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SUSE 15 SP3: 2021:3641-1 Important Kernel Update: Critical Threats

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Calendar Grey November 9, 2021
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SUSE Security Update addresses 13 vulnerabilities in the Linux Kernel, spotlighting crucial flaws that necessitate urgent corrective measures.
An update that solves 13 vulnerabilities and has 43 fixes is now available

Summary

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3 Azure kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2021-3772: Fixed sctp vtag check in sctp_sf_ootb (bsc#1190351). - CVE-2021-3655: Fixed a missing size validations on inbound SCTP packets, which may have allowed the kernel to read uninitialized memory (bsc#1188563). - CVE-2021-43056: Fixed possible KVM host crash via malicious KVM guest on Power8 (bnc#1192107). - CVE-2021-3896: Fixed a array-index-out-bounds in detach_capi_ctr in drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c (bsc#1191958). - CVE-2021-3760: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability with the ndev->rf_conn_info object (bsc#1190067). - CVE-2021-42739: The firewire subsystem had a buffer overflow related to drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-avc.c and

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Cross- CVE-2021-33033 CVE-2021-34866 CVE-2021-3542

CVE-2021-3655 CVE-2021-3715 CVE-2021-3760

CVE-2021-3772 CVE-2021-3896 CVE-2021-41864

CVE-2021-42008 CVE-2021-42252 CVE-2021-42739

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:3641-1
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