SB2023082245 - SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
Published: August 22, 2023 Updated: January 10, 2025
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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) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-21400)
The vulnerability allows a local application to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Kernel io_uring subcomponent in Kernel components. A local application can execute arbitrary code.
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) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2166)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in net/can/af_can.c when processing CAN frames. A local user can pass specially crafted data to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
7) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-31083)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the hci_uart_tty_ioctl() function in drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c. A local user can pass specially crafted data to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
8) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3268)
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the relay_file_read_start_pos() function in kernel/relay.c in the relayfs. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or crash the kernel.
9) 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.
10) 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.
11) 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.
12) 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.
13) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38409)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the set_con2fb_map() function in drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c. A local user can trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
14) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3863)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the nfc_llcp_find_local() function in net/nfc/llcp_core.c in NFC implementation in Linux kernel. A local user can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
15) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4004)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in the way a user triggers the nft_pipapo_remove function with the element, without a NFT_SET_EXT_KEY_END. A local user can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Remediation
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