SB2022092049 - SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
Published: September 20, 2022 Updated: March 13, 2026
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 23 vulnerabilities.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2873)
CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
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 crash the kernel.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the Intel iSMT SMBus host controller driver. A local user can send specially crafted data to the I2C_SMBUS IOCTL, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and crash the system.
2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-39190)
CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
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 attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read error within the net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c in the Linux kernel. A local user can bind to an already bound chain and crash the kernel.
3) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-39188)
CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
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 race condition within include/asm-generic/tlb.h in the Linux kernel. A local user can exploit the race and escalate privileges on the system.
Note, this only occurs in situations with VM_PFNMAP VMAs.
4) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36946)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the nfqnl_mangle() function in net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c in the Linux kernel when processing IPv6 packets. A remote attacker can send specially crafted packets to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
5) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36879)
CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors
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 improper management of internal resources within the xfrm_expand_policies() function in net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c. A local user can cause the refcount to be dropped twice and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
6) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-32250)
CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free
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:P/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free incorrect NFT_STATEFUL_EXPR in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c in Linux kernel. A local user with ability to create user/net namespaces can execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
7) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3078)
CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free
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 use-after-free error within drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_s302m.c in Linux kernel. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and crash the kernel.
8) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3028)
CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
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 race condition in the Linux kernel's IP framework for transforming packets (XFRM subsystem) when multiple calls to xfrm_probe_algs occurred simultaneously. A local user can exploit the race and escalate privileges on the system.
9) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2977)
CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free
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 use-after-free error in the Linux kernel implementation of proxied virtualized TPM devices. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
10) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2959)
CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
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 missing lock in the pipe_resize_ring() function within the watch queue when performing operations on an object. A local user can exploit the race and gain unauthorized access to sensitive information and escalate privileges on the system.
11) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2938)
CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free
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 use-after-free error in Linux kernel implementation of Pressure Stall Information. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
12) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2905)
CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the Linux kernel BPF subsystem. A local user can call the bpf_tail_call() function with a key larger than the max_entries of the map, trigger an out-of-bounds read and read parts of kernel memory.
13) Code injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3695)
CWE-ID: CWE-74 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
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 within the einj_error_inject() function in drivers/acpi/apei/einj.c in the Linux kernel, which allows local users to simulate hardware errors. A local user can cause a denial of service by leveraging failure to disable APEI error injection through EINJ when securelevel is set.
14) Processor optimization removal or modification of security-critical code (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-28693)
CWE-ID: CWE-1037 - Processor optimization removal or modification of security-critical code
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/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 unprotected alternative channel of return branch target prediction. A local user can gain access to sensitive information.
15) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-28356)
CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak in net/llc/af_llc.c component. A remote attacker can force the system to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.
16) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2663)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass firewall rules.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in nf_conntrack_irc in Linux kernel. A remote attacker can send unencrypted IRC with nf_conntrack_irc configured and bypass configured firewall rules.
17) Integer underflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2639)
CWE-ID: CWE-191 - Integer underflow
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:P/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer underflow within the reserve_sfa_size() function in the openvswitch kernel module in Linux kernel. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and crash the system or escalate privileges.
18) Double Free (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2588)
CWE-ID: CWE-415 - Double Free
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:A/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The
vulnerability exists due to a double free error within the network packet scheduler implementation
in the route4_change() function in Linux kernel when removing all references to a route filter
before freeing it. A local user can run a specially crafted program to
crash the kernel or execute arbitrary code.
19) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-20369)
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 within the v4l2_m2m_querybuf() function in v4l2-mem2mem.c. A local user can trigger ab out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
20) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-20368)
CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
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 condition within the packet_recvmsg() function in Linux kernel. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and potentially escalate privileges on the system.
21) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4037)
CWE-ID: CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/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 unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.
The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions in the fs/inode.c:inode_init_owner() function logic of the Linux kernel. A local user can create files for the XFS file-system with an unintended group ownership and with group execution and SGID permission bits set to bypass implemented security restrictions and gain unauthorized access to the application.
22) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-33135)
CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
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 application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A local user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
23) Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-36516)
CWE-ID: CWE-327 - Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) or MitM attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in the mixed IPID assignment method with the hash-based IPID assignment policy in Linux kernel. A remote attacker can inject data into a victim's TCP session or terminate that session.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.