Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 18 for SLE 15 SP2)

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2022:2776-1
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#1200605 bsc#1201080 bsc#1201517 bsc#1201656 bsc#1201657
Cross-References:	CVE-2022-1679 CVE-2022-20141 CVE-2022-26490 CVE-2022-28389 CVE-2022-28390
CVSS scores:	CVE-2022-1679 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2022-1679 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2022-20141 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2022-20141 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2022-26490 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2022-26490 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2022-28389 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2022-28389 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2022-28390 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2022-28390 ( 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 High Performance Computing 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2

An update that solves five vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-24_78 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

• CVE-2022-28389: Fixed a double free in drivers/net/can/usb/mcba_usb.c vulnerability in the Linux kernel. (bnc#1198033)
• CVE-2022-26490: Fixed a buffer overflow in the st21nfca driver. An attacker with adjacent NFC access could crash the system or corrupt the system memory. (bsc#1196830)
• CVE-2022-28390: Fixed a double free in drivers/net/can/usb/ems_usb.c vulnerability in the Linux kernel (bnc#1198031).
• CVE-2022-1679: Fixed a use-after-free in the Atheros wireless driver in the way a user forces the ath9k_htc_wait_for_target function to fail with some input messages (bsc#1199487).
• CVE-2022-20141: Fixed a possible use after free due to improper locking in ip_check_mc_rcu() (bsc#1200604).

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-SP2-2022-2771=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP2-2022-2777=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP2-2022-2778=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP2-2022-2783=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP2-2022-2775=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP2-2022-2776=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP2-2022-2772=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP2-2022-2774=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP2 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_86-default-15-150200.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_19-debugsource-15-150200.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_78-default-debuginfo-17-150200.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_21-debugsource-14-150200.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_23-debugsource-12-150200.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_18-debugsource-17-150200.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_83-default-debuginfo-15-150200.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_22-debugsource-13-150200.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_99-default-12-150200.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_102-default-11-150200.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_86-default-debuginfo-15-150200.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_83-default-15-150200.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_93-default-14-150200.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_24-debugsource-11-150200.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_96-default-debuginfo-13-150200.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_96-default-13-150200.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_99-default-debuginfo-12-150200.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_102-default-debuginfo-11-150200.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_107-default-debuginfo-10-150200.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_20-debugsource-15-150200.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_78-default-17-150200.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_107-default-10-150200.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_93-default-debuginfo-14-150200.2.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_25-debugsource-10-150200.2.2

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1679.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-20141.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-26490.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-28389.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-28390.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1200605
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201080
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201517
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201656
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201657