SUSE-SU-2021:2695-1

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Source
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20212695-1/
Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2021:2695-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2021:2695-1
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Published
2021-08-17T09:56:24Z
Modified
2021-08-17T09:56:24Z
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 VMIO|VMPFNMAP 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

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP4 / kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP4_Update_22

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
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2-2.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "kgraft-patch-4_12_14-95_80-default": "2-2.1"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5 / kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_21

Package

Name
kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_21
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_21&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2012%20SP5

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2-2.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_80-default": "2-2.1"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 / kernel-livepatch-SLE15_Update_25

Package

Name
kernel-livepatch-SLE15_Update_25
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-livepatch-SLE15_Update_25&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2-2.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-150_75-default": "2-2.1"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP1 / kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP1_Update_26

Package

Name
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP1_Update_26
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP1_Update_26&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP1

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2-2.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-197_99-default": "2-2.1"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP2 / kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_17

Package

Name
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_17
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_17&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP2

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2-2.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_75-default": "2-2.1"
        }
    ]
}