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openSUSE 2023:0409-1 Important: Kernel Update Fixes Two Issues

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Calendar Grey February 14, 2023
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Important patch released for SUSE Linux Kernel targeting two vulnerabilities with corrective measures. System reboot needed after applying the update.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has 6 fixes is now available.

Description

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

various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

- CVE-2022-3606: Fixed a null pointer dereference inside the function

find_prog_by_sec_insn of the file tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c of the

component BPF (bnc#1204502).

- CVE-2023-0179: Fixed incorrect arithmetics when fetching VLAN header

bits (bsc#1207034).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

- KVM: VMX: fix crash cleanup when KVM wasn't used (bsc#1207508).

- RDMA/core: Fix ib block iterator counter overflow (bsc#1207878).

- bcache: fix set_at_max_writeback_rate() for multiple attached devices

(git-fixes).

- blktrace: Fix output non-blktrace event when blk_classic option enabled

(git-fixes).

- blktrace: ensure our debugfs dir exists (git-fixes).

- dm btree: add a defensive bounds check to insert_at() (git-fixes).

- dm cache: Fix ABBA deadlock between shrink_slab and

...

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE 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 Micro 5.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.2-2023-409=1

- openSUSE Leap 15.4:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-409=1

- SUSE Manager Server 4.2:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.2-2023-409=1

- SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.2-2023-409=1

- SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.2-2023-409=1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP3:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP3-2023-409=1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP3-LTSS:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP3-LTSS-2023-409=1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime Extension 15-SP3:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-RT-15-SP3-2023-409=1

- SUSE Linux...

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Package List

- openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 (aarch64 x86_64):

kernel-default-5.3.18-150300.59.112.1

kernel-default-base-5.3.18-150300.59.112.1.150300.18.64.1

kernel-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150300.59.112.1

kernel-default-debugsource-5.3.18-150300.59.112.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64):

dtb-al-5.3.18-150300.59.112.1

dtb-zte-5.3.18-150300.59.112.1

- SUSE Manager Server 4.2 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

kernel-default-5.3.18-150300.59.112.1

kernel-default-base-5.3.18-150300.59.112.1.150300.18.64.1

kernel-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150300.59.112.1

kernel-default-debugsource-5.3.18-150300.59.112.1

kernel-default-devel-5.3.18-150300.59.112.1

kernel-default-devel-debuginfo-5.3.18-150300.59.112.1

- SUSE Manager Server 4.2 (x86_64):

kernel-preempt-5.3.18-150300.59.112.1

kernel-preempt-debuginfo-5.3.18-150300.59.112.1

kernel-preempt-debugsource-5.3.18-150300.59.112.1

- SUSE Manager Server 4.2 (noarch):

kernel-devel-5.3.18-150300.59.112.1

kernel-macros-5.3.18-150300.59.112.1

- SUSE Manager Server 4.2 (s390x):

kernel-zfcpdump-5.3.18-150300.59.1...

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References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3606.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0179.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1195175

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1204502

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1206677

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1207034

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1207497

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1207508

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1207769

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1207878

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:0409-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 15-SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP3-ESPOS SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP3-LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Live Patching 15-SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime Extension 15-SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP3-LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP3 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 SUSE Manager Server 4.2 openSUSE Leap 15.4 openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 le.

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