Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 19 for SLE 15 SP2)
Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2022:0238-1 |
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Rating: | important |
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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:
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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:
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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