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openSUSE 2023:3377-1 Important Kernel Security Update Insights

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Calendar Grey August 22, 2023
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Essential kernel security patch for Fedora resolves several significant vulnerabilities, improving overall system performance and defense.
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 Azure kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes

Description

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 Azure kernel was updated to receive various

security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

* CVE-2022-40982: Fixed transient execution attack called "Gather Data

Sampling" (bsc#1206418).

* CVE-2023-0459: Fixed information leak in __uaccess_begin_nospec

(bsc#1211738).

* CVE-2023-20569: Fixed side channel attack ‘Inception’ or ‘RAS Poisoning’

(bsc#1213287).

* CVE-2023-21400: Fixed several memory corruptions due to improper locking in

io_uring (bsc#1213272).

* CVE-2023-2156: Fixed a flaw in the networking subsystem within the handling

of the RPL protocol (bsc#1211131).

* CVE-2023-2166: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in can_rcv_filter

(bsc#1210627).

* CVE-2023-31083: Fixed race condition in hci_uart_tty_ioctl (bsc#1210780).

* CVE-2023-3268: Fixed an out of bounds memory access flaw in

relay_file_read_start_pos in the relayfs (bsc#1212502).

* CVE-2023-3567: Fixed a...

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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 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-3377=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-3377=1

* Public Cloud Module 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-15-SP4-2023-3377=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 x86_64)

* gfs2-kmp-azure-5.14.21-150400.14.63.1

* kernel-syms-azure-5.14.21-150400.14.63.1

* kselftests-kmp-azure-5.14.21-150400.14.63.1

* reiserfs-kmp-azure-5.14.21-150400.14.63.1

* kernel-azure-optional-5.14.21-150400.14.63.1

* kernel-azure-debuginfo-5.14.21-150400.14.63.1

* reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo-5.14.21-150400.14.63.1

* kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo-5.14.21-150400.14.63.1

* cluster-md-kmp-azure-5.14.21-150400.14.63.1

* dlm-kmp-azure-5.14.21-150400.14.63.1

* ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo-5.14.21-150400.14.63.1

* dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo-5.14.21-150400.14.63.1

* kernel-azure-livepatch-devel-5.14.21-150400.14.63.1

* kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo-5.14.21-150400.14.63.1

* gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo-5.14.21-150400.14.63.1

* kernel-azure-extra-5.14.21-150400.14.63.1

* ocfs2-kmp-azure-5.14.21-150400.14.63.1

* kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo-5.14.21-150400.14.63.1

* cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo-5.14.21-150400.14.63.1

* kernel-azure-devel-5.14.21-150400.14.63.1

*...

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References

* #1206418

* #1207129

* #1210627

* #1210780

* #1211131

* #1211738

* #1212502

* #1212604

* #1212901

* #1213167

* #1213272

* #1213287

* #1213304

* #1213588

* #1213620

* #1213653

* #1213713

* #1213715

* #1213747

* #1213756

* #1213759

* #1213777

* #1213810

* #1213812

* #1213856

* #1213857

* #1213863

* #1213867

* #1213870

* #1213871

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-40982.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0459.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20569.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-21400.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2156.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2166.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-31083.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3268.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3567.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3776.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4004.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1206418

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:3377-1
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