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openSUSE 15 SP5: 2023:3599-1 Important Kernel Security Fix

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Calendar Grey September 14, 2023
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OpenSUSE has released a critical security advisory on several vulnerabilities in the Linux Kernel, urging users and admins to apply patches swiftly for enhanced security.
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 RT kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes

Description

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

security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

* CVE-2022-38457: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability in vmwgfx driver that

allowed a local attacker to cause a denial of service (bsc#1203330).

* CVE-2022-40133: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability in vmwgfx driver that

allowed a local attacker to cause a denial of service (bsc#1203329).

* CVE-2023-2007: Fixed a flaw in the DPT I2O Controller driver that could

allow an attacker to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the

context of the kernel (bsc#1210448).

* CVE-2023-3610: Fixed use-after-free vulnerability in nf_tables can be

exploited to achieve local privilege escalation (bsc#1213580).

* CVE-2023-3772: Fixed a flaw in XFRM subsystem that may have allowed a

malicious user with CAP_NET_ADMIN privileges to directly dereference a NULL

pointer leading to a possible kernel crash and denial of service

(bsc#1213666).

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Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE 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-2023-3599=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-3599=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2023-3599=1

* SUSE Real Time Module 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-RT-15-SP5-2023-3599=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)

* kernel-source-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.14.1

* kernel-devel-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.14.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_4-debugsource-1-150500.11.3.1

* kernel-rt-livepatch-5.14.21-150500.13.14.1

* kselftests-kmp-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.14.1

* ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.14.1

* gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.14.1

* kernel-rt-optional-5.14.21-150500.13.14.1

* reiserfs-kmp-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.14.1

* kernel-rt-debugsource-5.14.21-150500.13.14.1

* kernel-rt-devel-5.14.21-150500.13.14.1

* gfs2-kmp-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.14.1

* kernel-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.14.1

* kernel-rt-extra-5.14.21-150500.13.14.1

* kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-devel-5.14.21-150500.13.14.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_14-rt-debuginfo-1-150500.11.3.1

* dlm-kmp-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.14.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_14-rt-1-150500.11.3.1

* kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.14.1

* kernel-rt-livepatch-devel-5.14.21-150500.13.14.1

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References

* #1023051

* #1120059

* #1177719

* #1188885

* #1193629

* #1194869

* #1203329

* #1203330

* #1205462

* #1206453

* #1208902

* #1208949

* #1209284

* #1209799

* #1210048

* #1210448

* #1211220

* #1212091

* #1212142

* #1212423

* #1212526

* #1212857

* #1212873

* #1213026

* #1213123

* #1213546

* #1213580

* #1213601

* #1213666

* #1213733

* #1213757

* #1213759

* #1213916

* #1213921

* #1213927

* #1213946

* #1213949

* #1213968

* #1213970

* #1213971

* #1214000

* #1214019

* #1214073

* #1214120

* #1214149

* #1214180

* #1214233

* #1214238

* #1214285

* #1214297

* #1214299

* #1214305

* #1214350

* #1214368

* #1214370

* #1214371

* #1214372

* #1214380

* #1214386

* #1214392

* #1214393

* #1214397

* #1214404

* #1214428

* #1214451

* #1214659

* #1214661

* #1214727

* #1214729

* #1214742

* #1214743

* #1214756

* #1214976

* PED-3924

* PED-4579

* PED-4759

* PED-4927

* PED-4929

* PED-5738

* PED-6003

* PED-6004

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-38457.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-40133.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2007.html

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:3599-1
Rating: important

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