SUSE SLES15: cluster-md-kmp-azure / dlm-kmp-azure / gfs2-kmp-azure / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:2141-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 175533

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:2141-1 advisory.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 Azure kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

- CVE-2023-2235: A use-after-free vulnerability in the Performance Events system can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation (bsc#1210986).
- CVE-2022-2196: Fixed a regression related to KVM that allowed for speculative execution attacks (bsc#1206992).
- CVE-2023-23006: Fixed NULL checking against IS_ERR in dr_domain_init_resources (bsc#1208845).
- CVE-2023-1670: Fixed a use after free in the Xircom 16-bit PCMCIA Ethernet driver. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system (bsc#1209871).
- CVE-2023-2176: A vulnerability was found in compare_netdev_and_ip in drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c in RDMA. The improper cleanup results in out-of-boundary read, where a local user can utilize this problem to crash the system or escalation of privilege (bsc#1210629).
- CVE-2023-0386: A flaw was found where unauthorized access to the execution of the setuid file with capabilities was found in the OverlayFS subsystem, when a user copies a capable file from a nosuid mount into another mount. This uid mapping bug allowed a local user to escalate their privileges on the system (bsc#1209615).
- CVE-2023-1998: Fixed a use after free during login when accessing the shost ipaddress (bsc#1210506).
- CVE-2023-1855: Fixed a use after free in xgene_hwmon_remove (bsc#1210202).
- CVE-2023-30772: Fixed a race condition and resultant use-after-free in da9150_charger_remove (bsc#1210329).
- CVE-2023-2019: A flaw was found in the netdevsim device driver, more specifically within the scheduling of events. This issue results from the improper management of a reference count and may lead to a denial of service (bsc#1210454).
- CVE-2023-2008: A flaw was found in the fault handler of the udmabuf device driver. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code (bsc#1210453).
- CVE-2023-1989: Fixed a use after free in btsdio_remove (bsc#1210336).
- CVE-2023-1990: Fixed a use after free in ndlc_remove (bsc#1210337).

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: 175533

File Name: suse_SU-2023-2141-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/13/2023

Updated: 6/25/2026

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: 9.4

Percentile: 99.81

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-2023-2235

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.4

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2196

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-source-azure, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-syms-azure, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-azure-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-devel-azure, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-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: 5/9/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/9/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 7/8/2025

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Local Privilege Escalation via CVE-2023-0386)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2196, CVE-2023-0386, CVE-2023-1670, CVE-2023-1855, CVE-2023-1989, CVE-2023-1990, CVE-2023-1998, CVE-2023-2008, CVE-2023-2019, CVE-2023-2176, CVE-2023-2235, CVE-2023-23006, CVE-2023-30772

IAVA: 2025-A-0456

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:2141-1

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