Security update for the Linux Kernel

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4783-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2023-31083 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-31083 ( NVD ): 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-39197 ( SUSE ): 4.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2023-39197 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2023-39198 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-39198 ( NVD ): 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-45863 ( SUSE ): 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-45863 ( NVD ): 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-45871 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-45871 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-5717 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-5717 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-6176 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-6176 ( NVD ): 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1

An update that solves seven vulnerabilities, contains two features and has five security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP2 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

  • CVE-2023-39197: Fixed a out-of-bounds read in nf_conntrack_dccp_packet() (bsc#1216976).
  • CVE-2023-6176: Fixed a denial of service in the cryptographic algorithm scatterwalk functionality (bsc#1217332).
  • CVE-2023-45863: Fixed a out-of-bounds write in fill_kobj_path() (bsc#1216058).
  • CVE-2023-45871: Fixed an issue in the IGB driver, where the buffer size may not be adequate for frames larger than the MTU (bsc#1216259).
  • CVE-2023-39198: Fixed a race condition leading to use-after-free in qxl_mode_dumb_create() (bsc#1216965).
  • CVE-2023-31083: Fixed race condition in hci_uart_tty_ioctl (bsc#1210780).
  • CVE-2023-5717: Fixed a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Performance Events component (bsc#1216584).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

  • net: mana: Configure hwc timeout from hardware (bsc#1214037).
  • net: mana: Fix MANA VF unload when hardware is unresponsive (bsc#1214764).
  • powerpc: Do not clobber f0/vs0 during fp|altivec register save (bsc#1217780).

Special Instructions and Notes:

  • Please reboot the system after installing this update.

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:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP2-2023-4783=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HA-15-SP2-2023-4783=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP2-LTSS-2023-4783=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP2-LTSS-2023-4783=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP2-2023-4783=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP2 (nosrc)
    • kernel-default-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP2 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_43-debugsource-1-150200.5.3.1
    • kernel-default-livepatch-devel-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150200_24_172-default-1-150200.5.3.1
    • kernel-default-debugsource-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-default-livepatch-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150200_24_172-default-debuginfo-1-150200.5.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • gfs2-kmp-default-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-default-debugsource-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • ocfs2-kmp-default-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • cluster-md-kmp-default-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • dlm-kmp-default-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP2 (nosrc)
    • kernel-default-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (aarch64 nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-preempt-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-default-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • kernel-preempt-devel-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-default-base-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1.150200.9.87.1
    • kernel-default-debugsource-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-syms-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-default-devel-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-preempt-devel-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-obs-build-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-obs-build-debugsource-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-preempt-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-default-devel-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-preempt-debugsource-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • kernel-source-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-macros-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-devel-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (noarch nosrc)
    • kernel-docs-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 nosrc)
    • kernel-default-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-default-base-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1.150200.9.87.1
    • kernel-default-debugsource-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-syms-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-default-devel-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-obs-build-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-obs-build-debugsource-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • reiserfs-kmp-default-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-default-devel-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • kernel-source-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-macros-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-devel-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (noarch nosrc)
    • kernel-docs-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (aarch64 nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-preempt-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • kernel-preempt-debugsource-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-preempt-devel-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-preempt-devel-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-preempt-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 (nosrc ppc64le x86_64)
    • kernel-default-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • kernel-default-base-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1.150200.9.87.1
    • kernel-default-debugsource-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-syms-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-default-devel-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-obs-build-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-obs-build-debugsource-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • reiserfs-kmp-default-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-default-devel-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 (noarch)
    • kernel-source-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-macros-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-devel-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 (noarch nosrc)
    • kernel-docs-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 (nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-preempt-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 (x86_64)
    • kernel-preempt-debugsource-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-preempt-devel-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-preempt-devel-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1
    • kernel-preempt-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.172.1

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