SUSE: 2022:2549-1 Important: Addressing Kernel Issues and Risks
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July 26, 2022
An update that solves 11 vulnerabilities and has 49 fixes is now available
Summary
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2022-29900, CVE-2022-29901: Fixed the RETBLEED attack, a new Spectre like Branch Target Buffer attack, that can leak arbitrary kernel information (bsc#1199657). - CVE-2022-34918: Fixed a buffer overflow with nft_set_elem_init() that could be used by a local attacker to escalate privileges (bnc#1201171). - CVE-2021-26341: Some AMD CPUs may transiently execute beyond unconditional direct branches, which may potentially result in data leakage (bsc#1201050). - CVE-2022-1679: Fixed a use-after-free in the Atheros wireless driver in the way a user forces the ath9k_htc_wait_for_target function to fail with some input messages (bsc#1199487).
References
#1065729 #1179195 #1180814 #1184924 #1185762
#1192761 #1193629 #1194013 #1195504 #1195775
#1196901 #1197362 #1197754 #1198020 #1198924
#1199482 #1199487 #1199489 #1199657 #1200217
#1200263 #1200343 #1200442 #1200571 #1200599
#1200600 #1200604 #1200605 #1200608 #1200619
#1200622 #1200692 #1200806 #1200807 #1200809
#1200810 #1200813 #1200816 #1200820 #1200821
#1200822 #1200825 #1200828 #1200829 #1200925
#1201050 #1201080 #1201143 #1201147 #1201149
#1201160 #1201171 #1201177 #1201193 #1201222
#1201644 #1201664 #1201672 #1201673 #1201676
Cross- CVE-2021-26341 CVE-2021-4157 CVE-2022-1012
CVE-2022-1679 CVE-2022-20132 CVE-2022-20141
CVE-2022-20154 CVE-2022-29900 CVE-2022-29901
CVE-2022-3...
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:2549-1
Rating: important
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