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openSUSE 15 SP5: 2023:3180-1 Important: Kernel Security Update

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Calendar Grey August 3, 2023
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A crucial security patch was rolled out for the Linux kernel, targeting several vulnerabilities that affect both servers and various systems.
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 Azure kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes

Description

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

security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

* 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 privileges on the system (bsc#1213543).

* CVE-2023-35001: Fixed an out-of-bounds memory access flaw in nft_byteorder

that could allow a local attacker to escalate their privilege (bsc#1213059).

* CVE-2023-31248: Fixed an use-after-free vulnerability in

nft_chain_lookup_byid that could allow a local attacker to escalate their

privilege (bsc#1213061).

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

subsystem when processing...

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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-2023-3180=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-3180=1

* Public Cloud Module 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-15-SP5-2023-3180=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 x86_64)

* kernel-syms-azure-5.14.21-150500.33.11.1

* kernel-azure-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.33.11.1

* dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.33.11.1

* kselftests-kmp-azure-5.14.21-150500.33.11.1

* ocfs2-kmp-azure-5.14.21-150500.33.11.1

* kernel-azure-devel-5.14.21-150500.33.11.1

* kernel-azure-livepatch-devel-5.14.21-150500.33.11.1

* gfs2-kmp-azure-5.14.21-150500.33.11.1

* kernel-azure-debugsource-5.14.21-150500.33.11.1

* reiserfs-kmp-azure-5.14.21-150500.33.11.1

* kernel-azure-optional-5.14.21-150500.33.11.1

* dlm-kmp-azure-5.14.21-150500.33.11.1

* gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.33.11.1

* cluster-md-kmp-azure-5.14.21-150500.33.11.1

* kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.33.11.1

* kernel-azure-extra-5.14.21-150500.33.11.1

* kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.33.11.1

* cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.33.11.1

* kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.33.11.1

* ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.33.11.1

*...

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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

* #1213311

* #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-2023:3180-1
Rating: important

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