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SUSE-SU-2023:4796-1 Not scored

Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 36 for SLE 15 SP2)

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-150200_24_151 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2023-4622: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability in the Unix domain sockets component which could be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation (bsc#1215442). - CVE-2023-2163: Fixed an incorrect verifier pruning in BPF that could lead to unsafe code paths being incorrectly marked as safe, resulting in arbitrary read/write in kernel memory, lateral privilege escalation, and container escape. (bsc#1215519)

Exploit probability Not scored
Published December 13, 2023
Required by Not available
Last source change May 2, 2025

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP2 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_36

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

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Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2023:4796-1

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-150200_24_151 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2023-4622: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability in the Unix domain sockets component which could be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation (bsc#1215442). - CVE-2023-2163: Fixed an incorrect verifier pruning in BPF that could lead to unsafe code paths being incorrectly marked as safe, resulting in arbitrary read/write in kernel memory, lateral privilege escalation, and container escape. (bsc#1215519)

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05 / REFERENCES

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