SB2021030975 - SUSE update for the Linux Kernel



SB2021030975 - SUSE update for the Linux Kernel

Published: March 9, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021030975
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 9
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 9 vulnerabilities.


1) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12362)

CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow. A local user can run a specially crafted program to trigger integer overflow and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12363)

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A local user can run a specially crafted program to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


3) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12364)

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A local user can run a specially crafted program to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


4) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12373)

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the BMC firmware for some Intel(R) Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute Modules before version 2.47. A local privileged user can  trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system with elevated privileges.



5) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-29368)

CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input within the __split_huge_pmd() function in mm/huge_memory.c in the Linux kernel. A local user can abuse the copy-on-write implementation and gain unintended write access because of a race condition in a THP mapcount check.



6) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-29374)

CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in the mm/gup.c and mm/huge_memory.c in Linux kernel. A local user can exploit the race and gain unauthorized access to sensitive information.


7) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-26930)

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources when processing service requests to the PV backend within drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c driver in Xen. A local user on the guest OS can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


8) Allocation of resources without limits or throttling (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-26931)

CWE-ID: CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to allocation of resources without limits or throttling error within the scsiback_gnttab_data_map_batch() function in drivers/xen/xen-scsiback.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


9) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-26932)

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the gntdev_map_grant_pages() function in drivers/xen/gntdev.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.