Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 19 for SLE 15 SP2)

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:0238-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2021-42739 ( SUSE ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2021-42739 ( NVD ): 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2022-0185 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2022-0185 ( NVD ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/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 two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-24_83 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2022-0185: Incorrect param length parsing in legacy_parse_param which could have led to a local privilege escalation (bsc#1194517).
  • CVE-2021-42739: The firewire subsystem had a buffer overflow related to drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-avc.c and drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-ci.c, because avc_ca_pmt mishandled bounds checking (bsc#1184673).

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-SP2-2022-229=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP2-2022-238=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP2 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_20-debugsource-4-2.3
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_86-default-4-2.3
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_83-default-4-2.2
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_19-debugsource-4-2.2
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_83-default-debuginfo-4-2.2
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_86-default-debuginfo-4-2.3

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