Security update for the Linux Kernel

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:0463-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2021-33631 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2021-33631 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-46838 ( SUSE ): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-46838 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-47233 ( SUSE ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-47233 ( NVD ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-51043 ( SUSE ): 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-51043 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-51780 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-51780 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-51782 ( SUSE ): 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-51782 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-6040 ( SUSE ): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2023-6040 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-6356 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-6356 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-6535 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-6535 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-6536 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-6536 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-6915 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-6915 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-0565 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-0565 ( NVD ): 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-0775 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-0775 ( NVD ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-1086 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-1086 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2

An update that solves 14 vulnerabilities and has four security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3 RT kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

  • CVE-2024-1086: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability inside the nf_tables component that could have been exploited to achieve local privilege escalation (bsc#1219434).
  • CVE-2023-51780: Fixed a use-after-free in do_vcc_ioctl in net/atm/ioctl.c, because of a vcc_recvmsg race condition (bsc#1218730).
  • CVE-2023-46838: Fixed an issue with Xen netback processing of zero-length transmit fragment (bsc#1218836).
  • CVE-2021-33631: Fixed an integer overflow in ext4_write_inline_data_end() (bsc#1219412).
  • CVE-2023-6535: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in nvmet_tcp_execute_request (bsc#1217988).
  • CVE-2023-6536: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in __nvmet_req_complete (bsc#1217989).
  • CVE-2023-6356: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in nvmet_tcp_build_pdu_iovec (bsc#1217987).
  • CVE-2023-47233: Fixed a use-after-free in the device unplugging (disconnect the USB by hotplug) code inside the brcm80211 component (bsc#1216702).
  • CVE-2023-51043: Fixed use-after-free during a race condition between a nonblocking atomic commit and a driver unload in drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c (bsc#1219120).
  • CVE-2024-0775: Fixed use-after-free in __ext4_remount in fs/ext4/super.c that could allow a local user to cause an information leak problem while freeing the old quota file names before a potential failure (bsc#1219053).
  • CVE-2024-0565: Fixed an out-of-bounds memory read flaw in receive_encrypted_standard in fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c (bsc#1218832).
  • CVE-2023-6915: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference problem in ida_free in lib/idr.c (bsc#1218804).
  • CVE-2023-6040: Fixed an out-of-bounds access vulnerability while creating a new netfilter table, lack of a safeguard against invalid nf_tables family (pf) values within nf_tables_newtable function (bsc#1218752).
  • CVE-2023-51782: Fixed use-after-free in rose_ioctl in net/rose/af_rose.c because of a rose_accept race condition (bsc#1218757).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

  • Store the old kernel changelog entries in kernel-docs package (bsc#1218713).
  • x86/entry/ia32: Ensure s32 is sign extended to s64 (bsc#1193285).

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 Micro 5.1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.1-2024-463=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2024-463=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2024-463=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 (nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-rt-5.3.18-150300.158.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 (x86_64)
    • kernel-rt-debuginfo-5.3.18-150300.158.1
    • kernel-rt-debugsource-5.3.18-150300.158.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 (nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-rt-5.3.18-150300.158.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 (x86_64)
    • kernel-rt-debuginfo-5.3.18-150300.158.1
    • kernel-rt-debugsource-5.3.18-150300.158.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 (nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-rt-5.3.18-150300.158.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 (x86_64)
    • kernel-rt-debuginfo-5.3.18-150300.158.1
    • kernel-rt-debugsource-5.3.18-150300.158.1

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