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SUSE: 2021:6678-3 Urgent Kernel Update Now Accessible for Users

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Calendar Grey October 12, 2021
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A recent security bulletin for the Linux Kernel highlights critical vulnerabilities and provides guidance on patching procedures specifically tailored for SUSE distributions.
An update that solves 6 vulnerabilities and has 44 fixes is now available

Summary

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP2 kernel was updated to 3.12.31 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2020-3702: Fixed a bug which could be triggered with specifically timed and handcrafted traffic and cause internal errors in a WLAN device that lead to improper layer 2 Wi-Fi encryption with a consequent possibility of information disclosure. (bnc#1191193) - CVE-2021-3752: Fixed a use after free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's bluetooth module. (bsc#1190023) - CVE-2021-40490: Fixed a race condition discovered in the ext4 subsystem that could leat to local priviledge escalation. (bnc#1190159) - CVE-2021-3744: Fixed a bug which could allows attackers to cause a denial of service. (bsc#1189884) - CVE-2021-3764: Fixed a bug which could allows attackers to cause a

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#1065729 #1148868 #1152489 #1154353 #1159886

#1167773 #1170774 #1173746 #1176940 #1184439

#1184804 #1185302 #1185677 #1185726 #1185762

#1187167 #1188067 #1188651 #1188986 #1189297

#1189841 #1189884 #1190023 #1190062 #1190115

#1190159 #1190358 #1190406 #1190432 #1190467

#1190523 #1190534 #1190543 #1190576 #1190595

#1190596 #1190598 #1190620 #1190626 #1190679

#1190705 #1190717 #1190746 #1190758 #1190784

#1190785 #1191172 #1191193 #1191240 #1191292

Cross- CVE-2020-3702 CVE-2021-3669 CVE-2021-3744

CVE-2021-3752 CVE-2021-3764 CVE-2021-40490

CVSS scores:

CVE-2020-3702 (NVD) : 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVE-2020-3702 (SUSE): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:3339-1
Rating: important

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