SB2025012828 - SUSE update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 3 for SLE 15 SP6) 



SB2025012828 - SUSE update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 3 for SLE 15 SP6)

Published: January 28, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025012828
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 10
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 10 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52752)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the seq_printf() and spin_unlock() functions in fs/smb/client/cifs_debug.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35949)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read error within the __btrfs_check_leaf() and __btrfs_check_node() functions in fs/btrfs/tree-checker.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


3) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36979)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the br_mst_vlan_set_state() and br_mst_set_state() functions in net/bridge/br_mst.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


4) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40909)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the bpf_obj_get(), bpf_link_defer_dealloc_mult_rcu_gp() and bpf_link_free() functions in kernel/bpf/syscall.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


5) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40920)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the br_mst_set_state() function in net/bridge/br_mst.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


6) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40921)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the br_mst_get_state(), br_mst_set_state() and br_mst_vlan_sync_state() functions in net/bridge/br_mst.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


7) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40954)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the sk_common_release() function in net/core/sock.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


8) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-41057)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the cachefiles_free_volume() function in fs/cachefiles/volume.c, within the cachefiles_withdraw_objects() and cachefiles_withdraw_cache() functions in fs/cachefiles/cache.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


9) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-43861)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the qmimux_rx_fixup() function in drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


10) 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.