Security update for the Linux Kernel

SUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:0420-1
Rating: important
References: #1108488 #1205705 #1205709 #1206073 #1206113 #1206664 #1206677 #1206784 #1207036 #1207125 #1207186 #1207237
Cross-References:CVE-2018-9517 CVE-2022-3564 CVE-2022-3643 CVE-2022-42895 CVE-2022-42896 CVE-2022-4662 CVE-2022-47929 CVE-2023-23454 CVE-2023-23455
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL

An update that solves 9 vulnerabilities and has three fixes is now available.

Description:


The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP2 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

  • CVE-2018-9517: Fixed possible memory corruption due to a use after free in pppol2tp_connect (bsc#1108488).
  • CVE-2022-3564: Fixed use-after-free in l2cap_core.c of the Bluetooth component (bsc#1206073).
  • CVE-2022-3643: Fixed reset/abort/crash via netback from VM guest (bsc#1206113).
  • CVE-2022-42895: Fixed an information leak in the net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c's l2cap_parse_conf_req() which can be used to leak kernel pointers remotely (bsc#1205705).
  • CVE-2022-42896: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability in the net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c's l2cap_connect() and l2cap_le_connect_req() which may have allowed code execution and leaking kernel memory (respectively) remotely via Bluetooth (bsc#1205709).
  • CVE-2022-4662: Fixed incorrect access control in the USB core subsystem that could lead a local user to crash the system (bsc#1206664).
  • CVE-2022-47929: Fixed NULL pointer dereference bug in the traffic control subsystem (bsc#1207237).
  • CVE-2023-23454: Fixed a type-confusion in the CBQ network scheduler (bsc#1207036).
  • CVE-2023-23455: Fixed a denial of service inside atm_tc_enqueue in net/sched/sch_atm.c because of type confusion (non-negative numbers can sometimes indicate a TC_ACT_SHOT condition rather than valid classification results) (bsc#1207125).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:
  • HID: betop: check shape of output reports (git-fixes, bsc#1207186).
  • HID: betop: fix slab-out-of-bounds Write in betop_probe (git-fixes).
  • HID: check empty report_list in hid_validate_values() (git-fixes, bsc#1206784).
  • 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 Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2023-420=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL (x86_64):
    • kernel-default-4.4.121-92.199.1
    • kernel-default-base-4.4.121-92.199.1
    • kernel-default-base-debuginfo-4.4.121-92.199.1
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-4.4.121-92.199.1
    • kernel-default-debugsource-4.4.121-92.199.1
    • kernel-default-devel-4.4.121-92.199.1
    • kernel-syms-4.4.121-92.199.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL (noarch):
    • kernel-devel-4.4.121-92.199.1
    • kernel-macros-4.4.121-92.199.1
    • kernel-source-4.4.121-92.199.1

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