Security update for the Linux Kernel

SUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:3274-1
Rating: important
References: #1172145 #1177440 #1188944 #1191881 #1194535 #1196616 #1200598 #1200770 #1200910 #1201019 #1201420 #1201429 #1201705 #1201726 #1201940 #1201948 #1202096 #1202154 #1202346 #1202347 #1202393 #1202396 #1202672 #1202897 #1202898 #1203098
Cross-References:CVE-2020-36516 CVE-2020-36557 CVE-2020-36558 CVE-2021-4203 CVE-2022-20166 CVE-2022-20368 CVE-2022-20369 CVE-2022-21385 CVE-2022-2588 CVE-2022-26373 CVE-2022-2639 CVE-2022-2977 CVE-2022-3028 CVE-2022-36879 CVE-2022-36946
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9

An update that solves 15 vulnerabilities and has 11 fixes is now available.

Description:


The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP4 LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

  • CVE-2022-36946: Fixed a denial of service (panic) inside nfqnl_mangle in net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c (bnc#1201940).
  • CVE-2022-36879: Fixed an issue in xfrm_expand_policies in net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c where a refcount could be dropped twice (bnc#1201948).
  • CVE-2022-3028: Fixed race condition that was found in the IP framework for transforming packets (XFRM subsystem) (bnc#1202898).
  • CVE-2022-2977: Fixed reference counting for struct tpm_chip (bsc#1202672).
  • CVE-2022-2639: Fixed an integer coercion error that was found in the openvswitch kernel module (bnc#1202154).
  • CVE-2022-26373: Fixed non-transparent sharing of return predictor targets between contexts in some Intel Processors (bnc#1201726).
  • CVE-2022-2588: Fixed use-after-free in cls_route (bsc#1202096).
  • CVE-2022-21385: Fixed a flaw in net_rds_alloc_sgs() that allowed unprivileged local users to crash the machine (bnc#1202897).
  • CVE-2022-20369: Fixed out of bounds write in v4l2_m2m_querybuf of v4l2-mem2mem.c (bnc#1202347).
  • CVE-2022-20368: Fixed slab-out-of-bounds access in packet_recvmsg() (bsc#1202346).
  • CVE-2022-20166: Fixed possible out of bounds write due to a heap buffer overflow in various methods of kernel base drivers (bnc#1200598).
  • CVE-2021-4203: Fixed use-after-free read flaw that was found in sock_getsockopt() in net/core/sock.c due to SO_PEERCRED and SO_PEERGROUPS race with listen() (bnc#1194535).
  • CVE-2020-36558: Fixed a race condition involving VT_RESIZEX could lead to a NULL pointer dereference and general protection fault (bnc#1200910).
  • CVE-2020-36557: Fixed a race condition between the VT_DISALLOCATE ioctl and closing/opening of ttys that could have led to a use-after-free (bnc#1201429).
  • CVE-2020-36516: Fixed an issue in the mixed IPID assignment method where an attacker was able to inject data into or terminate a victim's TCP session (bnc#1196616).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:
  • cifs: fix error paths in cifs_tree_connect() (bsc#1177440).
  • cifs: fix uninitialized pointer in error case in dfs_cache_get_tgt_share (bsc#1188944).
  • cifs: report error instead of invalid when revalidating a dentry fails (bsc#1177440).
  • cifs: skip trailing separators of prefix paths (bsc#1188944).
  • kernel-obs-build: include qemu_fw_cfg (boo#1201705)
  • lightnvm: Remove lightnvm implemenation (bsc#1191881 bsc#1201420 ZDI-CAN-17325).
  • mm/rmap.c: do not reuse anon_vma if we just want a copy (git-fixes, bsc#1203098).
  • mm/rmap: Fix anon_vma->degree ambiguity leading to double-reuse (git-fixes, bsc#1203098).
  • net_sched: cls_route: disallow handle of 0 (bsc#1202393).
  • objtool: Add --backtrace support (bsc#1202396).
  • objtool: Add support for intra-function calls (bsc#1202396).
  • objtool: Allow no-op CFI ops in alternatives (bsc#1202396).
  • objtool: Convert insn type to enum (bsc#1202396).
  • objtool: Do not use ignore flag for fake jumps (bsc#1202396).
  • objtool: Fix !CFI insn_state propagation (bsc#1202396).
  • objtool: Fix ORC vs alternatives (bsc#1202396).
  • objtool: Fix sibling call detection (bsc#1202396).
  • objtool: Make handle_insn_ops() unconditional (bsc#1202396).
  • objtool: Remove INSN_STACK (bsc#1202396).
  • objtool: Remove check preventing branches within alternative (bsc#1202396).
  • objtool: Rename elf_open() to prevent conflict with libelf from elftoolchain (bsc#1202396).
  • objtool: Rename struct cfi_state (bsc#1202396).
  • objtool: Rework allocating stack_ops on decode (bsc#1202396).
  • objtool: Rewrite alt->skip_orig (bsc#1202396).
  • objtool: Set insn->func for alternatives (bsc#1202396).
  • objtool: Support conditional retpolines (bsc#1202396).
  • objtool: Support multiple stack_op per instruction (bsc#1202396).
  • objtool: Track original function across branches (bsc#1202396).
  • objtool: Uniquely identify alternative instruction groups (bsc#1202396).
  • objtool: Use Elf_Scn typedef instead of assuming struct name (bsc#1202396).
  • powerpc/pci: Fix broken INTx configuration via OF (bsc#1172145 ltc#184630 bsc#1200770 ltc#198666).
  • powerpc/pci: Remove LSI mappings on device teardown (bsc#1172145 ltc#184630 bsc#1200770 ltc#198666).
  • powerpc/pci: Use of_irq_parse_and_map_pci() helper (bsc#1172145 ltc#184630 bsc#1200770 ltc#198666).
  • rpm: Fix parsing of rpm/macros.kernel-source on SLE12 (bsc#1201019).

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:

  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-9-2022-3274=1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2022-3274=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP4-2022-3274=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-LTSS-2022-3274=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP4:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-SP4-2022-3274=1
    Please note that this is the initial kernel livepatch without fixes itself, this package is later updated by seperate standalone kernel livepatch updates.
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP4:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-HA-12-SP4-2022-3274=1

Package List:

  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 (x86_64):
    • kernel-default-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-default-base-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-default-base-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-default-debugsource-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-default-devel-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-default-devel-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-syms-4.12.14-95.108.1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 (noarch):
    • kernel-devel-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-macros-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-source-4.12.14-95.108.1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 (x86_64):
    • kernel-default-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-default-base-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-default-base-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-default-debugsource-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-default-devel-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-default-devel-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-syms-4.12.14-95.108.1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 (noarch):
    • kernel-devel-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-macros-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-source-4.12.14-95.108.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4 (ppc64le x86_64):
    • kernel-default-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-default-base-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-default-base-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-default-debugsource-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-default-devel-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-syms-4.12.14-95.108.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4 (x86_64):
    • kernel-default-devel-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.108.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4 (noarch):
    • kernel-devel-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-macros-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-source-4.12.14-95.108.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
    • kernel-default-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-default-base-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-default-base-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-default-debugsource-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-default-devel-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-syms-4.12.14-95.108.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS (x86_64):
    • kernel-default-devel-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.108.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS (noarch):
    • kernel-devel-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-macros-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-source-4.12.14-95.108.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS (s390x):
    • kernel-default-man-4.12.14-95.108.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP4 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
    • kernel-default-kgraft-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-default-kgraft-devel-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kgraft-patch-4_12_14-95_108-default-1-6.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP4 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
    • cluster-md-kmp-default-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • dlm-kmp-default-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • gfs2-kmp-default-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • kernel-default-debugsource-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • ocfs2-kmp-default-4.12.14-95.108.1
    • ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.108.1

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