SB2023082357 - SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
Published: August 23, 2023 Updated: October 24, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 15 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Information exposure through microarchitectural state after transient execution (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40982)
The vulnerability allows a malicious guest to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the way data is shared between threads whereby the AVX GATHER instructions on Intel processors can forward the content of stale vector registers to dependent instructions. A malicious guest can infer data from different contexts on the same core and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
2) Processor optimization removal or modification of security-critical code (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-0459)
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to improper implementation of speculative execution barriers in usercopy functions
in certain situations. A local user can gain access to sensitive information.
3) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20569)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a side channel issue in AMD CPUs. A remote user can influence the return address prediction and gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.
4) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20593)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in AMD Zen2 processors. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Note, the vulnerability was dubbed Zenbleed.
5) Reachable Assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2156)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion when handling IPv6 RPL protocol. A remote attacker can send specially crafted packets to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
6) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2985)
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 the hfsplus_put_super() function in fs/hfsplus/super.c. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and crash the kernel.
7) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3117)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in the Netfilter subsystem. A local user with CAP_NET_ADMIN capability can trigger the use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.
8) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-31248)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in nft_chain_lookup_byid() function, which failed to check whether a chain was active and CAP_NET_ADMIN is in any user or network namespace. A local user ca trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
9) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3390)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c in the Linux kernel netfilter subsystem. A local user can trigger a use-after-fee error and escalate privileges on the system.
10) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-35001)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the nft_byteorder() function. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
11) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3567)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the vc_screen() function in vcs_read in drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
12) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3609)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the the Linux kernel net/sched: cls_u32 component. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
13) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3611)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the qfq_change_agg() function in net/sched/sch_qfq.c within the Linux kernel net/sched: sch_qfq component. A local user trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
14) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3776)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the the Linux kernel's net/sched: cls_fw component. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
15) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3812)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the TUN/TAP device driver in Linux kernel. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.