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openSUSE 15 SP4: SUSE-SU-2024:4268-1 important: kernel memory leak fix

opensuse
Calendar Grey December 9, 2024
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Tackle vulnerabilities presented by the Linux Kernel in openSUSE's critical patch for SLE 15 SP4, aiming to bolster overall efficiency.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150400_24_128 fixes several issues.

The following security issue was fixed:

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

* Fix intermittent nfs mount failures, may be due to SUNRPC over UDP.

(bsc#1231353)

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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-2024-4268=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2024-4268=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_128-default-debuginfo-2-150400.9.6.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_128-default-2-150400.9.6.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_29-debugsource-2-150400.9.6.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_128-default-debuginfo-2-150400.9.6.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_128-default-2-150400.9.6.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_29-debugsource-2-150400.9.6.1

References

* bsc#1229553

* bsc#1231353

## References:

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

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

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231353

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:4268-1
Release Date: 2024-12-09T12:33:42Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4

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