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SUSE 15 SP2: 2021:1238-1 Important: Kernel Security Updates

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Calendar Grey April 16, 2021
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Crucial SUSE Linux kernel upgrade addresses 33 vulnerabilities and bolsters security measures. Reboot advised post-installation.
An update that solves 33 vulnerabilities and has 86 fixes is now available

Summary

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP2 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2021-3444: Fixed an issue with the bpf verifier which did not properly handle mod32 destination register truncation when the source register was known to be 0 leading to out of bounds read (bsc#1184170). - CVE-2021-3428: Fixed an integer overflow in ext4_es_cache_extent (bsc#1173485). - CVE-2021-29647: Fixed an issue in qrtr_recvmsg which could have allowed attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory because of a partially uninitialized data structure (bsc#1184192 ). - CVE-2021-29265: Fixed an issue in usbip_sockfd_store which could have allowed attackers to cause a denial of service due to race conditions

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1238-1
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