SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3930-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 167336

Language:

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-2022:3930-1 advisory.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 kernel RT was updated.

The following security bugs were fixed:

- CVE-2022-3628: Fixed potential buffer overflow in brcmf_fweh_event_worker() in wifi/brcmfmac (bsc#1204868).
- CVE-2021-4037: Fixed function logic vulnerability that allowed local users to create files for the XFS file-system with an unintended group ownership and with group execution and SGID permission bits set (bnc#1198702).
- CVE-2022-2153: Fixed vulnerability in KVM that could allow an unprivileged local attacker on the host to cause DoS (bnc#1200788).
- CVE-2022-2964, CVE-2022-28748: Fixed memory corruption issues in ax88179_178a devices (bnc#1202686 bsc#1196018).
- CVE-2022-3521: Fixed race condition in kcm_tx_work() in net/kcm/kcmsock.c (bnc#1204355).
- CVE-2022-3524: Fixed memory leak in ipv6_renew_options() in the IPv6 handler (bnc#1204354).
- CVE-2022-3542: Fixed memory leak in bnx2x_tpa_stop() in drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c (bnc#1204402).
- CVE-2022-3545: Fixed use-after-free in area_cache_get() in drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_cppcore.c (bnc#1204415).
- CVE-2022-3565: Fixed use-after-free in del_timer() in drivers/isdn/mISDN/l1oip_core.c (bnc#1204431).
- CVE-2022-3586: Fixed use-after-free in socket buffer (SKB) that could allow a local unprivileged user to cause a denial of service (bnc#1204439).
- CVE-2022-3594: Fixed excessive data logging in intr_callback() in drivers/net/usb/r8152.c (bnc#1204479).
- CVE-2022-3621: Fixed null pointer dereference in nilfs_bmap_lookup_at_level() in fs/nilfs2/inode.c (bnc#1204574).
- CVE-2022-3629: Fixed memory leak in vsock_connect() in net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c (bnc#1204635).
- CVE-2022-3646: Fixed memory leak in nilfs_attach_log_writer() in fs/nilfs2/segment.c (bnc#1204646).
- CVE-2022-3649: Fixed use-after-free in nilfs_new_inode() in fs/nilfs2/inode.c (bnc#1204647).
- CVE-2022-43750: Fixed vulnerability in usbmon that allowed a user-space client to corrupt the monitor's internal memory (bnc#1204653).

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: 167336

File Name: suse_SU-2022-3930-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/13/2022

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: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.4

Temporal Score: 1.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3629

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3565

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gfs2-kmp-rt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-rt_debug, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-rt-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-rt-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cluster-md-kmp-rt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-rt_debug-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ocfs2-kmp-rt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-rt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-devel-rt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-source-rt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-syms-rt, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dlm-kmp-rt

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: 11/10/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/7/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-4037, CVE-2022-2153, CVE-2022-2964, CVE-2022-3521, CVE-2022-3524, CVE-2022-3545, CVE-2022-3565, CVE-2022-3586, CVE-2022-3594, CVE-2022-3621, CVE-2022-3628, CVE-2022-3629, CVE-2022-3646, CVE-2022-3649, CVE-2022-43750

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:3930-1

Detections

Analytics