SUSE update for the Linux Kernel



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
CVE-ID CVE-2020-28374
CVE-2021-26930
CVE-2021-26931
CVE-2021-26932
CWE-ID CWE-22
CWE-399
CWE-770
CWE-119
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

SUSE OpenStack Cloud
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

ocfs2-kmp-default
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

gfs2-kmp-default
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

dlm-kmp-default
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

cluster-network-kmp-default-debuginfo
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

cluster-network-kmp-default
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

cluster-md-kmp-default
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

kernel-default-man
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

kernel-source
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

kernel-macros
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

kernel-devel
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

kgraft-patch-4_4_121-92_152-default
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

kernel-syms
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

kernel-default-devel
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

kernel-default-debugsource
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

kernel-default-debuginfo
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

kernel-default-base-debuginfo
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

kernel-default-base
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kernel-default
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Vendor SUSE

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 4 vulnerabilities.

1) Path traversal

EUVDB-ID: #VU49914

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-28374

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in drivers/target/target_core_xcopy.c in the Linux kernel. A remote user with access to iSCSI LUN can send a specially crafted XCOPY request and read or write arbitrary files on the system.


Mitigation

Update the affected package the Linux Kernel to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability: 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 12-SP2-LTSS-ERICSSON - 12-SP2-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP: 12-SP2

SUSE OpenStack Cloud: 7

ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

ocfs2-kmp-default: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

gfs2-kmp-default: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

dlm-kmp-default: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

cluster-network-kmp-default-debuginfo: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

cluster-network-kmp-default: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

cluster-md-kmp-default: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-default-man: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-source: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-macros: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-devel: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kgraft-patch-4_4_121-92_152-default: before 1-3.3.2

kernel-syms: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-default-devel: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-default-debugsource: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-default-debuginfo: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-default-base-debuginfo: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-default-base: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-default: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20210744-1/


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU51587

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-26930

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources when processing service requests to the PV backend within drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c driver in Xen. A local user on the guest OS can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package the Linux Kernel to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability: 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 12-SP2-LTSS-ERICSSON - 12-SP2-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP: 12-SP2

SUSE OpenStack Cloud: 7

ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

ocfs2-kmp-default: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

gfs2-kmp-default: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

dlm-kmp-default: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

cluster-network-kmp-default-debuginfo: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

cluster-network-kmp-default: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

cluster-md-kmp-default: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-default-man: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-source: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-macros: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-devel: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kgraft-patch-4_4_121-92_152-default: before 1-3.3.2

kernel-syms: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-default-devel: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-default-debugsource: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-default-debuginfo: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-default-base-debuginfo: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-default-base: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-default: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20210744-1/


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

3) Allocation of resources without limits or throttling

EUVDB-ID: #VU92418

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-26931

CWE-ID: CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to allocation of resources without limits or throttling error within the scsiback_gnttab_data_map_batch() function in drivers/xen/xen-scsiback.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package the Linux Kernel to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability: 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 12-SP2-LTSS-ERICSSON - 12-SP2-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP: 12-SP2

SUSE OpenStack Cloud: 7

ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

ocfs2-kmp-default: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

gfs2-kmp-default: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

dlm-kmp-default: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

cluster-network-kmp-default-debuginfo: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

cluster-network-kmp-default: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

cluster-md-kmp-default: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-default-man: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-source: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-macros: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-devel: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kgraft-patch-4_4_121-92_152-default: before 1-3.3.2

kernel-syms: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-default-devel: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-default-debugsource: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-default-debuginfo: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-default-base-debuginfo: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-default-base: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-default: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20210744-1/


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

4) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU93670

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-26932

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the gntdev_map_grant_pages() function in drivers/xen/gntdev.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package the Linux Kernel to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability: 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 12-SP2-LTSS-ERICSSON - 12-SP2-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP: 12-SP2

SUSE OpenStack Cloud: 7

ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

ocfs2-kmp-default: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

gfs2-kmp-default: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

dlm-kmp-default: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

cluster-network-kmp-default-debuginfo: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

cluster-network-kmp-default: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

cluster-md-kmp-default: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-default-man: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-source: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-macros: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-devel: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kgraft-patch-4_4_121-92_152-default: before 1-3.3.2

kernel-syms: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-default-devel: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-default-debugsource: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-default-debuginfo: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-default-base-debuginfo: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-default-base: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

kernel-default: before 4.4.121-92.152.2

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20210744-1/


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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