Security update for runc

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:4059-1
Rating: moderate
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2021-43784 ( NVD ): 6.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Affected Products:
  • Containers Module 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for runc fixes the following issues:

Update to runc v1.0.3.

  • CVE-2021-43784: Fixed a potential vulnerability related to the internal usage of netlink, which is believed to not be exploitable with any released versions of runc (bsc#1193436)
  • Fixed inability to start a container with read-write bind mount of a read-only fuse host mount.
  • Fixed inability to start when read-only /dev in set in spec.
  • Fixed not removing sub-cgroups upon container delete, when rootless cgroup v2 is used with older systemd.
  • Fixed returning error from GetStats when hugetlb is unsupported (which causes excessive logging for kubernetes).

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:

  • Containers Module 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2021-4059=1

Package List:

  • Containers Module 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • runc-1.0.3-16.18.1
    • runc-debuginfo-1.0.3-16.18.1

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