SUSE SLES12: kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-150100_197_111-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:4112-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 167940

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:4112-1 advisory.

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.12.14-122_103 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2021-33655: Fixed out of bounds write with ioctl FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO (bnc#1201635).
- CVE-2022-2588: Fixed use-after-free in cls_route (bsc#1202096).
- CVE-2022-42703: Fixed use-after-free in mm/rmap.c related to leaf anon_vma double reuse (bnc#1204168).

- Fixed incorrect handling of empty arguments array in execve() (bsc#1200571).

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: 167940

File Name: suse_SU-2022-4112-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/19/2022

Updated: 6/26/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2588

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_121-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_98-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_102-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_12_14-95_83-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_124-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150200_24_112-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-150100_197_114-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-197_105-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_93-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_99-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_12_14-95_88-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_107-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_110-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150200_24_115-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_106-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_96-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_113-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-150100_197_111-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-197_102-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_12_14-95_93-default, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-197_108-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_12_14-95_99-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_12_14-95_96-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_116-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_103-default

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: 11/18/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/18/2022

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-33655, CVE-2022-2588, CVE-2022-42703

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:4112-1

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