Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 14 for SLE 15 SP3)

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:0999-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2022-0492 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2022-0492 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2022-25636 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2022-25636 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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 5.3.18-150300_59_49 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2022-25636: Fixed an issue which allowed a local users to gain privileges because of a heap out-of-bounds write in nf_dup_netdev.c, related to nf_tables_offload (bsc#1196299).
  • CVE-2022-0492: Fixed a privilege escalation related to cgroups v1 release_agent feature, which allowed bypassing namespace isolation unexpectedly (bsc#1195543).

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-2022-999=1 SUSE-2022-986=1 SUSE-2022-985=1 SUSE-2022-998=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2022-999=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2022-986=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2022-985=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2022-998=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_49-default-3-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_46-default-debuginfo-4-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_43-default-4-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_46-default-4-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_12-debugsource-4-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_49-default-debuginfo-3-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_11-debugsource-5-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_14-debugsource-3-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-59_40-default-5-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-59_40-default-debuginfo-5-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_43-default-debuginfo-4-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_13-debugsource-4-150300.2.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_46-preempt-4-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_49-preempt-3-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_43-preempt-4-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_43-preempt-debuginfo-4-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-59_40-preempt-debuginfo-5-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-59_40-preempt-5-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_49-preempt-debuginfo-3-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_46-preempt-debuginfo-4-150300.2.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_49-default-3-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_46-default-debuginfo-4-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_43-default-4-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_46-default-4-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-59_40-default-5-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_43-default-debuginfo-4-150300.2.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-59_40-default-debuginfo-5-150300.2.1

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