SUSE-SU-2022:0238-1

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    SUSE-SU-2022:0238-1

    Published: 31 Jan 2022Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 19 for SLE 15 SP2)

    Details: This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-24_83 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-2021-42739: 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).

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20220238-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1192036, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1194737, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-42739, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0185

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_20

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_20&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4-2.3

    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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