Security update for the Linux Kernel

SUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:0407-1
Rating: important
References: #1203693 #1205149 #1206073 #1206664 #1206677 #1206784 #1207036 #1207186 #1207237
Cross-References:CVE-2022-3564 CVE-2022-4662 CVE-2022-47929 CVE-2023-23454
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 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 four vulnerabilities and has 5 fixes is now available.

Description:


The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.
The following security bugs were fixed:

  • CVE-2022-47929: Fixed NULL pointer dereference bug in the traffic control subsystem (bnc#1207237).
  • CVE-2023-23454: Fixed denial or service in cbq_classify in net/sched/sch_cbq.c (bnc#1207036).
  • CVE-2022-4662: Fixed incorrect access control in the USB core subsystem that could lead a local user to crash the system (bnc#1206664).
  • CVE-2022-3564: Fixed use-after-free in l2cap_core.c of the Bluetooth component (bnc#1206073).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:
  • Added support for enabling livepatching related packages on -RT (jsc#PED-1706).
  • Added suse-kernel-rpm-scriptlets to kmp buildreqs (boo#1205149).
  • Reverted "constraints: increase disk space for all architectures" (bsc#1203693).
  • HID: betop: check shape of output reports (bsc#1207186).
  • HID: betop: fix slab-out-of-bounds Write in betop_probe (bsc#1207186).
  • HID: check empty report_list in hid_validate_values() (bsc#1206784).
  • net: sched: atm: dont intepret cls results when asked to drop (bsc#1207036).
  • net: sched: cbq: dont intepret cls results when asked to drop (bsc#1207036).
  • sctp: fail if no bound addresses can be used for a given scope (bsc#1206677).

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-9-2023-407=1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2023-407=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP4-2023-407=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-LTSS-2023-407=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP4:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-SP4-2023-407=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-SP4-2023-407=1

Package List:

  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 (noarch):
    • kernel-devel-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-macros-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-source-4.12.14-95.117.1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 (x86_64):
    • kernel-default-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-default-base-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-default-base-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-default-debugsource-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-default-devel-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-default-devel-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-syms-4.12.14-95.117.1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 (noarch):
    • kernel-devel-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-macros-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-source-4.12.14-95.117.1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 (x86_64):
    • kernel-default-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-default-base-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-default-base-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-default-debugsource-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-default-devel-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-default-devel-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-syms-4.12.14-95.117.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4 (ppc64le x86_64):
    • kernel-default-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-default-base-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-default-base-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-default-debugsource-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-default-devel-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-syms-4.12.14-95.117.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4 (x86_64):
    • kernel-default-devel-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.117.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4 (noarch):
    • kernel-devel-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-macros-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-source-4.12.14-95.117.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
    • kernel-default-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-default-base-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-default-base-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-default-debugsource-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-default-devel-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-syms-4.12.14-95.117.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS (noarch):
    • kernel-devel-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-macros-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-source-4.12.14-95.117.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS (x86_64):
    • kernel-default-devel-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.117.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS (s390x):
    • kernel-default-man-4.12.14-95.117.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP4 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
    • kernel-default-kgraft-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-default-kgraft-devel-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kgraft-patch-4_12_14-95_117-default-1-6.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP4 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
    • cluster-md-kmp-default-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • dlm-kmp-default-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • gfs2-kmp-default-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • kernel-default-debugsource-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • ocfs2-kmp-default-4.12.14-95.117.1
    • ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.12.14-95.117.1

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