SUSE-SU-2023:4866-1

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    SUSE-SU-2023:4866-1

    Published: 14 Dec 2023Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 34 for SLE 15 SP2)

    Details: This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-150200_24_145 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)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20234866-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1215442, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1215519, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2163, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4622

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_34

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_34&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -9-150200.2.1

    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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