Explore top 10 tips to secure your open-source projects now. Read More

×
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 565
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 565

SUSE: 2022:1303-1 Important: Local Privilege Escalation In Kernel Patch

suse
Calendar Grey April 22, 2022
Scroller Suse
SUSE Security Notification: Important update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 21 for SLE 12 SP5) Release.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.12.14-95_74 fixes one issue. The following security issue was fixed: - CVE-2022-27666: Fixed a buffer overflow vulnerability in IPsec ESP transformation code. This flaw allowed a local attacker with a normal user privilege to overwrite kernel heap objects and may cause a local privilege escalation. (bnc#1197462) 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 Live Patching 12-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-SP4-2022-1303=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP4 (ppc64le s390x x86_64): kgraft-patch-4_12_14-95_74-default-14-2.2

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow local privilege escalation kernel patch important SUSE live patching

References

#1197133

Cross- CVE-2022-27666

CVSS scores:

CVE-2022-27666 (NVD) : 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-27666 (SUSE): 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-27666.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1197133

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:1303-1
Rating: important

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow local privilege escalation kernel patch important SUSE live patching

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.