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A kernel-firmware security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.2.



openSUSE-SU-2021:0407-1: important: Security update for kernel-firmware


openSUSE Security Update: Security update for kernel-firmware
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0407-1
Rating: important
References: #1181720 #1181735 #1181736 #1181738
Cross-References: CVE-2020-12362 CVE-2020-12363 CVE-2020-12364
CVE-2020-12373
CVSS scores:
CVE-2020-12362 (NVD) : 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2020-12362 (SUSE): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2020-12363 (NVD) : 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2020-12363 (SUSE): 1.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVE-2020-12364 (NVD) : 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2020-12364 (SUSE): 1.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVE-2020-12373 (NVD) : 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2020-12373 (SUSE): 1.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.2
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An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

This update for kernel-firmware fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2020-12373: Fixed an expired pointer dereference may lead to DOS
(bsc#1181738).
- CVE-2020-12364: Fixed a null pointer reference may lead to DOS
(bsc#1181736).
- CVE-2020-12362: Fixed an integer overflow which could have led to
privilege escalation (bsc#1181720).
- CVE-2020-12363: Fixed an improper input validation which may have led to
DOS (bsc#1181735).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP1:Update update project.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-407=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (noarch):

kernel-firmware-20200107-lp152.2.6.1
ucode-amd-20200107-lp152.2.6.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12362.html
  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12363.html
  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12364.html
  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12373.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1181720
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1181735
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1181736
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1181738