SUSE-SU-2021:2695-1

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    SUSE-SU-2021:2695-1

    Published: 17 Aug 2021Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 17 for SLE 15 SP2)

    Details: This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-24_75 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2021-22543: Fixed an issue with KVM, related to the handling of VM_IO|VM_PFNMAP vmas, which allowed users with the ability to start and control a VM to read/write random pages of memory and could result in local privilege escalation (bsc#1186482). - CVE-2021-37576: On the powerpc platform KVM guest OS users could cause host OS memory corruption via rtas_args.nargs (bsc#1188838).

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20212695-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186483, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1188842, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22543, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-37576

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP4_Update_22

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP4_Update_22&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2012%20SP4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2-2.1

    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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