Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 18 for SLE 15 SP3)

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:1989-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2021-39698 ( SUSE ): 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2021-39698 ( 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 High Performance Computing 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-150300_59_68 fixes one issue.

The following security issue was fixed:

  • CVE-2021-39698: Fixed a possible memory corruption due to a use after free in aio_poll_complete_work of aio.c (bsc#1196959).

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-2022-1989=1 SUSE-2022-3411=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2022-1989=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2022-3411=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2022-3421=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2022-4036=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_18-debugsource-2-150300.2.2
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_24-debugsource-2-150300.2.2
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_68-default-2-150300.2.2
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_93-default-debuginfo-2-150300.2.2
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_93-default-2-150300.2.2
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_68-default-debuginfo-2-150300.2.2
  • openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_93-preempt-debuginfo-2-150300.2.2
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_93-preempt-2-150300.2.2
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_68-preempt-2-150300.2.2
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_68-preempt-debuginfo-2-150300.2.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_68-default-2-150300.2.2
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_93-default-2-150300.2.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_3-debugsource-2-150400.2.2
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_28-default-2-150400.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_28-default-debuginfo-2-150400.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_21-default-2-150400.2.2
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_21-default-debuginfo-2-150400.2.2
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_4-debugsource-2-150400.2.1

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