Security update for the Linux Kernel RT (Live Patch 3 for SLE 15 SP5)

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4766-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2023-2163 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2023-2163 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-3610 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-3610 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-3777 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-3777 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-4622 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-4622 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-5345 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-5345 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

An update that solves five vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150500_13_11 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2023-3610: Fixed use-after-free vulnerability in nf_tables can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation (bsc#1213584).
  • CVE-2023-3777: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability in netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. (bsc#1215097)
  • CVE-2023-5345: Fixed an use-after-free vulnerability in the fs/smb/client component which could be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. (bsc#1215971)
  • CVE-2023-4622: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability in the Unix domain sockets component which could be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation (bsc#1215442).
  • CVE-2023-2163: Fixed an incorrect verifier pruning in BPF that could lead to unsafe code paths being incorrectly marked as safe, resulting in arbitrary read/write in kernel memory, lateral privilege escalation, and container escape. (bsc#1215519)

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-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2023-4766=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2023-4767=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2023-4768=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2023-4769=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2023-4770=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2023-4771=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2023-4786=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2023-4772=1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-4777=1 SUSE-2023-4778=1 SUSE-2023-4798=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2023-4777=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2023-4778=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2023-4798=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4 (x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_15_46-rt-4-150400.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_15_11-rt-debuginfo-10-150400.2.2
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4-RT_Update_6-debugsource-8-150400.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4-RT_Update_7-debugsource-8-150400.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_15_46-rt-debuginfo-4-150400.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_15_23-rt-8-150400.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_15_18-rt-9-150400.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_15_40-rt-debuginfo-5-150400.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4-RT_Update_5-debugsource-9-150400.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_15_28-rt-8-150400.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_15_23-rt-debuginfo-8-150400.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4-RT_Update_11-debugsource-4-150400.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_15_18-rt-debuginfo-9-150400.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_15_40-rt-5-150400.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_15_8-rt-11-150400.2.2
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4-RT_Update_3-debugsource-10-150400.2.2
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_15_37-rt-debuginfo-5-150400.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4-RT_Update_9-debugsource-5-150400.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_15_8-rt-debuginfo-11-150400.2.2
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_15_11-rt-10-150400.2.2
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4-RT_Update_2-debugsource-11-150400.2.2
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_15_37-rt-5-150400.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4-RT_Update_8-debugsource-5-150400.2.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_11-rt-6-150500.15.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_11-rt-debuginfo-4-150500.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_5-rt-5-150500.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_0-debugsource-6-150500.15.1
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_1-debugsource-5-150500.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_5-rt-debuginfo-5-150500.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_11-rt-4-150500.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_11-rt-debuginfo-6-150500.15.1
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_3-debugsource-4-150500.2.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5 (x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_11-rt-6-150500.15.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_11-rt-debuginfo-4-150500.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_5-rt-5-150500.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_0-debugsource-6-150500.15.1
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_1-debugsource-5-150500.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_5-rt-debuginfo-5-150500.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_11-rt-4-150500.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_11-rt-debuginfo-6-150500.15.1
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_3-debugsource-4-150500.2.1

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