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SUSE Linux 12 SP5: 2020:3210-1 Critical NFS And Memory Issues Fix

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Calendar Grey November 6, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Linux Kernel enhancement addresses multiple security flaws with essential updates. Upgrade today to strengthen your system's defenses.
An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.12.14-122_26 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2020-14381: Fixed a use-after-free in the fast user mutex (futex) wait operation, which could have lead to memory corruption and possibly privilege escalation (bsc#1176011). - CVE-2020-25212: A TOCTOU mismatch in the NFS client code could be used by local attackers to corrupt memory or possibly have unspecified other impact because a size check is in fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c instead of fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c (bsc#1176381). - CVE-2020-14386: Fixed a memory corruption which could have lead to an attacker gaining root privileges from unprivileged processes. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity (bsc#1176069).

References

#1175992 #1176012 #1176072 #1176382

Cross- CVE-2020-14381 CVE-2020-14386 CVE-2020-24394

CVE-2020-25212

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14381.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14386.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-24394.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25212.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1175992

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1176012

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1176072

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1176382

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:3210-1
Rating: important

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