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SUSE Linux Enterprise 12-SP2: 2022:3779-1 Important Kernel Update

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Calendar Grey October 26, 2022
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SUSE has released a crucial Security Update that mitigates potential vulnerabilities in the Linux Kernel, offering essential security enhancements.
An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12-SP2 kernel was updated receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2022-3303: Fixed a race condition in the sound subsystem due to improper locking (bnc#1203769). - CVE-2022-41218: Fixed an use-after-free caused by refcount races in drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c (bnc#1202960). - CVE-2022-3239: Fixed an use-after-free in the video4linux driver that could lead a local user to able to crash the system or escalate their privileges (bnc#1203552). - CVE-2022-2503: Fixed a vulnerability that allowed root to bypass LoadPin and load untrusted and unverified kernel modules and firmware (bnc#1202677). The following non-security bugs were fixed: - x86/bugs: Reenable retbleed=off While for older kernels the return

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security advisory security issue kernel update important fix bugfix system reboot SUSE Linux Enterprise

References

#1202677 #1202960 #1203552 #1203769

Cross- CVE-2022-2503 CVE-2022-3239 CVE-2022-3303

CVE-2022-41218

CVSS scores:

CVE-2022-2503 (NVD) : 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-2503 (SUSE): 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-3239 (NVD) : 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-3239 (SUSE): 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-3303 (NVD) : 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2022-3303 (SUSE): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2022-41218 (NVD) : 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2022-41218 (SUSE): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:3779-1
Rating: important

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security advisory security issue kernel update important fix bugfix system reboot SUSE Linux Enterprise

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