SUSE SLES12: kernel-default / kernel-default-base / kernel-default-devel / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:3294-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 165232

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3294-1 advisory.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP2 kernel was updated receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

- CVE-2022-39188: Fixed race condition in include/asm-generic/tlb.h where a device driver can free a page while it still has stale TLB entries (bnc#1203107).
- CVE-2022-36879: Fixed an issue in xfrm_expand_policies in net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c where a refcount could be dropped twice (bnc#1201948).
- CVE-2022-3028: Fixed race condition that was found in the IP framework for transforming packets (XFRM subsystem) (bnc#1202898).
- CVE-2022-2991: Fixed an heap-based overflow in the lightnvm implemenation (bsc#1201420).
- CVE-2022-26373: Fixed non-transparent sharing of return predictor targets between contexts in some Intel Processors (bnc#1201726).
- CVE-2022-2588: Fixed use-after-free in cls_route (bsc#1202096).
- CVE-2022-21385: Fixed a flaw in net_rds_alloc_sgs() that allowed unprivileged local users to crash the machine (bnc#1202897).
- CVE-2022-20369: Fixed out of bounds write in v4l2_m2m_querybuf of v4l2-mem2mem.c (bnc#1202347).
- CVE-2022-20368: Fixed slab-out-of-bounds access in packet_recvmsg() (bsc#1202346).
- CVE-2020-36516: Fixed an issue in the mixed IPID assignment method where an attacker was able to inject data into or terminate a victim's TCP session (bnc#1196616).
- CVE-2019-3900: Fixed infinite loop the vhost_net kernel module that could result in a DoS scenario (bnc#1133374).

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: 165232

File Name: suse_SU-2022-3294-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/17/2022

Updated: 6/25/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-36516

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2588

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-macros, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-syms, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-source

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: 9/16/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/25/2019

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3900, CVE-2020-36516, CVE-2022-20368, CVE-2022-20369, CVE-2022-21385, CVE-2022-2588, CVE-2022-26373, CVE-2022-2991, CVE-2022-3028, CVE-2022-36879, CVE-2022-39188

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:3294-1

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