SUSE-SU-2021:2415-1

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    SUSE-SU-2021:2415-1

    Published: 20 Jul 2021Last Modified: 2 May 2025

    Summary: Security update for the Linux Kernel

    Details: The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. Security issues fixed: - CVE-2021-22555: A heap out-of-bounds write was discovered in net/netfilter/x_tables.c (bnc#1188116). - CVE-2021-33909: Extremely large seq buffer allocations in seq_file could lead to buffer underruns and code execution (bsc#1188062). The following non-security bugs were fixed: - usb: dwc3: Fix debugfs creation flow (git-fixes).

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20212415-1/, 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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kernel-64kb

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-64kb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.3.18-59.16.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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