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openSUSE Leap 15.3: 2022:0043-2 Critical: Kernel Memory Leak Issue

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Calendar Grey January 11, 2022
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openSUSE Security Patch targets a significant risk in systemd, resolving denial of service vulnerabilities among other concerns.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available

Description

This update for systemd fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2021-3997: Fixed an uncontrolled recursion in systemd's

systemd-tmpfiles which could cause a minor denial of service.

(bsc#1194178)

Special Instructions and Notes:

Please reboot the system after installing this update.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service openSUSE systemd

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-15.3-2022-43=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

libsystemd0-246.16-7.33.1

libsystemd0-debuginfo-246.16-7.33.1

libudev-devel-246.16-7.33.1

libudev1-246.16-7.33.1

libudev1-debuginfo-246.16-7.33.1

nss-myhostname-246.16-7.33.1

nss-myhostname-debuginfo-246.16-7.33.1

nss-mymachines-246.16-7.33.1

nss-mymachines-debuginfo-246.16-7.33.1

nss-resolve-246.16-7.33.1

nss-resolve-debuginfo-246.16-7.33.1

nss-systemd-246.16-7.33.1

nss-systemd-debuginfo-246.16-7.33.1

systemd-246.16-7.33.1

systemd-container-246.16-7.33.1

systemd-container-debuginfo-246.16-7.33.1

systemd-coredump-246.16-7.33.1

systemd-coredump-debuginfo-246.16-7.33.1

systemd-debuginfo-246.16-7.33.1

systemd-debugsource-246.16-7.33.1

systemd-devel-246.16-7.33.1

systemd-doc-246.16-7.33.1

systemd-journal-remote-246.16-7.33.1

systemd-journal-remote-debuginfo-246.16-7.33.1

systemd-logger-246.16-7.33.1

systemd-network-246.16-7.33.1

systemd-network-debuginfo-246.16-7.33.1

systemd-sysvinit-246.16-7.33.1

udev-246.16-7.33.1

udev-debuginfo-246.16-7.33.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3...

Read the Full Advisory

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3997.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178561

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190515

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1194178

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2022:0043-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.3 ble.

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