MGASA-2023-0201 - Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 19 Jun 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0201.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2022-48425,
     CVE-2023-2156,
     CVE-2023-2269,
     CVE-2023-31084,
     CVE-2023-32233,
     CVE-2023-34256

This kernel update is based on upstream 5.15.117 and fixes atleast
the following security issues:

In the Linux kernel through 6.2.7, fs/ntfs3/inode.c has an invalid kfree
because it does not validate MFT flags before replaying logs
(CVE-2022-48425).

A flaw was found in the networking subsystem of the Linux kernel within
the handling of the RPL protocol. This issue results from the lack of
proper handling of user-supplied data, which can lead to an assertion
failure. This may allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to create a
denial of service condition on the system (CVE-2023-2156).

A denial of service problem was found, due to a possible recursive locking
scenario, resulting in a deadlock in table_clear in drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
in the Linux Kernel Device Mapper-Multipathing sub-component
(CVE-2023-2269).

An issue was discovered in drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c in the
Linux kernel 6.2. There is a blocking operation when a task is in
!TASK_RUNNING. In dvb_frontend_get_event, wait_event_interruptible is
called; the condition is dvb_frontend_test_event(fepriv,events).
In dvb_frontend_test_event, down(&fepriv->sem) is called. However,
wait_event_interruptible would put the process to sleep, and
down(&fepriv->sem) may block the process (CVE-2023-31084).

In the Linux kernel through 6.3.1, a use-after-free in Netfilter
nf_tables when processing batch requests can be abused to perform arbitrary
read and write operations on kernel memory. Unprivileged local users can
obtain root privileges. This occurs because anonymous sets are mishandled
(CVE-2023-32233).

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.3.3. There is an
out-of-bounds read in crc16 in lib/crc16.c when called from fs/ext4/super.c
because ext4_group_desc_csum does not properly check an offset 
(CVE-2023-34256).

For other upstream fixes in this update, see the referenced changelogs.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32001
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.111
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.112
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.113
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.114
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.115
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.116
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.117
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-48425
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-2156
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-2269
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-31084
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-32233
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-34256

SRPMS:
- 8/core/kernel-5.15.117-2.mga8
- 8/core/kmod-virtualbox-7.0.8-1.8.mga8
- 8/core/kmod-xtables-addons-3.23-1.18.mga8