SB2021072078 - SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
Published: July 20, 2021 Updated: February 8, 2024
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 5 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22555)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input in net/netfilter/x_tables.c in Linux kernel. A local user can run a specially crafted program to trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
2) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-33909)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow during size_t-to-int conversion when creating, mounting, and deleting a deep directory structure whose total path length exceeds 1GB. An unprivileged local user can write up to 10-byte string to an offset of exactly -2GB-10B below the beginning of a vmalloc()ated kernel buffer.
Successful exploitation of vulnerability may allow an attacker to exploit the our-of-bounds write vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
3) Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-35039)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper signature handling in the kernel/module.c in Linux kernel. If the kernel module is not signed, it still can be loaded into the system via init_module if module.sig_enforce=1 command-line argument is used. As a result, a local user can load unsigned and potentially malicious kernel modules.
4) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3609)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in the CAN BCM networking protocol (net/can/bcm.c) in the Linux kernel ranging from version 2.6.25 to mainline 5.13-rc6. A local user can exploit the race and gain unauthorized access to sensitive information and escalate privileges on the system.
5) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3612)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in joystick devices subsystem in Linux kernel. A local user can make a specially crafted JSIOCSBTNMAP IOCTL call, trigger out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code with escalated privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.