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openSUSE 15 SP6: 2024:4217-1 important: kernel security fix

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Calendar Grey December 5, 2024
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Vital kernel security patch issued for openSUSE and SUSE Enterprise, tackling several urgent problems and weaknesses.
An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for the Linux Kernel 6.4.0-150600_21 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

* CVE-2024-36904: tcp: Use refcount_inc_not_zero() in tcp_twsk_unique()

(bsc#1225733).

* CVE-2024-43861: Fix memory leak for not ip packets (bsc#1229553).

* CVE-2024-35949: btrfs: make sure that WRITTEN is set on all metadata blocks

(bsc#1229273).

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory kernel update critical important memory leak openSUSE tcp fix

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:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2024-4217=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2024-4217=1

Package List

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_0-debugsource-7-150600.4.13.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_21-default-7-150600.4.13.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_21-default-debuginfo-7-150600.4.13.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_0-debugsource-7-150600.4.13.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_21-default-7-150600.4.13.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_21-default-debuginfo-7-150600.4.13.1

References

* bsc#1225733

* bsc#1229273

* bsc#1229553

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-35949.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-36904.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-43861.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1225733

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229273

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229553

Severity
important
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Critical

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:4217-1
Release Date: 2024-12-05T18:03:45Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * 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

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Topics Covered

security advisory kernel update critical important memory leak openSUSE tcp fix

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