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openSUSE Leap 15.3: 2021:2415-1 Important: Kernel Security Fixes

opensuse
Calendar Grey July 20, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Revamp protocols to tackle critical vulnerabilities in the Linux Kernel for Fedora, guaranteeing reliability and defense.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Description

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3 kernel was updated to receive various

security and bugfixes.

Security issues fixed:

- CVE-2021-22555: A heap out-of-bounds write was discovered in

net/netfilter/x_tables.c (bnc#1188116).

- CVE-2021-33909: Extremely large seq buffer allocations in seq_file could

lead to buffer underruns and code execution (bsc#1188062).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

- usb: dwc3: Fix debugfs creation flow (git-fixes).

Special Instructions and Notes:

Please reboot the system after installing this update.

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2021-2415=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

cluster-md-kmp-default-5.3.18-59.16.1

cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-59.16.1

dlm-kmp-default-5.3.18-59.16.1

dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-59.16.1

gfs2-kmp-default-5.3.18-59.16.1

gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-59.16.1

kernel-default-5.3.18-59.16.1

kernel-default-base-5.3.18-59.16.1.18.8.1

kernel-default-base-rebuild-5.3.18-59.16.1.18.8.1

kernel-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-59.16.1

kernel-default-debugsource-5.3.18-59.16.1

kernel-default-devel-5.3.18-59.16.1

kernel-default-devel-debuginfo-5.3.18-59.16.1

kernel-default-extra-5.3.18-59.16.1

kernel-default-extra-debuginfo-5.3.18-59.16.1

kernel-default-livepatch-5.3.18-59.16.1

kernel-default-livepatch-devel-5.3.18-59.16.1

kernel-default-optional-5.3.18-59.16.1

kernel-default-optional-debuginfo-5.3.18-59.16.1

kernel-obs-build-5.3.18-59.16.1

kernel-obs-build-debugsource-5.3.18-59.16.1

kernel-obs-qa-5.3.18-59.16.1

kernel-syms-5.3.18-59.16.1

kselftests-kmp-default-5.3.18-59.16.1

kselftests-kmp-default-debug...

Read the Full Advisory

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22555.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33909.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1188062

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1188116

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:2415-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.3 .

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