Security update for the Linux Kernel

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:3617-1
Release Date: 2024-10-14T12:07:08Z
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2024-38538 ( SUSE ): 4.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2024-38538 ( NVD ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-40902 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2024-40902 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-42104 ( SUSE ): 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2024-42104 ( SUSE ): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-42104 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-42148 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-42148 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-45021 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-45021 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE 11-SP4

An update that solves five vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

  • CVE-2024-38538: net: bridge: xmit: make sure we have at least eth header len bytes (bsc#1226606).
  • CVE-2024-40902: jfs: xattr: fix buffer overflow for invalid xattr (bsc#1227764).
  • CVE-2024-42104: nilfs2: add missing check for inode numbers on directory entries (bsc#1228654).
  • CVE-2024-42148: Fix multiple UBSAN array-index-out-of-bounds (bsc#1228487).
  • CVE-2024-45021: memcg_write_event_control(): fix a user-triggerable oops (bsc#1230434).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

  • alarmtimer: Lock k_itimer during timer callback (bsc#1214298).
  • alarmtimers: Add alarm_forward functionality (bsc#1214298).
  • alarmtimers: Change alarmtimer functions to return alarmtimer_restart (bsc#1214298).
  • alarmtimers: Push rearming peroidic timers down into alamrtimer (bsc#1214298).
  • alarmtimers: Remove interval cap limit hack (bsc#1214298).
  • kABI fix for alarmtimer_restart functionality (bsc#1214298).
  • kABI fix update for alarm_forward (bsc#1214298).

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 Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-11-SP4-LTSS-EXTREME-CORE-2024-3617=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-11-SP4-LTSS-EXTREME-CORE-2024-3617=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE 11-SP4 (nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-default-3.0.101-108.165.1
    • kernel-xen-3.0.101-108.165.1
    • kernel-trace-3.0.101-108.165.1
    • kernel-ec2-3.0.101-108.165.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE 11-SP4 (x86_64)
    • kernel-default-base-3.0.101-108.165.1
    • kernel-xen-base-3.0.101-108.165.1
    • kernel-default-devel-3.0.101-108.165.1
    • kernel-ec2-base-3.0.101-108.165.1
    • kernel-trace-devel-3.0.101-108.165.1
    • kernel-source-3.0.101-108.165.1
    • kernel-xen-devel-3.0.101-108.165.1
    • kernel-ec2-devel-3.0.101-108.165.1
    • kernel-trace-base-3.0.101-108.165.1
    • kernel-syms-3.0.101-108.165.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-default-3.0.101-108.165.1
    • kernel-xen-3.0.101-108.165.1
    • kernel-trace-3.0.101-108.165.1
    • kernel-ec2-3.0.101-108.165.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (x86_64)
    • kernel-default-base-3.0.101-108.165.1
    • kernel-xen-base-3.0.101-108.165.1
    • kernel-default-devel-3.0.101-108.165.1
    • kernel-ec2-base-3.0.101-108.165.1
    • kernel-trace-devel-3.0.101-108.165.1
    • kernel-source-3.0.101-108.165.1
    • kernel-xen-devel-3.0.101-108.165.1
    • kernel-ec2-devel-3.0.101-108.165.1
    • kernel-trace-base-3.0.101-108.165.1
    • kernel-syms-3.0.101-108.165.1

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