SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:2501-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 177281

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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-2023:2501-1 advisory.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 RT kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

- CVE-2023-2269: Fixed a denial-of-service problem due to a possible recursive locking scenario, resulting in a deadlock in table_clear in drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c (bsc#1210806).
- CVE-2022-3566: Fixed race condition in the TCP Handler (bsc#1204405).
- CVE-2022-45886: Fixed a .disconnect versus dvb_device_open race condition in dvb_net.c that lead to a use-after-free (bsc#1205760).
- CVE-2022-45885: Fixed a race condition in dvb_frontend.c that could cause a use-after-free when a device is disconnected (bsc#1205758).
- CVE-2022-45887: Fixed a memory leak in ttusb_dec.c caused by the lack of a dvb_frontend_detach call (bsc#1205762).
- CVE-2022-45919: Fixed a use-after-free in dvb_ca_en50221.c that could occur if there is a disconnect after an open, because of the lack of a wait_event (bsc#1205803).
- CVE-2022-45884: Fixed a use-after-free in dvbdev.c, related to dvb_register_device dynamically allocating fops (bsc#1205756).
- CVE-2023-31084: Fixed a blocking issue in drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c (bsc#1210783).
- CVE-2023-31436: Fixed an out-of-bounds write in qfq_change_class() because lmax can exceed QFQ_MIN_LMAX (bsc#1210940 bsc#1211260).
- CVE-2023-2194: Fixed an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the SLIMpro I2C device driver (bsc#1210715).
- CVE-2023-32269: Fixed a use-after-free in af_netrom.c, related to the fact that accept() was also allowed for a successfully connected AF_NETROM socket (bsc#1211186).
- CVE-2023-28466: Fixed race condition that could lead to use-after-free or NULL pointer dereference in do_tls_getsockopt in net/tls/tls_main.c (bsc#1209366).
- CVE-2023-1380: Fixed a slab-out-of-bound read problem in brcmf_get_assoc_ies() (bsc#1209287).
- CVE-2023-2513: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability in the ext4 filesystem (bsc#1211105).
- CVE-2023-2483: Fixed a use after free bug in emac_remove due caused by a race condition (bsc#1211037).
- CVE-2023-2176: Fixed an out-of-boundary read in compare_netdev_and_ip in drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c in RDMA (bsc#1210629).

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: 177281

File Name: suse_SU-2023-2501-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/14/2023

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-31436

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/13/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3566, CVE-2022-45884, CVE-2022-45885, CVE-2022-45886, CVE-2022-45887, CVE-2022-45919, CVE-2023-1380, CVE-2023-2176, CVE-2023-2194, CVE-2023-2269, CVE-2023-2513, CVE-2023-28466, CVE-2023-31084, CVE-2023-31436, CVE-2023-32269

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:2501-1

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