SB2022032943 - SUSE update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 10 for SLE 15 SP3)

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4001)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in kernel/bpf/syscall.c in Linux kernel ebpf. A local user can exploit the race between bpf_map_update_elem and bpf_map_freeze and modify the frozen mapped address space.

2) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0492)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a logic error within the cgroup_release_agent_write() function in  kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c. A local user can use the cgroups v1 release_agent feature to escalate privileges and bypass the namespace isolation.

3) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-25636)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in net/netfilter/nf_dup_netdev.c in the Linux kernel, related to nf_tables_offload. A local user can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20220984-1/