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openSUSE 15 SP4: SUSE-SU-2023:4872-1 Important Local Escalation Fix

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Calendar Grey December 14, 2023
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This security bulletin for the Linux Kernel outlines critical patches addressing issues related to local privilege escalation vulnerabilities.
This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150400_24_81 fixes several issues

Description

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150400_24_81 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

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

exploited to achieve local privilege escalation (bsc#1213584).

* CVE-2023-3777: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability in netfilter: nf_tables

component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.

(bsc#1215097)

* CVE-2023-5345: Fixed an use-after-free vulnerability in the fs/smb/client

component which could be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.

(bsc#1215971)

* CVE-2023-4622: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability in the Unix domain

sockets component which could be exploited to achieve local privilege

escalation (bsc#1215442).

* CVE-2023-2163: Fixed an incorrect verifier pruning in BPF that could lead to

unsafe code paths being incorrectly marked as safe, resulting in arbitrary

read/write in kernel memory, lateral privilege...

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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 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-4872=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2023-4872=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_81-default-debuginfo-4-150400.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_81-default-4-150400.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_16-debugsource-4-150400.2.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_81-default-debuginfo-4-150400.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_81-default-4-150400.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_16-debugsource-4-150400.2.1

References

* bsc#1213584

* bsc#1215097

* bsc#1215442

* bsc#1215519

* bsc#1215971

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2163.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3610.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3777.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4622.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5345.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213584

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215097

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215442

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215519

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215971

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4872-1
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