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# Flatcar Container Linux Release - November 20, 2023
_Note_ : ARM instances on Equinix Metal are having availability issues, so they are not tested.
## Alpha 3794.0.0
- AMD64-usr
- Platforms succeeded: All
- Platforms failed: DigitalOcean NFS Kubernetes Calico test - after investigation it's a network configuration issue NFS server can't access Kube API server. I think IP ranges are overlapping (between the provider and the Calico SDN)
- Platforms not tested: None
- ARM64-usr
- Platforms succeeded: All
- Platforms failed: None
- Platforms not tested: EM
VERDICT: _GO_ / _WAIT_ / _NO-GO_
## Beta 3760.1.0
- AMD64-usr
- Platforms succeeded: All
- Platforms failed: DigitalOcean NFS Kubernetes Calico test - after investigation it's a network configuration issue NFS server can't access Kube API server. I think IP ranges are overlapping (between the provider and the Calico SDN)
- Platforms not tested: None
- ARM64-usr
- Platforms succeeded: All
- Platforms failed: None
- Platforms not tested: EM
VERDICT: _GO_ / _WAIT_ / _NO-GO_
## Stable 3602.2.2
- AMD64-usr
- Platforms succeeded: All
- Platforms failed: DigitalOcean NFS Kubernetes Calico test - after investigation it's a network configuration issue NFS server can't access Kube API server. I think IP ranges are overlapping (between the provider and the Calico SDN)
- Platforms not tested: None
- ARM64-usr
- Platforms succeeded: All
- Platforms failed: None
- Platforms not tested: EM
VERDICT: _GO_ / _WAIT_ / _NO-GO_
## Communication
---
#### Guidelines / Things to Remember
- Release notes are used in a PR and will appear on https://www.flatcar.org/releases/
- [Announcement Message](#Announcement-Message) is posted in [Flatcar-Linux-user](https://groups.google.com/g/flatcar-linux-user). Make sure to post as “Flatcar Container Linux User”, not with your personal user (this can be selected when drafting the post).
- Make sure the the LTS is referred to as `LTS-2021`, and not `LTS-2605`
---
### Announcement Message
Subject: Announcing new releases Alpha 3794.0.0, Beta 3760.1.0 and Stable 3602.2.2
Hello,
We are pleased to announce a new Flatcar Container Linux release for the Alpha, Beta and Stable channels.
## New Alpha Release 3794.0.0
**This release removes the legacy "torcx" image customisation and replaces this feature with systemd-sysext. Torcx enabled users to deploy custom docker versions; however, it required special packaging using the Flatcar SDK.** Please refer to the "Changes" section below for details.
**This release ships a major Docker update: Docker was upgraded to version 24 (from version 20 in the previous release). Please see the "Changes" section below for details.**
_Changes since **Alpha 3760.0.0**_
#### Security fixes:
- Linux ([CVE-2023-35827](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-35827), [CVE-2023-46813](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46813), [CVE-2023-46862](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46862), [CVE-2023-5178](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5178), [CVE-2023-5717](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5717))
- VMWare: open-vm-tools ([CVE-2023-34058](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34058), [CVE-2023-34059](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34059))
- nghttp2 ([CVE-2023-44487](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-44487))
- samba ([CVE-2023-4091](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4091))
- zlib ([CVE-2023-45853](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45853))
#### Bug fixes:
- Fixed iterating over the OEM update payload signatures which prevented the AWS OEM update to 3745.x.y ([update-engine#31](https://github.com/flatcar/update_engine/pull/31))
- Made `sshkeys.service` more robust to only run `coreos-metadata-sshkeys@core.service` when not masked and also retry on failure ([init#112](https://github.com/flatcar/init/pull/112))
- Set TTY used for fetching server_context to RAW mode before running cloudinit on cloudsigma ([scripts#1280](https://github.com/flatcar/scripts/pull/1280))
#### Changes:
- **Torcx, the mechanism to provide a custom Docker version, was replaced by systemd-sysext in the OS image**. Learn more about sysext and how to customise OS images [here](https://www.flatcar.org/docs/latest/provisioning/sysext/).
- Torcx entered deprecation 2 years ago in favour of [deploying plain Docker binaries](https://www.flatcar.org/docs/latest/container-runtimes/use-a-custom-docker-or-containerd-version/)
(which is now also a legacy option because systemd-sysext offers a more robust and better structured way of customisation, including OS independent updates).
- Torcx has been removed entirely; if you use Torcx to extend the Flatcar base OS image, please refer to our [conversion script](https://www.flatcar.org/docs/latest/provisioning/sysext/#torcx-deprecation) and to the sysext documentation mentioned above for migrating.
- Consequently, `update_engine` will not perform torcx sanity checks post-update anymore.
- Relevant changes: [scripts#1216](https://github.com/flatcar/scripts/pull/1216), [update_engine#30](https://github.com/flatcar/update_engine/pull/30), [Mantle#466](https://github.com/flatcar/mantle/pull/466), [Mantle#465](https://github.com/flatcar/mantle/pull/465).
- cri-tools, runc, containerd, docker, and docker-cli are now built from Gentoo upstream ebuilds. Docker received a major version upgrade - it was updated to Docker 24 (from Docker 20; see "updates").
- **NOTE:** The docker btrfs storage driver has been de-prioritised; BTRFS backed storage will now default to the `overlay2` driver
([changelog](https://docs.docker.com/engine/release-notes/23.0/#bug-fixes-and-enhancements-6), [upstream pr](https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/42661)).
Using the btrfs driver can still be enforced by creating a respective [docker config](https://docs.docker.com/storage/storagedriver/btrfs-driver/#configure-docker-to-use-the-btrfs-storage-driver) at `/etc/docker/daemon.json`.
- **NOTE:** If you are already using btrfs-backed Docker storage and are upgrading to this new version, Docker will automatically use the `btrfs` storage driver for backwards-compatibility with your deployment.
- **Docker will remove the `btrfs` driver entirely in a future version. Please consider migrating your deployments to the `overlay2` driver.**
- Brightbox: The regular OpenStack image should now be used, it includes Afterburn for instance metadata attributes
- OpenStack: An uncompressed image is provided for simpler import (since the images use qcow2 inline compression, there is no benefit in using the `.gz` or `.bz2` images)
#### Updates:
- Azure: WALinuxAgent ([v2.9.1.1](https://github.com/Azure/WALinuxAgent/releases/tag/v2.9.1.1))
- DEV, AZURE: python ([3.11.6](https://docs.python.org/release/3.11.6/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-11-6))
- DEV: iperf ([3.15](https://github.com/esnet/iperf/releases/tag/3.15))
- DEV: smartmontools ([7.4](https://www.smartmontools.org/browser/tags/RELEASE_7_4/smartmontools/NEWS))
- Go ([1.20.11](https://go.dev/doc/devel/release#go1.20.11))
- Linux ([6.1.62](https://lwn.net/Articles/950700) (includes [6.1.61](https://lwn.net/Articles/949826), [6.1.60](https://lwn.net/Articles/948817) and [6.1.59](https://lwn.net/Articles/948297)))
- Linux Firmware ([20231111](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tag/?h=20231111) (includes [20231030](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tag/?h=20231030)))
- SDK: Rust ([1.73.0](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/releases/tag/1.73.0))
- SDK: python packaging ([23.2](https://github.com/pypa/packaging/releases/tag/23.2)), platformdirs ([3.11.0](https://github.com/platformdirs/platformdirs/releases/tag/3.11.0))
- VMWare: open-vm-tools ([12.3.5](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/tag/stable-12.3.5))
- containerd ([1.7.9](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.7.9) (includes [1.7.8](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.7.8)))
- cri-tools ([1.27.0](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools/releases/tag/v1.27.0))
- ding-libs ([0.6.2](https://github.com/SSSD/ding-libs/releases/tag/0.6.2))
- docker ([24.0.6](https://docs.docker.com/engine/release-notes/24.0/), includes changes from [23.0](https://docs.docker.com/engine/release-notes/23.0/))
- ethtool ([6.5](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/ethtool/ethtool.git/tree/NEWS?h=v6.5))
- hwdata ([v0.375](https://github.com/vcrhonek/hwdata/releases/tag/v0.375) (includes [0.374](https://github.com/vcrhonek/hwdata/commits/v0.374)))
- iproute2 ([6.5.0](https://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=169401822317373&w=2))
- json-c ([0.17](https://github.com/json-c/json-c/blob/json-c-0.17-20230812/ChangeLog))
- libffi ([3.4.4](https://github.com/libffi/libffi/releases/tag/v3.4.4) (includes [3.4.2](https://github.com/libffi/libffi/releases/tag/v3.4.2) and [3.4.3](https://github.com/libffi/libffi/releases/tag/v3.4.3)))
- liblinear (246)
- libsodium ([1.0.19](https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/releases/tag/1.0.19-RELEASE))
- libunistring ([1.1](https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libunistring.git;a=blob;f=NEWS;h=5a43ddd7011d62a952733f6c0b7ad52aa4f385c7;hb=8006860b710aae2e8442088c3ddc7d819dfa8ac7))
- mpc ([1.3.1](https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/mpc-discuss/2022-12/msg00049.html) (includes [1.3.0](https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/mpc-discuss/2022-12/msg00028.html))
- mpfr ([4.2.1](https://gitlab.inria.fr/mpfr/mpfr/-/blob/4.2.1/NEWS))
- nghttp2 ([1.57.0](https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/releases/tag/v1.57.0) (includes [1.52.0](https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/releases/tag/v1.57.0), [1.53.0](https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/releases/tag/v1.53.0), [1.54.0](https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/releases/tag/v1.54.0), [1.55.0](https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/releases/tag/v1.55.0), [1.55.1](https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/releases/tag/v1.55.1) and [1.56.0](https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/releases/tag/v1.56.0)))
- nspr ([4.35](https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nspr/log/b563bfc16c887c48b038b7b441fcc4e40a126d3b))
- ntp ([4.2.8p17](https://www.ntp.org/support/securitynotice/4_2_8p17-release-announcement/))
- nvme-cli ([v2.6](https://github.com/linux-nvme/nvme-cli/releases/tag/v2.6), libnvme [v1.6](https://github.com/linux-nvme/libnvme/releases/tag/v1.6))
- protobuf ([21.12](https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/tag/v21.12) (includes [21.10](https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/tag/v21.10) and [21.11](https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/tag/v21.11)))
- samba ([4.18.8](https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.18.8.html))
- sqlite ([3.43.2](https://www.sqlite.org/releaselog/3_43_2.html))
- thin-provisioning-tools ([1.0.6](https://github.com/jthornber/thin-provisioning-tools/blob/v1.0.6/CHANGES))
## New Beta Release 3760.1.0
:warning: From Alpha 3794.0.0 Torcx has been removed - please assert that you don't rely on specific Torcx mechanism but now use systemd-sysext. See [here](https://www.flatcar.org/docs/latest/provisioning/sysext/) for more information.
_Changes since **Beta 3745.1.0**_
#### Security fixes:
- Linux ([CVE-2023-35827](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-35827), [CVE-2023-46813](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46813), [CVE-2023-46862](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46862), [CVE-2023-5178](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5178), [CVE-2023-5717](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5717))
- curl ([CVE-2023-38545](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38545), [CVE-2023-38546](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38546))
- glibc ([CVE-2023-4911](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4911))
- go ([CVE-2023-39325](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39325), [CVE-2023-39325](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39325))
- grub ([CVE-2023-4692](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4692), [CVE-2023-4693](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4693))
- libtirpc ([libtirpc-rhbg-2138317](http://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=steved/libtirpc.git;a=commit;h=4a2d85c64110ee9e21a8c4f9dafd6b0ae621506d), [libtirpc-rhbg-2150611](http://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=steved/libtirpc.git;a=commit;h=f7f0abdf267698de3f74a0285405b1b01f40893b), [libtirpc-rhbg-2224666](http://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=steved/libtirpc.git;a=commit;h=1d2e10afb2ffc35cb3623f57a15f712359f18e75))
#### Bug fixes:
- Added AWS EKS support for versions 1.24-1.28. Fixed `/usr/share/amazon/eks/download-kubelet.sh` to include download paths for these versions. ([scripts#1210](https://github.com/flatcar/scripts/pull/1210))
- Fixed iterating over the OEM update payload signatures which prevented the AWS OEM update to 3745.x.y ([update-engine#31](https://github.com/flatcar/update_engine/pull/31))
- Fixed quotes handling for update-engine ([Flatcar#1209](https://github.com/flatcar/Flatcar/issues/1209))
- Made `sshkeys.service` more robust to only run `coreos-metadata-sshkeys@core.service` when not masked and also retry on failure ([init#112](https://github.com/flatcar/init/pull/112))
#### Changes:
- Brightbox: The regular OpenStack image should now be used, it includes Afterburn for instance metadata attributes
- OpenStack: An uncompressed image is provided for simpler import (since the images use qcow2 inline compression, there is no benefit in using the `.gz` or `.bz2` images)
#### Updates:
- Go ([1.20.10](https://go.dev/doc/devel/release#go1.20.10) (includes [1.20.9](https://go.dev/doc/devel/release#go1.20.9)))
- Linux ([6.1.62](https://lwn.net/Articles/950700) (includes [6.1.61](https://lwn.net/Articles/949826), [6.1.60](https://lwn.net/Articles/948817) and includes [6.1.59](https://lwn.net/Articles/948299)))
- containerd ([1.7.7](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.7.7))
- curl ([8.4.0](https://curl.se/changes.html#8_4_0))
- libnl ([3.8.0](https://github.com/thom311/libnl/compare/libnl3_7_0...libnl3_8_0))
- libtirpc ([1.3.4](https://marc.info/?l=linux-nfs&m=169667640909830&w=2))
- libxml2 ([2.11.5](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.11.5))
- openssh ([9.5p1](https://www.openssh.com/releasenotes.html#9.5p1))
- pigz ([2.8](https://zlib.net/pipermail/pigz-announce_zlib.net/2023-August/000018.html))
- strace([6.4](https://github.com/strace/strace/releases/tag/v6.4))
- whois ([5.5.18](https://github.com/rfc1036/whois/blob/v5.5.18/debian/changelog))
_Changes since **Alpha 3760.0.0**_
#### Security fixes:
- Linux ([CVE-2023-35827](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-35827), [CVE-2023-46813](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46813), [CVE-2023-46862](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46862), [CVE-2023-5178](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5178), [CVE-2023-5717](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5717))
#### Bug fixes:
- Fixed iterating over the OEM update payload signatures which prevented the AWS OEM update to 3745.x.y ([update-engine#31](https://github.com/flatcar/update_engine/pull/31))
- Made `sshkeys.service` more robust to only run `coreos-metadata-sshkeys@core.service` when not masked and also retry on failure ([init#112](https://github.com/flatcar/init/pull/112))
#### Changes:
- Brightbox: The regular OpenStack image should now be used, it includes Afterburn for instance metadata attributes
- OpenStack: An uncompressed image is provided for simpler import (since the images use qcow2 inline compression, there is no benefit in using the `.gz` or `.bz2` images)
#### Updates:
- Linux ([6.1.62](https://lwn.net/Articles/950700) (includes [6.1.61](https://lwn.net/Articles/949826), [6.1.60](https://lwn.net/Articles/948817) and includes [6.1.59](https://lwn.net/Articles/948299)))
## New Stable Release 3602.2.2
:warning: From Alpha 3794.0.0 Torcx has been removed - please assert that you don't rely on specific Torcx mechanism but now use systemd-sysext. See [here](https://www.flatcar.org/docs/latest/provisioning/sysext/) for more information.
_Changes since **Stable 3602.2.1**_
#### Security fixes:
- Linux ([CVE-2023-46813](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46813), [CVE-2023-5178](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5178), [CVE-2023-5717](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5717))
#### Changes:
- Brightbox: The regular OpenStack image should now be used, it includes Afterburn for instance metadata attributes
- OpenStack: An uncompressed image is provided for simpler import (since the images use qcow2 inline compression, there is no benefit in using the `.gz` or `.bz2` images)
- linux kernel: added zstd support for squashfs kernel module ([scripts#1297](https://github.com/flatcar/scripts/pull/1297))
#### Updates:
- Linux ([5.15.138](https://lwn.net/Articles/950714) (includes [5.15.137](https://lwn.net/Articles/948818)))
Best,
The Flatcar Container Linux Maintainers
---
## Security
**Subject**: Security issues fixed with the latest Alpha 3794.0.0, Beta 3760.1.0 and Stable 3602.2.2 releases
**Security fix**: With the Alpha 3794.0.0, Beta 3760.1.0 and Stable 3602.2.2 releases we ship fixes for the CVEs listed below.
### Alpha 3794.0.0
* Linux
* [CVE-2023-35827](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-35827) CVSSv3 score: 7(High)
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 6.3.8. A use-after-free was found in ravb_remove in drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c.
* [CVE-2023-46813](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46813) CVSSv3 score: 7(High)
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.5.9, exploitable by local users with userspace access to MMIO registers. Incorrect access checking in the #VC handler and instruction emulation of the SEV-ES emulation of MMIO accesses could lead to arbitrary write access to kernel memory (and thus privilege escalation). This depends on a race condition through which userspace can replace an instruction before the #VC handler reads it.
* [CVE-2023-46862](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46862) CVSSv3 score: 4.7(Medium)
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 6.5.9. During a race with SQ thread exit, an io_uring/fdinfo.c io_uring_show_fdinfo NULL pointer dereference can occur.
* [CVE-2023-5178](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5178) CVSSv3 score: n/a
A use-after-free vulnerability was found in drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c` in `nvmet_tcp_free_crypto` due to a logical bug in the NVMe-oF/TCP subsystem in the Linux kernel. This issue may allow a malicious user to cause a use-after-free and double-free problem, which may permit remote code execution or lead to local privilege escalation in case that the attacker already has local privileges.
* [CVE-2023-5717](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5717) CVSSv3 score: n/a
A heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Linux Kernel Performance Events (perf) component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. If perf_read_group() is called while an event's sibling_list is smaller than its child's sibling_list, it can increment or write to memory locations outside of the allocated buffer. We recommend upgrading past commit 32671e3799ca2e4590773fd0e63aaa4229e50c06.
* VMWare: open-vm-tools
* [CVE-2023-34058](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34058) CVSSv3 score: 7.5(High)
VMware Tools contains a SAML token signature bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-security/GUID-6A952214-0E5E-4CCF-9D2A-90948FF643EC.html in a target virtual machine may be able to elevate their privileges if that target virtual machine has been assigned a more privileged Guest Alias https://vdc-download.vmware.com/vmwb-repository/dcr-public/d1902b0e-d479-46bf-8ac9-cee0e31e8ec0/07ce8dbd-db48-4261-9b8f-c6d3ad8ba472/vim.vm.guest.AliasManager.html .
* [CVE-2023-34059](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34059) CVSSv3 score: 7(High)
open-vm-tools contains a file descriptor hijack vulnerability in the vmware-user-suid-wrapper. A malicious actor with non-root privileges may be able to hijack the /dev/uinput file descriptor allowing them to simulate user inputs.
* nghttp2
* [CVE-2023-44487](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-44487) CVSSv3 score: 7.5(High)
The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because request cancellation can reset many streams quickly, as exploited in the wild in August through October 2023.
* samba
* [CVE-2023-4091](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4091) CVSSv3 score: n/a
A vulnerability was discovered in Samba, where the flaw allows SMB clients to truncate files, even with read-only permissions when the Samba VFS module "acl_xattr" is configured with "acl_xattr:ignore system acls = yes". The SMB protocol allows opening files when the client requests read-only access but then implicitly truncates the opened file to 0 bytes if the client specifies a separate OVERWRITE create disposition request. The issue arises in configurations that bypass kernel file system permissions checks, relying solely on Samba's permissions.
* zlib
* [CVE-2023-45853](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45853) CVSSv3 score: 9.8(Critical)
MiniZip in zlib through 1.3 has an integer overflow and resultant heap-based buffer overflow in zipOpenNewFileInZip4_64 via a long filename, comment, or extra field. NOTE: MiniZip is not a supported part of the zlib product.
### Beta 3760.1.0
* Linux
* [CVE-2023-35827](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-35827) CVSSv3 score: 7(High)
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 6.3.8. A use-after-free was found in ravb_remove in drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c.
* [CVE-2023-46813](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46813) CVSSv3 score: 7(High)
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.5.9, exploitable by local users with userspace access to MMIO registers. Incorrect access checking in the #VC handler and instruction emulation of the SEV-ES emulation of MMIO accesses could lead to arbitrary write access to kernel memory (and thus privilege escalation). This depends on a race condition through which userspace can replace an instruction before the #VC handler reads it.
* [CVE-2023-46862](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46862) CVSSv3 score: 4.7(Medium)
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 6.5.9. During a race with SQ thread exit, an io_uring/fdinfo.c io_uring_show_fdinfo NULL pointer dereference can occur.
* [CVE-2023-5178](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5178) CVSSv3 score: n/a
A use-after-free vulnerability was found in drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c` in `nvmet_tcp_free_crypto` due to a logical bug in the NVMe-oF/TCP subsystem in the Linux kernel. This issue may allow a malicious user to cause a use-after-free and double-free problem, which may permit remote code execution or lead to local privilege escalation in case that the attacker already has local privileges.
* [CVE-2023-5717](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5717) CVSSv3 score: n/a
A heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Linux Kernel Performance Events (perf) component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. If perf_read_group() is called while an event's sibling_list is smaller than its child's sibling_list, it can increment or write to memory locations outside of the allocated buffer. We recommend upgrading past commit 32671e3799ca2e4590773fd0e63aaa4229e50c06.
* curl
* [CVE-2023-38545](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38545) CVSSv3 score: 9.8(Critical)
This flaw makes curl overflow a heap based buffer in the SOCKS5 proxy handshake.
When curl is asked to pass along the host name to the SOCKS5 proxy to allow
that to resolve the address instead of it getting done by curl itself, the
maximum length that host name can be is 255 bytes.
If the host name is detected to be longer, curl switches to local name
resolving and instead passes on the resolved address only. Due to this bug,
the local variable that means "let the host resolve the name" could get the
wrong value during a slow SOCKS5 handshake, and contrary to the intention,
copy the too long host name to the target buffer instead of copying just the
resolved address there.
The target buffer being a heap based buffer, and the host name coming from the
URL that curl has been told to operate with.
* [CVE-2023-38546](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38546) CVSSv3 score: 3.7(Low)
This flaw allows an attacker to insert cookies at will into a running program
using libcurl, if the specific series of conditions are met.
libcurl performs transfers. In its API, an application creates "easy handles"
that are the individual handles for single transfers.
libcurl provides a function call that duplicates en easy handle called
[curl_easy_duphandle](https://curl.se/libcurl/c/curl_easy_duphandle.html).
If a transfer has cookies enabled when the handle is duplicated, the
cookie-enable state is also cloned - but without cloning the actual
cookies. If the source handle did not read any cookies from a specific file on
disk, the cloned version of the handle would instead store the file name as
`none` (using the four ASCII letters, no quotes).
Subsequent use of the cloned handle that does not explicitly set a source to
load cookies from would then inadvertently load cookies from a file named
`none` - if such a file exists and is readable in the current directory of the
program using libcurl. And if using the correct file format of course.
* glibc
* [CVE-2023-4911](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4911) CVSSv3 score: n/a
A buffer overflow was discovered in the GNU C Library's dynamic loader ld.so while processing the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable. This issue could allow a local attacker to use maliciously crafted GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variables when launching binaries with SUID permission to execute code with elevated privileges.
* go
* [CVE-2023-39325](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39325) CVSSv3 score: 7.5(High)
A malicious HTTP/2 client which rapidly creates requests and immediately resets them can cause excessive server resource consumption. While the total number of requests is bounded by the http2.Server.MaxConcurrentStreams setting, resetting an in-progress request allows the attacker to create a new request while the existing one is still executing. With the fix applied, HTTP/2 servers now bound the number of simultaneously executing handler goroutines to the stream concurrency limit (MaxConcurrentStreams). New requests arriving when at the limit (which can only happen after the client has reset an existing, in-flight request) will be queued until a handler exits. If the request queue grows too large, the server will terminate the connection. This issue is also fixed in golang.org/x/net/http2 for users manually configuring HTTP/2. The default stream concurrency limit is 250 streams (requests) per HTTP/2 connection. This value may be adjusted using the golang.org/x/net/http2 package; see the Server.MaxConcurrentStreams setting and the ConfigureServer function.
* [CVE-2023-39325](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39325) CVSSv3 score: 7.5(High)
A malicious HTTP/2 client which rapidly creates requests and immediately resets them can cause excessive server resource consumption. While the total number of requests is bounded by the http2.Server.MaxConcurrentStreams setting, resetting an in-progress request allows the attacker to create a new request while the existing one is still executing. With the fix applied, HTTP/2 servers now bound the number of simultaneously executing handler goroutines to the stream concurrency limit (MaxConcurrentStreams). New requests arriving when at the limit (which can only happen after the client has reset an existing, in-flight request) will be queued until a handler exits. If the request queue grows too large, the server will terminate the connection. This issue is also fixed in golang.org/x/net/http2 for users manually configuring HTTP/2. The default stream concurrency limit is 250 streams (requests) per HTTP/2 connection. This value may be adjusted using the golang.org/x/net/http2 package; see the Server.MaxConcurrentStreams setting and the ConfigureServer function.
* grub
* [CVE-2023-4692](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4692) CVSSv3 score: 7.8(High)
An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in grub2's NTFS filesystem driver. This issue may allow an attacker to present a specially crafted NTFS filesystem image, leading to grub's heap metadata corruption. In some circumstances, the attack may also corrupt the UEFI firmware heap metadata. As a result, arbitrary code execution and secure boot protection bypass may be achieved.
* [CVE-2023-4693](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4693) CVSSv3 score: 4.6(Medium)
An out-of-bounds read flaw was found on grub2's NTFS filesystem driver. This issue may allow a physically present attacker to present a specially crafted NTFS file system image to read arbitrary memory locations. A successful attack allows sensitive data cached in memory or EFI variable values to be leaked, presenting a high Confidentiality risk.
### Stable 3602.2.2
* Linux
* [CVE-2023-46813](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46813) CVSSv3 score: 7(High)
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.5.9, exploitable by local users with userspace access to MMIO registers. Incorrect access checking in the #VC handler and instruction emulation of the SEV-ES emulation of MMIO accesses could lead to arbitrary write access to kernel memory (and thus privilege escalation). This depends on a race condition through which userspace can replace an instruction before the #VC handler reads it.
* [CVE-2023-5178](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5178) CVSSv3 score: n/a
A use-after-free vulnerability was found in drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c` in `nvmet_tcp_free_crypto` due to a logical bug in the NVMe-oF/TCP subsystem in the Linux kernel. This issue may allow a malicious user to cause a use-after-free and double-free problem, which may permit remote code execution or lead to local privilege escalation in case that the attacker already has local privileges.
* [CVE-2023-5717](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5717) CVSSv3 score: n/a
A heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Linux Kernel Performance Events (perf) component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.
If perf_read_group() is called while an event's sibling_list is smaller than its child's sibling_list, it can increment or write to memory locations outside of the allocated buffer.
We recommend upgrading past commit 32671e3799ca2e4590773fd0e63aaa4229e50c06.
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## Communication
### Go/No-Go message for Matrix/Slack
Go/No-Go Meeting for Alpha 3794.0.0, Beta 3760.1.0 and Stable 3602.2.2
Pre-view images are available in https://bincache.flatcar-linux.net/images/amd64/$VERSION/
Tracking issue: https://github.com/flatcar/Flatcar/issues/1258
The Go/No-Go document is in our HackMD @flatcar namespace
Link: https://hackmd.io/nG2pd4iKQ9GTazucHH5U9Q?view
Please give your Go/No-Go vote with 💚 for Go, ❌ for No-Go, and ✋ for Wait.
Contributors & community feel free to put your suggestions, thoughts or comments on the document or here in the chat.
@MAINTAINER @MAINTAINER @MAINTAINER
### Mastodon
_The toot (from [@flatcar](https://hachyderm.io/@flatcar)) goes out after the changelog update has been published; it includes a link to the web changelog._
New Flatcar Alpha, Beta and Stable releases now available!
:rocket: Torcx is dead, long live systemd-sysext! - Migrate any [custom Docker version](https://www.flatcar.org/docs/latest/provisioning/sysext/) usage!
📦 Many package updates: Docker, Linux, nghttp2
🔒 CVE fixes & security patches: nghttp2, Linux
📜 Release notes at the usual spot: https://www.flatcar.org/releases/
#linux #cloudnative #containers #updates
### Kubernetes Slack
_This goes in the #flatcar channel_
Please welcome Flatcar releases of this month:
- Alpha 3794.0.0 (new major)
- Beta 3760.1.0 (new major)
- Stable 3602.2.2 (maintenance release)
These releases include:
🚀 Torcx is dead, long live systemd-sysext! - Migrate any [custom Docker version](https://www.flatcar.org/docs/latest/provisioning/sysext/) usage!
🩹 Fixed the AWS OEM update to 3745.x.y
📦 Many package updates: Docker, Linux, nghttp2
📜 Release notes in usual spot: https://www.flatcar.org/releases/