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SUSE: 2024:2943-1 Important: Kernel Access Issues Critical Risk

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Calendar Grey August 16, 2024
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE-SU-2024:2943-1 delivers a vital kernel-firmware security patch that rectifies serious exploit vulnerabilities, requiring a system restart for full implementation.
* bsc#1229069 Cross-References: * CVE-2023-31315

Summary

## This update for kernel-firmware fixes the following issues: * CVE-2023-31315: Fixed validation in a model specific register (MSR) that lead to modification of SMM configuration by malicious program with ring0 access (bsc#1229069)

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security advisory update important SUSE system reboot kernel access kernel-firmware

References

* bsc#1229069

Cross-

* CVE-2023-31315

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2023-31315 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* openSUSE Leap 15.3

* SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS 15-SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-31315.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229069

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:2943-1
Rating: important

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