Missing Authorization Affecting kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-197_29-default package, versions <6-2.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.37% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-KERNELLIVEPATCH4121419729DEFAULT-2703113
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed4 Sept 2020

Introduced: 4 Sep 2020

CVE-2020-15780  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-197_29-default to version 6-2.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-197_29-default package and not the kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-197_29-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in drivers/acpi/acpi_configfs.c in the Linux kernel before 5.7.7. Injection of malicious ACPI tables via configfs could be used by attackers to bypass lockdown and secure boot restrictions, aka CID-75b0cea7bf30.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1