Security update for the Linux Kernel

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:2232-1
Rating: important
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-5753 ( SUSE ): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2017-5753 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2017-5753 ( NVD ): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2017-5753 ( NVD ): 5.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2020-36691 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2020-36691 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2021-3923 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2021-3923 ( NVD ): 2.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2021-4203 ( SUSE ): 5.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2021-4203 ( NVD ): 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2022-20567 ( SUSE ): 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2022-20567 ( NVD ): 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2022-43945 ( SUSE ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2022-43945 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-0394 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-0394 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-0590 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-0590 ( NVD ): 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-0597 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2023-0597 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2023-1076 ( SUSE ): 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2023-1076 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2023-1095 ( SUSE ): 5.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-1095 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-1118 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-1118 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-1390 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-1390 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-1513 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2023-1513 ( NVD ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2023-1611 ( SUSE ): 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-1611 ( NVD ): 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-1670 ( SUSE ): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-1670 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-1855 ( SUSE ): 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-1855 ( NVD ): 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-1989 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-1989 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-1990 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-1990 ( NVD ): 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-1998 ( SUSE ): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2023-1998 ( NVD ): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2023-2124 ( SUSE ): 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-2124 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-2162 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-2162 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2023-23454 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-23454 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-23455 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-23455 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-2483 ( SUSE ): 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-28328 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-28328 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-28464 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-28464 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-28772 ( SUSE ): 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-28772 ( NVD ): 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-30772 ( SUSE ): 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-30772 ( NVD ): 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 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 ESPOS 12-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS 12-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9

An update that solves 29 vulnerabilities and has 13 security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

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

The following security bugs were fixed:

  • CVE-2023-2483: Fixed a use after free bug in emac_remove due caused by a race condition (bsc#1211037).
  • CVE-2023-2124: Fixed an out of bound access in the XFS subsystem that could have lead to denial-of-service or potentially privilege escalation (bsc#1210498).
  • CVE-2023-1670: Fixed a use after free in the Xircom 16-bit PCMCIA Ethernet driver. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system (bsc#1209871).
  • CVE-2017-5753: Fixed spectre V1 vulnerability on netlink (bsc#1209547).
  • CVE-2017-5753: Fixed spectre vulnerability in prlimit (bsc#1209256).
  • CVE-2020-36691: Fixed a denial of service (unbounded recursion) vulnerability via a nested Netlink policy with a back reference (bsc#1209613 bsc#1209777).
  • CVE-2023-0394: Fixed a null pointer dereference flaw in the network subcomponent in the Linux kernel which could lead to system crash (bsc#1207168).
  • CVE-2021-3923: Fixed stack information leak vulnerability that could lead to kernel protection bypass in infiniband RDMA (bsc#1209778).
  • 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() (bsc#1194535).
  • CVE-2022-20567: Fixed use after free that could lead to a local privilege escalation in pppol2tp_create of l2tp_ppp.c (bsc#1208850).
  • CVE-2022-43945: Fixed a buffer overflow in the NFSD implementation (bsc#1205128).
  • CVE-2023-0590: Fixed race condition in qdisc_graft() (bsc#1207795).
  • CVE-2023-0597: Fixed lack of randomization of per-cpu entry area in x86/mm (bsc#1207845).
  • CVE-2023-1076: Fixed incorrect UID assigned to tun/tap sockets (bsc#1208599).
  • CVE-2023-1095: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in nf_tables due to zeroed list head (bsc#1208777).
  • CVE-2023-1118: Fixed a use-after-free bugs caused by ene_tx_irqsim() in media/rc (bsc#1208837).
  • CVE-2023-1390: Fixed remote DoS vulnerability in tipc_link_xmit() (bsc#1209289).
  • CVE-2023-1513: Fixed an uninitialized portions of the kvm_debugregs structure that could be copied to userspace, causing an information leak (bsc#1209532).
  • CVE-2023-1611: Fixed an use-after-free flaw in btrfs_search_slot (bsc#1209687).
  • CVE-2023-1855: Fixed an use-after-free flaw in xgene_hwmon_remove (bsc#1210202).
  • CVE-2023-1989: Fixed an use-after-free flaw in btsdio_remove (bsc#1210336).
  • CVE-2023-1990: Fixed an use-after-free flaw in ndlc_remove (bsc#1210337).
  • CVE-2023-1998: Fixed an use-after-free flaw during login when accessing the shost ipaddress (bsc#1210506).
  • CVE-2023-2162: Fixed an use-after-free flaw in iscsi_sw_tcp_session_create (bsc#1210647).
  • 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).
  • CVE-2023-28328: Fixed a denial of service issue in az6027 driver in drivers/media/usb/dev-usb/az6027.c (bsc#1209291).
  • CVE-2023-28464: Fixed user-after-free that could lead to privilege escalation in hci_conn_cleanup in net/uetooth/hci_conn.c (bsc#1209052).
  • CVE-2023-28772: Fixed buffer overflow in seq_buf_putmem_hex in lib/seq_buf.c (bsc#1209549).
  • CVE-2023-30772: Fixed race condition and resultant use-after-free in da9150_charger_remove (bsc#1210329).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

  • Do not sign the vanilla kernel (bsc#1209008).
  • Fix kABI breakage (bsc#1208333)
  • PCI: hv: Add a per-bus mutex state_lock (bsc#1207185).
  • PCI: hv: Fix a race condition bug in hv_pci_query_relations() (bsc#1207185).
  • PCI: hv: Fix a race condition in hv_irq_unmask() that can cause panic (bsc#1207185).
  • PCI: hv: Remove the useless hv_pcichild_state from struct hv_pci_dev (bsc#1207185).
  • Remove obsolete KMP obsoletes (bsc#1210469).
  • Replace mkinitrd dependency with dracut (bsc#1202353).
  • cifs: fix double free in dfs mounts (bsc#1209845).
  • cifs: fix negotiate context parsing (bsc#1210301).
  • cifs: handle reconnect of tcon when there is no cached dfs referral (bsc#1209845).
  • cifs: missing null pointer check in cifs_mount (bsc#1209845).
  • cifs: serialize all mount attempts (bsc#1209845).
  • cred: allow get_cred() and put_cred() to be given NULL (bsc#1209887).
  • ipv6: raw: Deduct extension header length in rawv6_push_pending_frames (bsc#1207168).
  • k-m-s: Drop Linux 2.6 support
  • kernel-module-subpackage: Fix expansion with -b parameter (bsc#1208179).

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 OpenStack Cloud 9
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2023-2232=1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-9-2023-2232=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-HA-12-SP4-2023-2232=1 SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP4-2023-2232=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-HA-12-SP4-2023-2232=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-SP4-2023-2232=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ESPOS 12-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-ESPOS-2023-2232=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS 12-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-LTSS-2023-2232=1

Package List:

  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 (nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-default-4.12.14-95.125.1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 (x86_64)