Security update for the Linux Kernel

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:3390-1
Rating: important
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2022-40982 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2022-40982 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2023-0459 ( SUSE ): 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2023-0459 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2023-20569 ( SUSE ): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2023-20569 ( NVD ): 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2023-20593 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2023-20593 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2023-2985 ( SUSE ): 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-2985 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-3117 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-3117 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-3390 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-3390 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-34319 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-34319 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-35001 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-35001 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-3567 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-3567 ( NVD ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-3609 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-3609 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-3611 ( SUSE ): 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-3611 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-3776 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-3776 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-3812 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-3812 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-4133 ( SUSE ): 5.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-4133 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-4194 ( SUSE ): 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2023-4194 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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 16 vulnerabilities and has eight 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-2022-40982: Fixed transient execution attack called "Gather Data Sampling" (bsc#1206418).
  • CVE-2023-0459: Fixed information leak in __uaccess_begin_nospec (bsc#1211738).
  • CVE-2023-20569: Fixed side channel attack ‘Inception’ or ‘RAS Poisoning’ (bsc#1213287).
  • CVE-2023-20593: Fixed a ZenBleed issue in "Zen 2" CPUs that could allow an attacker to potentially access sensitive information (bsc#1213286).
  • CVE-2023-2985: Fixed an use-after-free vulnerability in hfsplus_put_super in fs/hfsplus/super.c that could allow a local user to cause a denial of service (bsc#1211867).
  • CVE-2023-3117: Fixed an use-after-free vulnerability in the netfilter subsystem when processing named and anonymous sets in batch requests that could allow a local user with CAP_NET_ADMIN capability to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system (bsc#1213245).
  • CVE-2023-3390: Fixed an use-after-free vulnerability in the netfilter subsystem in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c that could allow a local attacker with user access to cause a privilege escalation issue (bsc#1212846).
  • CVE-2023-34319: Fixed buffer overrun triggered by unusual packet in xen/netback (XSA-432) (bsc#1213546).
  • CVE-2023-35001: Fixed an out-of-bounds memory access flaw in nft_byteorder that could allow a local attacker to escalate their privilege (bsc#1213059).
  • CVE-2023-3567: Fixed a use-after-free in vcs_read in drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c (bsc#1213167).
  • CVE-2023-3609: Fixed reference counter leak leading to overflow in net/sched (bsc#1213586).
  • CVE-2023-3611: Fixed an out-of-bounds write in net/sched sch_qfq(bsc#1213585).
  • CVE-2023-3776: Fixed improper refcount update in cls_fw leads to use-after-free (bsc#1213588).
  • CVE-2023-3812: Fixed an out-of-bounds memory access flaw in the TUN/TAP device driver functionality that could allow a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system (bsc#1213543).
  • CVE-2023-4133: Fixed use after free bugs caused by circular dependency problem in cxgb4 (bsc#1213970).
  • CVE-2023-4194: Fixed a type confusion in net tun_chr_open() bsc#1214019).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

  • arm: cpu: switch to arch_cpu_finalize_init() (bsc#1206418).
  • arm: spear: do not use timer namespace for timer_shutdown() function (bsc#1213970).
  • fix kabi when adding new cpuid leaves
  • get module prefix from kmod (bsc#1212835).
  • remove more packaging cruft for sle < 12 sp3
  • cifs: fix open leaks in open_cached_dir() (bsc#1209342).
  • clocksource/drivers/arm_arch_timer: do not use timer namespace for timer_shutdown() function (bsc#1213970).
  • clocksource/drivers/sp804: do not use timer namespace for timer_shutdown() function (bsc#1213970).
  • init, x86: move mem_encrypt_init() into arch_cpu_finalize_init() (bsc#1206418).
  • init: invoke arch_cpu_finalize_init() earlier (bsc#1206418).
  • init: provide arch_cpu_finalize_init() (bsc#1206418).
  • init: remove check_bugs() leftovers (bsc#1206418).
  • kernel-binary.spec.in: remove superfluous %% in supplements fixes: 02b7735e0caf ("rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in: add enhances and supplements tags to in-tree kmps")
  • kernel-docs: add buildrequires on python3-base when using python3 the python3 binary is provided by python3-base.
  • kernel-docs: use python3 together with python3-sphinx (bsc#1212741).
  • keys: do not cache key in task struct if key is requested from kernel thread (bsc#1213354).
  • keys: fix linking a duplicate key to a keyring's assoc_array (bsc#1207088).
  • net/sched: sch_qfq: refactor parsing of netlink parameters (bsc#1213585).
  • net: mana: add support for vlan tagging (bsc#1212301).
  • rpm/check-for-config-changes: ignore also pahole_has_* we now also have options like config_pahole_has_lang_exclude.
  • rpm/check-for-config-changes: ignore also riscv_isa_ and dynamic_sigframe they depend on config_toolchain_has_.
  • timers: add shutdown mechanism to the internal functions (bsc#1213970).
  • timers: provide timer_shutdown_sync (bsc#1213970).
  • timers: rename del_timer() to timer_delete() (bsc#1213970).
  • timers: rename del_timer_sync() to timer_delete_sync() (bsc#1213970).
  • timers: replace bug_on()s (bsc#1213970).
  • timers: silently ignore timers with a null function (bsc#1213970).
  • timers: split [try_to_]del_timer_sync to prepare for shutdown mode (bsc#1213970).
  • timers: update kernel-doc for various functions (bsc#1213970).
  • timers: use del_timer_sync() even on up (bsc#1213970).
  • ubi: fix failure attaching when vid_hdr offset equals to (sub)page size (bsc#1210584).
  • ubi: ensure that vid header offset + vid header size <= alloc, size (bsc#1210584).
  • usrmerge: adjust module path in the kernel sources (bsc#1212835).
  • x86/cpu: switch to arch_cpu_finalize_init() (bsc#1206418).
  • x86/fpu: remove cpuinfo argument from init functions (bsc#1206418).
  • x86/microcode/AMD: Make stub function static inline (bsc#1213868).

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-SP2-2023-3390=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HA-15-SP2-2023-3390=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP2-LTSS-2023-3390=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP2-LTSS-2023-3390=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP2-2023-3390=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP2 (nosrc)
    • kernel-default-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP2 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-default-debugsource-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_39-debugsource-1-150200.5.3.2
    • kernel-default-livepatch-devel-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150200_24_160-default-1-150200.5.3.2
    • kernel-default-livepatch-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150200_24_160-default-debuginfo-1-150200.5.3.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-default-debugsource-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • cluster-md-kmp-default-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • ocfs2-kmp-default-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • dlm-kmp-default-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • gfs2-kmp-default-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP2 (nosrc)
    • kernel-default-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (aarch64 nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-default-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-preempt-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • kernel-default-debugsource-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-obs-build-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-preempt-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-preempt-devel-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-preempt-debugsource-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-obs-build-debugsource-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-default-devel-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-default-base-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2.150200.9.79.2
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-syms-5.3.18-150200.24.160.1
    • kernel-default-devel-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-preempt-devel-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • kernel-devel-5.3.18-150200.24.160.1
    • kernel-source-5.3.18-150200.24.160.1
    • kernel-macros-5.3.18-150200.24.160.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (noarch nosrc)
    • kernel-docs-5.3.18-150200.24.160.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 nosrc)
    • kernel-default-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-default-debugsource-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-obs-build-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-obs-build-debugsource-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • reiserfs-kmp-default-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-default-devel-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-default-base-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2.150200.9.79.2
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-syms-5.3.18-150200.24.160.1
    • kernel-default-devel-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • kernel-devel-5.3.18-150200.24.160.1
    • kernel-source-5.3.18-150200.24.160.1
    • kernel-macros-5.3.18-150200.24.160.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (noarch nosrc)
    • kernel-docs-5.3.18-150200.24.160.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (aarch64 nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-preempt-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • kernel-preempt-debugsource-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-preempt-devel-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-preempt-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-preempt-devel-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 (nosrc ppc64le x86_64)
    • kernel-default-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • kernel-default-debugsource-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-obs-build-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-obs-build-debugsource-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • reiserfs-kmp-default-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-default-devel-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-default-base-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2.150200.9.79.2
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-syms-5.3.18-150200.24.160.1
    • kernel-default-devel-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 (noarch)
    • kernel-devel-5.3.18-150200.24.160.1
    • kernel-source-5.3.18-150200.24.160.1
    • kernel-macros-5.3.18-150200.24.160.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 (noarch nosrc)
    • kernel-docs-5.3.18-150200.24.160.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 (nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-preempt-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 (x86_64)
    • kernel-preempt-debugsource-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-preempt-devel-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-preempt-debuginfo-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2
    • kernel-preempt-devel-5.3.18-150200.24.160.2

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