Security update for the Linux Kernel
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3 Azure kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2021-22555: A heap out-of-bounds write affecting Linux since v2.6.19-rc1 was discovered in net/netfilter/x_tables.c (bnc#1188116 ). - CVE-2021-33909: Fixed an out-of-bounds write in the filesystem layer that allows to obtain full root privileges (bsc#1188062). The following non-security bugs were fixed: - ceph: must hold snap_rwsem when filling inode for async create (bsc#1187927). - cgroup1: do not allow '\n' in renaming (bsc#1187972). - qla2xxx: synchronize rport dev_loss_tmo setting (bsc#1182470 bsc#1185486). - scsi: ufs: ufshcd-pltfrm depends on HAS_IOMEM (bsc#1187980). - usb: dwc3: Fix debugfs creation flow (git-fixes). - x86/pkru: Write hardware init value to PKRU when xstate is init (bsc#1152489). - x86/process: Check PF_KTHREAD and not current->mm for kernel threads (bsc#1152489).
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3 Azure kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2021-22555: A heap out-of-bounds write affecting Linux since v2.6.19-rc1 was discovered in net/netfilter/x_tables.c (bnc#1188116 ). - CVE-2021-33909: Fixed an out-of-bounds write in the filesystem layer that allows to obtain full root privileges (bsc#1188062). The following non-security bugs were fixed: - ceph: must hold snap_rwsem when filling inode for async create (bsc#1187927). - cgroup1: do not allow '\n' in renaming (bsc#1187972). - qla2xxx: synchronize rport dev_loss_tmo setting (bsc#1182470 bsc#1185486). - scsi: ufs: ufshcd-pltfrm depends on HAS_IOMEM (bsc#1187980). - usb: dwc3: Fix debugfs creation flow (git-fixes). - x86/pkru: Write hardware init value to PKRU when xstate is init (bsc#1152489). - x86/process: Check PF_KTHREAD and not current->mm for kernel threads (bsc#1152489).
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1152489
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1182470
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1185486
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1187927
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1187972
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1187980
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1188062
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1188116
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22555
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33909
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20212409-1/