SB2025011497 - SUSE update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 52 for SLE 12 SP5)
Published: January 14, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-48686)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the nvme_tcp_io_work() function in drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
2) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-48956)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the ip6_fragment() function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
3) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-50264)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the virtio_transport_destruct() function in net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.