Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 6 for SLE 15 SP2) (Important)
Description:
This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-24_34 fixes several issues.
The following security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2020-29373: Fixed an issue where kernel unsafely handles the root directory during path lookups, and thus a process inside a mount namespace can escape to unintended filesystem locations (bsc#1179779). - CVE-2020-36158: Fixed a potential remote code execution in the Marvell mwifiex driver (bsc#1180562). - CVE-2020-0466: Fixed a use-after-free due to a logic error in do_epoll_ctl and ep_loop_check_proc of eventpoll.c (bnc#1180032. - CVE-2020-29569: Fixed a use after free due to a logic error (bsc#1180008). - CVE-2020-29660: Fixed a locking inconsistency in the tty subsystem that may have allowed a read-after-free attack against TIOCGSID (bsc#1179877). - CVE-2020-29661: Fixed a locking issue in the tty subsystem that allowed a use-after-free attack against TIOCSPGRP (bsc#1179877). - CVE-2020-29368: Fixed an issue in copy-on-write implementation which could grant unintended write access because of a race condition in a THP mapcount check (bsc#1179664).
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Live Patching 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2