Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 14 for SLE 15 SP2)
This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-24_67 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2022-0185: Incorrect param length parsing in legacy_parse_param which could have led to a local privilege escalation (bsc#1194517). - CVE-2021-4154: Fixed option parsing with cgroups version 1 (bsc#1193842). - CVE-2020-3702: Fixed a bug which could be triggered with specifically timed and handcrafted traffic and cause internal errors in a WLAN device that lead to improper layer 2 Wi-Fi encryption with a consequent possibility of information disclosure. (bsc#1191193) - CVE-2021-42739: The firewire subsystem had a buffer overflow related to drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-avc.c and drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-ci.c, because avc_ca_pmt mishandled bounds checking (bsc#1184673).
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-24_67 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2022-0185: Incorrect param length parsing in legacy_parse_param which could have led to a local privilege escalation (bsc#1194517). - CVE-2021-4154: Fixed option parsing with cgroups version 1 (bsc#1193842). - CVE-2020-3702: Fixed a bug which could be triggered with specifically timed and handcrafted traffic and cause internal errors in a WLAN device that lead to improper layer 2 Wi-Fi encryption with a consequent possibility of information disclosure. (bsc#1191193) - CVE-2021-42739: The firewire subsystem had a buffer overflow related to drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-avc.c and drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-ci.c, because avc_ca_pmt mishandled bounds checking (bsc#1184673).
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1191529
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1192036
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1194461
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1194737
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-3702
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4154
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-42739
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0185
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20220241-1/