SUSE-SU-2023:4883-1: important: Security update for the Linux Kernel

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# Security update for the Linux Kernel

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4883-1  
Rating: important  
References:

  * bsc#1176950
  * bsc#1190208
  * bsc#1203496
  * bsc#1205462
  * bsc#1208787
  * bsc#1210780
  * bsc#1214037
  * bsc#1214285
  * bsc#1214408
  * bsc#1214764
  * bsc#1216031
  * bsc#1216058
  * bsc#1216259
  * bsc#1216584
  * bsc#1216759
  * bsc#1216965
  * bsc#1216976
  * bsc#1217036
  * bsc#1217087
  * bsc#1217206
  * bsc#1217519
  * bsc#1217525
  * bsc#1217603
  * bsc#1217604
  * bsc#1217607
  * jsc#PED-3184
  * jsc#PED-5021

  
Cross-References:

  * CVE-2023-0461
  * CVE-2023-31083
  * CVE-2023-39197
  * CVE-2023-39198
  * CVE-2023-45863
  * CVE-2023-45871
  * CVE-2023-5717

  
CVSS scores:

  * CVE-2023-0461 ( SUSE ):  7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  * CVE-2023-0461 ( NVD ):  7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  * CVE-2023-31083 ( SUSE ):  5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  * CVE-2023-31083 ( NVD ):  4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  * CVE-2023-39197 ( SUSE ):  4.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
  * CVE-2023-39198 ( SUSE ):  7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  * CVE-2023-39198 ( NVD ):  6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  * CVE-2023-45863 ( SUSE ):  6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  * CVE-2023-45863 ( NVD ):  6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  * CVE-2023-45871 ( SUSE ):  5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  * CVE-2023-45871 ( NVD ):  9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  * CVE-2023-5717 ( SUSE ):  7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  * CVE-2023-5717 ( NVD ):  7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

  
Affected Products:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

  
  
An update that solves seven vulnerabilities, contains two features and has 18
security fixes can now be installed.

## Description:

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 Azure kernel was updated to receive various
security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

  * CVE-2023-0461: Fixed use-after-free in icsk_ulp_data (bsc#1208787).
  * CVE-2023-31083: Fixed race condition in hci_uart_tty_ioctl (bsc#1210780).
  * CVE-2023-39197: Fixed a out-of-bounds read in nf_conntrack_dccp_packet()
    (bsc#1216976).
  * CVE-2023-39198: Fixed a race condition leading to use-after-free in
    qxl_mode_dumb_create() (bsc#1216965).
  * CVE-2023-45863: Fixed a out-of-bounds write in fill_kobj_path()
    (bsc#1216058).
  * CVE-2023-45871: Fixed an issue in the IGB driver, where the buffer size may
    not be adequate for frames larger than the MTU (bsc#1216259).
  * CVE-2023-5717: Fixed a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the
    Performance Events component (bsc#1216584).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

  * cpu/SMT: Allow enabling partial SMT states via sysfs (bsc#1214285
    bsc#1205462 ltc#200161 ltc#200588).
  * cpu/SMT: Create topology_smt_thread_allowed() (bsc#1214285 bsc#1205462
    ltc#200161 ltc#200588).
  * cpu/SMT: Move SMT prototypes into cpu_smt.h (bsc#1214408).
  * cpu/SMT: Move smt/control simple exit cases earlier (bsc#1214408).
  * cpu/SMT: Remove topology_smt_supported() (bsc#1214408).
  * cpu/SMT: Store the current/max number of threads (bsc#1214408).
  * cpu/hotplug: Create SMT sysfs interface for all arches (bsc#1214285
    bsc#1205462 ltc#200161 ltc#200588).
  * dm-raid: remove useless checking in raid_message() (git-fixes).
  * l2tp: fix refcount leakage on PPPoL2TP sockets (git-fixes).
  * l2tp: fix {pppol2tp, l2tp_dfs}_seq_stop() in case of seq_file overflow (git-
    fixes).
  * md/bitmap: always wake up md_thread in timeout_store (git-fixes).
  * md/bitmap: factor out a helper to set timeout (git-fixes).
  * md/raid10: Do not add spare disk when recovery fails (git-fixes).
  * md/raid10: check slab-out-of-bounds in md_bitmap_get_counter (git-fixes).
  * md/raid10: clean up md_add_new_disk() (git-fixes).
  * md/raid10: fix io loss while replacement replace rdev (git-fixes).
  * md/raid10: fix leak of 'r10bio->remaining' for recovery (git-fixes).
  * md/raid10: fix memleak for 'conf->bio_split' (git-fixes).
  * md/raid10: fix memleak of md thread (git-fixes).
  * md/raid10: fix null-ptr-deref in raid10_sync_request (git-fixes).
  * md/raid10: fix null-ptr-deref of mreplace in raid10_sync_request (git-
    fixes).
  * md/raid10: fix overflow of md/safe_mode_delay (git-fixes).
  * md/raid10: fix wrong setting of max_corr_read_errors (git-fixes).
  * md/raid10: improve code of mrdev in raid10_sync_request (git-fixes).
  * md/raid10: prevent soft lockup while flush writes (git-fixes).
  * md/raid10: prioritize adding disk to 'removed' mirror (git-fixes).
  * md: Flush workqueue md_rdev_misc_wq in md_alloc() (git-fixes).
  * md: add new workqueue for delete rdev (git-fixes).
  * md: avoid signed overflow in slot_store() (git-fixes).
  * md: do not return existing mddevs from mddev_find_or_alloc (git-fixes).
  * md: factor out a mddev_alloc_unit helper from mddev_find (git-fixes).
  * md: fix data corruption for raid456 when reshape restart while grow up (git-
    fixes).
  * md: fix deadlock causing by sysfs_notify (git-fixes).
  * md: fix incorrect declaration about claim_rdev in md_import_device (git-
    fixes).
  * md: flush md_rdev_misc_wq for HOT_ADD_DISK case (git-fixes).
  * md: get sysfs entry after redundancy attr group create (git-fixes).
  * md: refactor mddev_find_or_alloc (git-fixes).
  * md: remove lock_bdev / unlock_bdev (git-fixes).
  * mm, memcg: add mem_cgroup_disabled checks in vmpressure and swap-related
    functions (bsc#1190208 (MM functional and performance backports)
    bsc#1216759).
  * net-memcg: Fix scope of sockmem pressure indicators (bsc#1216759).
  * net: mana: Configure hwc timeout from hardware (bsc#1214037).
  * net: mana: Fix MANA VF unload when hardware is unresponsive (bsc#1214764).
  * powerpc/pseries: Honour current SMT state when DLPAR onlining CPUs
    (bsc#1214285 bsc#1205462 ltc#200161 ltc#200588).
  * powerpc/pseries: Initialise CPU hotplug callbacks earlier (bsc#1214285
    bsc#1205462 ltc#200161 ltc#200588).
  * powerpc: Add HOTPLUG_SMT support (bsc#1214285 bsc#1205462 ltc#200161
    ltc#200588). Update config files.
  * ring-buffer: Avoid softlockup in ring_buffer_resize() (git-fixes).
  * s390/cio: unregister device when the only path is gone (git-fixes
    bsc#1217607).
  * s390/cmma: fix detection of DAT pages (LTC#203996 bsc#1217087).
  * s390/cmma: fix handling of swapper_pg_dir and invalid_pg_dir (LTC#203996
    bsc#1217087).
  * s390/cmma: fix initial kernel address space page table walk (LTC#203996
    bsc#1217087).
  * s390/crashdump: fix TOD programmable field size (git-fixes bsc#1217206).
  * s390/dasd: protect device queue against concurrent access (git-fixes
    bsc#1217519).
  * s390/dasd: use correct number of retries for ERP requests (git-fixes
    bsc#1217604).
  * s390/mm: add missing arch_set_page_dat() call to gmap allocations
    (LTC#203996 bsc#1217087).
  * s390/mm: add missing arch_set_page_dat() call to vmem_crst_alloc()
    (LTC#203996 bsc#1217087).
  * s390/ptrace: fix PTRACE_GET_LAST_BREAK error handling (git-fixes
    bsc#1217603).
  * scsi: qla2xxx: Fix double free of dsd_list during driver load (git-fixes).
  * scsi: qla2xxx: Use FIELD_GET() to extract PCIe capability fields (git-
    fixes).
  * tracing: Increase PERF_MAX_TRACE_SIZE to handle Sentinel1 and docker
    together (bsc#1216031).
  * usb-storage: fix deadlock when a scsi command timeouts more than once (git-
    fixes).
  * usb: serial: option: add Quectel RM500U-CN modem (git-fixes).
  * usb: serial: option: add Telit FE990 compositions (git-fixes).
  * usb: serial: option: add UNISOC vendor and TOZED LT70C product (git-fixes).
  * usb: typec: tcpm: Fix altmode re-registration causes sysfs create fail (git-
    fixes).
  * xfs: fix units conversion error in xfs_bmap_del_extent_delay (git-fixes).
  * xfs: make sure maxlen is still congruent with prod when rounding down (git-
    fixes).
  * xfs: reserve data and rt quota at the same time (bsc#1203496).

## Special Instructions and Notes:

  * Please reboot the system after installing this update.

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".  
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-4883=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-4883=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-4883=1

## Package List:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (nosrc x86_64)
    * kernel-azure-4.12.14-16.160.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    * kernel-azure-base-4.12.14-16.160.1
    * kernel-azure-devel-4.12.14-16.160.1
    * kernel-syms-azure-4.12.14-16.160.1
    * kernel-azure-base-debuginfo-4.12.14-16.160.1
    * kernel-azure-debugsource-4.12.14-16.160.1
    * kernel-azure-debuginfo-4.12.14-16.160.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (noarch)
    * kernel-source-azure-4.12.14-16.160.1
    * kernel-devel-azure-4.12.14-16.160.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (nosrc x86_64)
    * kernel-azure-4.12.14-16.160.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    * kernel-azure-base-4.12.14-16.160.1
    * kernel-azure-devel-4.12.14-16.160.1
    * kernel-syms-azure-4.12.14-16.160.1
    * kernel-azure-base-debuginfo-4.12.14-16.160.1
    * kernel-azure-debugsource-4.12.14-16.160.1
    * kernel-azure-debuginfo-4.12.14-16.160.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (noarch)
    * kernel-source-azure-4.12.14-16.160.1
    * kernel-devel-azure-4.12.14-16.160.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (nosrc x86_64)
    * kernel-azure-4.12.14-16.160.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    * kernel-azure-base-4.12.14-16.160.1
    * kernel-azure-devel-4.12.14-16.160.1
    * kernel-syms-azure-4.12.14-16.160.1
    * kernel-azure-base-debuginfo-4.12.14-16.160.1
    * kernel-azure-debugsource-4.12.14-16.160.1
    * kernel-azure-debuginfo-4.12.14-16.160.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (noarch)
    * kernel-source-azure-4.12.14-16.160.1
    * kernel-devel-azure-4.12.14-16.160.1

## References:

  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0461.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-31083.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-39197.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-39198.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-45863.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-45871.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5717.html
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1176950
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190208
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203496
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205462
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1208787
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1210780
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214037
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214285
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214408
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214764
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216031
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216058
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216259
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216584
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216759
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216965
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216976
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217036
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217087
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217206
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217519
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217525
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217603
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217604
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217607
  * https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-3184
  * https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-5021

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