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SUSE 15 SP1: 2021:0853-1 Important Linux Kernel Live Patch Update

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Calendar Grey March 17, 2021
Dist Suse Esm H88
DEBIAN Security Bulletin resolves urgent issues in the Linux Kernel, providing guidelines for applying Update 21.
An update that solves 5 vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available

Summary

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.12.14-197_72 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2020-29368: Fixed an issue in copy-on-write implementation which could have granted unintended write access because of a race condition in a THP mapcount check (bsc#1179664). - Fixed an issue where NFS client filesystems got unmounted on fail-over (bsc#1182468). - CVE-2021-3347: Fixed a use-after-free in the PI futexes during fault handling, allowing local users to execute code in the kernel (bsc#1181553). - CVE-2020-27786: Fixed a potential user after free which could have led to memory corruption or privilege escalation (bsc#1179616). - CVE-2020-28374: Fixed insufficient identifier checking in the LIO SCSI target code which could have been used by remote attackers to read or

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References

#1178684 #1179616 #1179664 #1180859 #1181553

#1182468

Cross- CVE-2020-27786 CVE-2020-28374 CVE-2020-29368

CVE-2021-0342 CVE-2021-3347

CVSS scores:

CVE-2020-27786 (NVD) : 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2020-27786 (SUSE): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2020-28374 (NVD) : 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVE-2020-28374 (SUSE): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVE-2020-29368 (NVD) : 7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2020-29368 (SUSE): 7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2021-0342 (NVD) : 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2021-0342 (SUSE): 7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:0853-1
Rating: important

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