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SUSE 15-SP2: 2021:3933-1 Important: Kernel Security Fixes

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Calendar Grey December 6, 2021
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Linux Kernel upgrade tackles serious vulnerabilities by implementing effective patches and enhancements, boosting overall system robustness.
An update that solves 6 vulnerabilities, contains one feature and has 21 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: - Unprivileged BPF has been disabled by default to reduce attack surface as too many security issues have happened in the past (jsc#SLE-22573) You can reenable via systemctl setting /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_bpf_disabled to 0. (kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled = 0) - CVE-2021-0941: In bpf_skb_change_head of filter.c, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a use after free. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation (bnc#1192045). - CVE-2021-31916: An out-of-bounds (OOB) memory write flaw was found in

References

#1094840 #1133021 #1152489 #1169263 #1170269

#1188601 #1190523 #1190795 #1191790 #1191851

#1191958 #1191961 #1191980 #1192045 #1192229

#1192273 #1192328 #1192718 #1192740 #1192745

#1192750 #1192753 #1192781 #1192802 #1192896

#1192906 #1192918 SLE-22573

Cross- CVE-2021-0941 CVE-2021-20322 CVE-2021-31916

CVE-2021-34981 CVE-2021-37159 CVE-2021-43389

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-0941 (SUSE): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2021-20322 (SUSE): 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVE-2021-31916 (NVD) : 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2021-31916 (SUSE): 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2021-34981 (SUSE): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:3933-1
Rating: important

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