021-4083 ( SUSE ): 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2021-4083 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2022-0435 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2022-0435 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • openSUSE Leap 15.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-59_40 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2022-0435: Fixed remote stack overflow in net/tipc module that validate domain record count on input (bsc#1195308).
  • CVE-2021-4083: Fixed a read-after-free memory flaw inside the garbage collection for Unix domain socket file handlers when users call close() and fget() simultaneouslyand can potentially trigger a race condition (bnc#1194460).

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 15.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2022-436=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2022-436=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-59_40-default-debuginfo-3-150300.2.2
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-59_40-default-3-150300.2.2
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_11-debugsource-3-150300.2.2
  • openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-59_40-preempt-3-150300.2.2
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-59_40-preempt-debuginfo-3-150300.2.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-59_40-default-3-150300.2.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-59_40-default-debuginfo-3-150300.2.2

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