[LU-14222] kernel update [SLES12 SP5 4.12.14-122.54.1]

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

Description

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

The following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2020-15436: Fixed a use after free vulnerability in fs/block_dev.c
  which could have allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a
  denial of service (bsc#1179141).
• CVE-2020-15437: Fixed a null pointer dereference which could have
  allowed local users to cause a denial of service(bsc#1179140).
• CVE-2020-25668: Fixed a concurrency use-after-free in con_font_op
  (bsc#1178123).
• CVE-2020-25669: Fixed a use-after-free read in sunkbd_reinit()
  (bsc#1178182).
• CVE-2020-25704: Fixed a leak in perf_event_parse_addr_filter()
  (bsc#1178393).
• CVE-2020-27777: Restrict RTAS requests from userspace (bsc#1179107)
• CVE-2020-28915: Fixed a buffer over-read in the fbcon code which could
  have been used by local attackers to read kernel memory (bsc#1178886).
• CVE-2020-28974: Fixed a slab-out-of-bounds read in fbcon which could
  have been used by local attackers to read privileged information or
  potentially crash the kernel (bsc#1178589).
• CVE-2020-29371: Fixed uninitialized memory leaks to userspace
  (bsc#1179429).
• CVE-2020-25705: Fixed an issue which could have allowed to quickly scan
  open UDP ports. This flaw allowed an off-path remote user to effectively
  bypassing source port UDP randomization (bsc#1175721).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:
https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2020-December/007942.html

Issue Links

• is related to: LU-14376 kernel update [SLES12 SP5 4.12.14-122.57.1]
• is related to: LU-14079 kernel update [SLES12 SP5 4.12.14-122.46.1]

Comments

[Jian Yu]

A new version is available in LU-14376.

[Gerrit Updater]

Jian Yu ([e-mail]) uploaded a new patch: https://review.whamcloud.com/41038
Subject: LU-14222 kernel: kernel update SLES12 SP5 [4.12.14-122.54.1]
Project: fs/lustre-release
Branch: b2_12
Current Patch Set: 1
Commit: 300807b6dd846ac5ddba273d413dd710dd868536

[Gerrit Updater]

Jian Yu ([e-mail]) uploaded a new patch: https://review.whamcloud.com/41037
Subject: LU-14222 kernel: kernel update SLES12 SP5 [4.12.14-122.54.1]
Project: fs/lustre-release
Branch: master
Current Patch Set: 1
Commit: 798a7f624752d401297fc739647f772a3e492de8