SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4053-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 167929

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:4053-1 advisory.

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

The following security bugs were fixed:

- 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: Fixed memory corruption issues in ax88179_178a devices (bnc#1202686).
- CVE-2022-2978: Fixed use-after-free in the NILFS file system that could lead to local privilege escalation or DoS (bnc#1202700).
- CVE-2022-3176: Fixed use-after-free in io_uring when using POLLFREE (bnc#1203391).
- CVE-2022-3424: Fixed use-after-free in gru_set_context_option(), gru_fault() and gru_handle_user_call_os() that could lead to kernel panic (bsc#1204166).
- 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-2022-3535: Fixed memory leak in mvpp2_dbgfs_port_init() in drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_debugfs.c (bnc#1204417).
- 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-2022-3577: Fixed out-of-bounds memory write flaw in bigben device driver that could lead to local privilege escalation or DoS (bnc#1204470).
- 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-2022-3625: Fixed use-after-free in devlink_param_set()/devlink_param_get() in net/core/devlink.c (bnc#1204637).
- CVE-2022-3629: Fixed memory leak in vsock_connect() in net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c (bnc#1204635).
- CVE-2022-3640: Fixed use-after-free in l2cap_conn_del() in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (bnc#1204619).
- 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-2022-39189: Fixed a flaw in the x86 KVM subsystem that could allow unprivileged guest users to compromise the guest kernel via TLB flush operations on preempted vCPU (bnc#1203066).
- CVE-2022-42703: Fixed use-after-free in mm/rmap.c related to leaf anon_vma double reuse (bnc#1204168).
- 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: 167929

File Name: suse_SU-2022-4053-1.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/19/2022

Updated: 9/25/2025

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: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3640

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-syms, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-extra, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-livepatch-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-64kb, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-livepatch, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:reiserfs-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-preempt-extra, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-source, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-preempt-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-macros, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-zfcpdump, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-preempt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_101-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-64kb-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-obs-build, 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: 11/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/7/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-4037, CVE-2022-2153, CVE-2022-2964, CVE-2022-2978, CVE-2022-3176, CVE-2022-3424, CVE-2022-3521, CVE-2022-3524, CVE-2022-3545, CVE-2022-3565, CVE-2022-3577, CVE-2022-3586, CVE-2022-3594, CVE-2022-3621, CVE-2022-3625, CVE-2022-3629, CVE-2022-3640, CVE-2022-3646, CVE-2022-3649, CVE-2022-39189, CVE-2022-42703, CVE-2022-43750

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:4053-1

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