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openSUSE: 2023:3172-1 Important Kernel Update Resolves Critical Issues

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Calendar Grey August 3, 2023
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An essential security patch for the Linux Kernel addresses several flaws, improving system resilience and protection.
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes

Description

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 kernel was updated to receive various security

and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

* CVE-2023-2985: Fixed an use-after-free vulnerability in hfsplus_put_super in

fs/hfsplus/super.c that could allow a local user to cause a denial of

service (bsc#1211867).

* CVE-2023-3117: Fixed an use-after-free vulnerability in the netfilter

subsystem when processing named and anonymous sets in batch requests that

could allow a local user with CAP_NET_ADMIN capability to crash or

potentially escalate their privileges on the system (bsc#1213245).

* CVE-2023-3390: Fixed an use-after-free vulnerability in the netfilter

subsystem in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c that could allow a local attacker

with user access to cause a privilege escalation issue (bsc#1212846).

* CVE-2023-3812: Fixed an out-of-bounds memory access flaw in the TUN/TAP

device driver functionality that could allow a local user to crash or

potentially escalate their...

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Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Important 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 15.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-3172=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-3172=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP5-2023-3172=1

* Development Tools Module 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP5-2023-3172=1

* Legacy Module 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Legacy-15-SP5-2023-3172=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2023-3172=1

Please note that this is the initial kernel livepatch without fixes itself, this

package is later updated by separate standalone kernel livepatch updates.

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HA-15-SP5-2023-3172=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15...

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Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch nosrc)

* kernel-docs-5.14.21-150500.55.12.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)

* kernel-source-5.14.21-150500.55.12.1

* kernel-macros-5.14.21-150500.55.12.1

* kernel-source-vanilla-5.14.21-150500.55.12.1

* kernel-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.12.1

* kernel-docs-html-5.14.21-150500.55.12.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (nosrc ppc64le x86_64)

* kernel-debug-5.14.21-150500.55.12.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (ppc64le x86_64)

* kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.55.12.1

* kernel-debug-livepatch-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.12.1

* kernel-debug-debugsource-5.14.21-150500.55.12.1

* kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.55.12.1

* kernel-debug-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.12.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (x86_64)

* kernel-debug-vdso-5.14.21-150500.55.12.1

* kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.55.12.1

* kernel-default-vdso-5.14.21-150500.55.12.1

* kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.55.12.1

* kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.55.12.1

* kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-5.14.21-150500.55.12.1

* openSUSE Leap...

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References

* #1150305

* #1193629

* #1194869

* #1207894

* #1208788

* #1211243

* #1211867

* #1212256

* #1212301

* #1212525

* #1212846

* #1212905

* #1213059

* #1213061

* #1213205

* #1213206

* #1213226

* #1213233

* #1213245

* #1213247

* #1213252

* #1213258

* #1213259

* #1213263

* #1213264

* #1213286

* #1213493

* #1213523

* #1213524

* #1213533

* #1213543

* #1213705

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20593.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2985.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3117.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-31248.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3390.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-35001.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3812.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150305

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1193629

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1194869

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1207894

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1208788

*...

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:3172-1
Rating: important

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