Security update for kernel-firmware

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4655-1
Rating: important
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2021-26345 ( SUSE ): 1.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2021-26345 ( NVD ): 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2021-46766 ( SUSE ): 2.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2021-46766 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2021-46774 ( SUSE ): 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L
  • CVE-2021-46774 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2022-23820 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2022-23820 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2022-23830 ( SUSE ): 1.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2022-23830 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2023-20519 ( SUSE ): 6.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2023-20519 ( NVD ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2023-20521 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2023-20521 ( NVD ): 5.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-20526 ( SUSE ): 1.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2023-20526 ( NVD ): 4.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2023-20533 ( SUSE ): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H
  • CVE-2023-20533 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-20566 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2023-20566 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2023-20592 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2023-20592 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves 11 vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for kernel-firmware fixes the following issues:

Update AMD ucode to 20231030 (bsc#1215831):

  • CVE-2022-23820: Failure to validate the AMD SMM communication buffer may allow an attacker to corrupt the SMRAM potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.
  • CVE-2021-46774: Insufficient input validation in ABL may enable a privileged attacker to perform arbitrary DRAM writes, potentially resulting in code execution and privilege escalation.
  • CVE-2023-20533: Insufficient DRAM address validation in System Management Unit (SMU) may allow an attacker using DMA to read/write from/to invalid DRAM address potentially resulting in denial-of-service. 0 CVE-2023-20519: A Use-After-Free vulnerability in the management of an SNP guest context page may allow a malicious hypervisor to masquerade as the guest's migration agent resulting in a potential loss of guest integrity.
  • CVE-2023-20566: Improper address validation in ASP with SNP enabled may potentially allow an attacker to compromise guest memory integrity.
  • CVE-2023-20521: TOCTOU in the ASP Bootloader may allow an attacker with physical access to tamper with SPI ROM records after memory content verification, potentially leading to loss of confidentiality or a denial of service.
  • CVE-2021-46766: Improper clearing of sensitive data in the ASP Bootloader may expose secret keys to a privileged attacker accessing ASP SRAM, potentially leading to a loss of confidentiality.
  • CVE-2022-23830: SMM configuration may not be immutable, as intended, when SNP is enabled resulting in a potential limited loss of guest memory integrity.
  • CVE-2023-20526: Insufficient input validation in the ASP Bootloader may enable a privileged attacker with physical access to expose the contents of ASP memory potentially leading to a loss of confidentiality.
  • CVE-2021-26345: Failure to validate the value in APCB may allow an attacker with physical access to tamper with the APCB token to force an out-of-bounds memory read potentially resulting in a denial of service.
  • CVE-2023-20592: Issue with INVD instruction aka CacheWarpAttack (bsc#1215823).

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 High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-4655=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-4655=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-4655=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (noarch)
    • kernel-firmware-20190618-5.34.1
    • ucode-amd-20190618-5.34.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (noarch)
    • kernel-firmware-20190618-5.34.1
    • ucode-amd-20190618-5.34.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (noarch)
    • kernel-firmware-20190618-5.34.1
    • ucode-amd-20190618-5.34.1

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