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SUSE: 2022:1012-1 Important: Kernel Live Patch 27 Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey March 29, 2022
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has released a crucial security update targeting two significant kernel vulnerabilities in Live Patch 27 for SLE 12 SP5, which strengthens system defenses.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.12.14-122_106 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2022-0487: A use-after-free vulnerability was found in rtsx_usb_ms_drv_remove() in drivers/memstick/host/rtsx_usb_ms.c (bsc#1194516). - CVE-2022-0492: Fixed a privilege escalation related to cgroups v1 release_agent feature, which allowed bypassing namespace isolation unexpectedly (bsc#1195543). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2022-1000=1 SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2022-1001=1 SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2022-1002=1

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security advisory privilege escalation kernel patch important SUSE use-after-free live patching

References

#1195908 #1195949

Cross- CVE-2022-0487 CVE-2022-0492

CVSS scores:

CVE-2022-0487 (NVD) : 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVE-2022-0487 (SUSE): 7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-0492 (NVD) : 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-0492 (SUSE): 7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Live Patching 15

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Live Patching 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Live Pat...

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:1012-1
Rating: important

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security advisory privilege escalation kernel patch important SUSE use-after-free live patching

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