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openSUSE 15.4/15.5: SUSE-SU-2024:0553-1 Important Memory Leak Fix

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Calendar Grey February 20, 2024
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
The update for Openvswitch addresses CVE-2024-22563, fixing a significant memory leak. Crucial for upholding system stability.
This update for openvswitch fixes the following issues: CVE-2024-22563: Fixed memory leak via the function xmalloc__ in /lib/util.c (bsc#1219059).

Description

This update for openvswitch fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2024-22563: Fixed memory leak via the function xmalloc__ in /lib/util.c

(bsc#1219059).

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue data protection memory leak important update openSUSE openvswitch

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 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2024-553=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2024-553=1

* Legacy Module 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Legacy-15-SP5-2024-553=1

* SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP5-2024-553=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2024-553=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2024-553=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2024-553=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2024-553=1

* SUSE...

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Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* ovn-central-debuginfo-20.06.2-150400.24.20.1

* ovn-central-20.06.2-150400.24.20.1

* openvswitch-test-2.14.2-150400.24.20.1

* ovn-devel-20.06.2-150400.24.20.1

* ovn-vtep-20.06.2-150400.24.20.1

* openvswitch-devel-2.14.2-150400.24.20.1

* ovn-debuginfo-20.06.2-150400.24.20.1

* openvswitch-vtep-debuginfo-2.14.2-150400.24.20.1

* ovn-20.06.2-150400.24.20.1

* openvswitch-vtep-2.14.2-150400.24.20.1

* openvswitch-test-debuginfo-2.14.2-150400.24.20.1

* openvswitch-debugsource-2.14.2-150400.24.20.1

* libovn-20_06-0-20.06.2-150400.24.20.1

* python3-ovs-2.14.2-150400.24.20.1

* openvswitch-2.14.2-150400.24.20.1

* ovn-docker-20.06.2-150400.24.20.1

* ovn-host-20.06.2-150400.24.20.1

* ovn-vtep-debuginfo-20.06.2-150400.24.20.1

* libovn-20_06-0-debuginfo-20.06.2-150400.24.20.1

* openvswitch-pki-2.14.2-150400.24.20.1

* libopenvswitch-2_14-0-2.14.2-150400.24.20.1

* openvswitch-ipsec-2.14.2-150400.24.20.1

* libopenvswitch-2_14-0-debuginfo-2.14.2-150400.24.20.1

*...

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References

* bsc#1219059

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-22563.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1219059

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:0553-1
Rating: important

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