SB2021060424 - SUSE update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 37 for SLE 12 SP3)
Published: June 4, 2021
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.
1) Improper Resource Shutdown or Release (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-36322)
CWE-ID: CWE-404 - Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
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 in the FUSE filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel due to fuse_do_getattr() calls make_bad_inode() in inappropriate situations. A local user can run a specially crafted program to trigger kernel crash.
Note, the vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix for #VU58207 (CVE-2021-28950).
2) Excessive Iteration (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-28950)
CWE-ID: CWE-834 - Excessive Iteration
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 excessive iteration in fs/fuse/fuse_i.h in the Linux kernel. A local user can run a specially crafted program to perform a denial of service attack.
3) Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-29154)
CWE-ID: CWE-77 - Command injection
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 incorrect computation of branch displacements within the BPF JIT compilers in the Linux kernel in arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c and arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp32.c. A local user can inject and execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.