SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:1676-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 161220

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:1676-1 advisory.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

- CVE-2020-27835: Fixed a use after free vulnerability in infiniband hfi1 driver in the way user calls Ioctl after open dev file and fork. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system (bnc#1179878).
- CVE-2021-0707: Fixed a use after free vulnerability in dma_buf_release of dma-buf.c, which may lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed (bnc#1198437).
- CVE-2021-20292: Fixed object validation prior to performing operations on the object in nouveau_sgdma_create_ttm in Nouveau DRM subsystem (bnc#1183723).
- CVE-2021-20321: Fixed a race condition accessing file object in the OverlayFS subsystem in the way users do rename in specific way with OverlayFS. A local user could have used this flaw to crash the system (bnc#1191647).
- CVE-2021-38208: Fixed a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and BUG) by making a getsockname call after a certain type of failure of a bind call (bnc#1187055).
- CVE-2021-4154: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability in cgroup1_parse_param in kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c, allowing a local privilege escalation by an attacker with user privileges by exploiting the fsconfig syscall parameter, leading to a container breakout and a denial of service on the system (bnc#1193842).
- CVE-2022-0812: Fixed information leak when a file is read from RDMA (bsc#1196639)
- CVE-2022-1158: Fixed a vulnerability in the kvm module that may lead to a use-after-free write or denial of service (bsc#1197660).
- CVE-2022-1280: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability in drm_lease_held in drivers/gpu/drm/drm_lease.c (bnc#1197914).
- CVE-2022-1353: Fixed access controll to kernel memory in the pfkey_register function in net/key/af_key.c (bnc#1198516).
- CVE-2022-1419: Fixed a concurrency use-after-free in vgem_gem_dumb_create (bsc#1198742).
- CVE-2022-1516: Fixed null-ptr-deref caused by x25_disconnect (bsc#1199012).
- CVE-2022-28356: Fixed a refcount leak bug in net/llc/af_llc.c (bnc#1197391).
- CVE-2022-28748: Fixed memory lead over the network by ax88179_178a devices (bsc#1196018).
- CVE-2022-28893: Fixed a use after free vulnerability in inet_put_port where some sockets are not closed before xs_xprt_free() (bsc#1198330).
- CVE-2022-29156: Fixed a double free vulnerability related to rtrs_clt_dev_release.ate (jsc#SLE-15176 bsc#1198515).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 161220

File Name: suse_SU-2022-1676-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/17/2022

Updated: 9/24/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-29156

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-4154

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-source-azure, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-azure-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-syms-azure, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-azure, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-devel-azure, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/7/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-27835, CVE-2021-0707, CVE-2021-20292, CVE-2021-20321, CVE-2021-38208, CVE-2021-4154, CVE-2022-0812, CVE-2022-1158, CVE-2022-1280, CVE-2022-1353, CVE-2022-1419, CVE-2022-1516, CVE-2022-28356, CVE-2022-28893, CVE-2022-29156

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:1676-1

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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:1676-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 161220

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CVSS v2

CVSS v3

Vulnerability Information

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