SB2021030969 - SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
Published: March 9, 2021
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 9 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12362)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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.