[LU-14078] kernel update [SLES15 SP2 5.3.18-24.29.2]

• Type: Improvement
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Priority: Minor
• Assignee: Jian Yu
• Reporter: Jian Yu

Description

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP2 kernel was updated to receive various
security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2020-12351: Fixed a type confusion while processing AMP packets aka
  "BleedingTooth" aka "BadKarma" (bsc#1177724).
• CVE-2020-24490: Fixed a heap buffer overflow when processing extended
  advertising report events aka "BleedingTooth" aka "BadVibes"
  (bsc#1177726).
• CVE-2020-12352: Fixed an information leak when processing certain AMP
  packets aka "BleedingTooth" aka "BadChoice" (bsc#1177725).
• CVE-2020-25641: Fixed a zero-length biovec request issued by the block
  subsystem could have caused the kernel to enter an infinite loop,
  causing a denial of service (bsc#1177121).
• CVE-2020-25643: Fixed a memory corruption and a read overflow which
  could have caused by improper input validation in the ppp_cp_parse_cr
  function (bsc#1177206).
• CVE-2020-25645: Fixed an issue which traffic between two Geneve
  endpoints may be unencrypted when IPsec is configured to encrypt traffic
  for the specific UDP port used by the GENEVE tunnel allowing anyone
  between the two endpoints to read the traffic unencrypted (bsc#1177511).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:
https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2020-October/007603.html

Issue Links

• is related to: LU-14127 kernel update [SLES15 SP2 5.3.18-24.34.1]
• is related to: LU-14029 kernel update [SLES15 SP2 5.3.18-24.24.1]

Comments

[Jian Yu]

A new version is in LU-14127