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openSUSE: Kernel Important Fixes for 65 Vulnerabilities CVE-2025-38916

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Calendar Grey December 17, 2025
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SUSE updates the kernel with essential fixes for 65 vulnerabilities, critical for system security and stability.
An update that solves 65 vulnerabilities and has nine security fixes can now be installed.

Description

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6 kernel was updated to fix various security

issues

The following security issues were fixed:

* CVE-2022-50253: bpf: make sure skb->len != 0 when redirecting to a tunneling

device (bsc#1249912).

* CVE-2023-53676: scsi: target: iscsi: Fix buffer overflow in

lio_target_nacl_info_show() (bsc#1251786).

* CVE-2025-21710: tcp: correct handling of extreme memory squeeze

(bsc#1237888).

* CVE-2025-37916: pds_core: remove write-after-free of client_id

(bsc#1243474).

* CVE-2025-38359: s390/mm: Fix in_atomic() handling in

do_secure_storage_access() (bsc#1247076).

* CVE-2025-38361: drm/amd/display: Check dce_hwseq before dereferencing it

(bsc#1247079).

* CVE-2025-39788: scsi: ufs: exynos: Fix programming of HCI_UTRL_NEXUS_TYPE

(bsc#1249547).

* CVE-2025-39805: net: macb: fix unregister_netdev call order in macb_remove()

(bsc#1249982).

* CVE-2025-39819: fs/smb: Fix inconsistent refcnt update (bsc#1250176).

*...

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important kernel memory management OpenSUSE

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE 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 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-4422=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-4422=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-4422=1

* Development Tools Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP6-2025-4422=1

* Legacy Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Legacy-15-SP6-2025-4422=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HA-15-SP6-2025-4422=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP6-2025-4422=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2025-4422=1

Please note that this is the initial kernel livepatch without fixes itself, this

package is later updated...

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Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch nosrc)

* kernel-docs-6.4.0-150600.23.81.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)

* kernel-devel-6.4.0-150600.23.81.2

* kernel-source-vanilla-6.4.0-150600.23.81.2

* kernel-source-6.4.0-150600.23.81.2

* kernel-docs-html-6.4.0-150600.23.81.1

* kernel-macros-6.4.0-150600.23.81.2

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (nosrc ppc64le x86_64)

* kernel-debug-6.4.0-150600.23.81.3

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (ppc64le x86_64)

* kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.81.3

* kernel-debug-devel-6.4.0-150600.23.81.3

* kernel-debug-debugsource-6.4.0-150600.23.81.3

* kernel-debug-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.81.3

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)

* kernel-default-vdso-6.4.0-150600.23.81.3

* kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-6.4.0-150600.23.81.3

* kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.81.3

* kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.81.3

* kernel-debug-vdso-6.4.0-150600.23.81.3

* kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.81.3

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le x86_64)

* kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource-6.4.0-150600.23.81.3

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References

* bsc#1232223

* bsc#1237888

* bsc#1243474

* bsc#1245193

* bsc#1247076

* bsc#1247079

* bsc#1247500

* bsc#1247509

* bsc#1249547

* bsc#1249912

* bsc#1249982

* bsc#1250176

* bsc#1250237

* bsc#1250252

* bsc#1250705

* bsc#1251120

* bsc#1251786

* bsc#1252063

* bsc#1252267

* bsc#1252303

* bsc#1252353

* bsc#1252681

* bsc#1252763

* bsc#1252773

* bsc#1252780

* bsc#1252794

* bsc#1252795

* bsc#1252809

* bsc#1252817

* bsc#1252821

* bsc#1252836

* bsc#1252845

* bsc#1252862

* bsc#1252912

* bsc#1252917

* bsc#1252928

* bsc#1253018

* bsc#1253176

* bsc#1253275

* bsc#1253318

* bsc#1253324

* bsc#1253349

* bsc#1253352

* bsc#1253355

* bsc#1253360

* bsc#1253362

* bsc#1253363

* bsc#1253367

* bsc#1253369

* bsc#1253393

* bsc#1253395

* bsc#1253403

* bsc#1253407

* bsc#1253409

* bsc#1253412

* bsc#1253416

* bsc#1253421

* bsc#1253423

* bsc#1253424

* bsc#1253425

* bsc#1253427

* bsc#1253428

* bsc#1253431

* bsc#1253436

* bsc#1253438

* bsc#1253440

* bsc#1253441

* bsc#1253445

* bsc#1253448

* bsc#1253449

* bsc#1253453

* bsc#1253456

* bsc#1253472

* bsc#1253779

## References:

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Severity
important
Lowest
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Critical

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:4422-1
Release Date: 2025-12-17T10:53:11Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 * Development Tools Module 15-SP6 * Legacy Module 15-SP6 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6

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Topics Covered

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