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openSUSE 15 SP4: SUSE-SU-2025:0111-1 important: kernel live patch issue

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Calendar Grey January 15, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Essential security patch released for the Linux Kernel Live Patch 28, tackling significant threats in Fedora systems.
An update that solves six vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150400_24_125 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

* CVE-2024-50264: vsock/virtio: Initialization of the dangling pointer

occurring in vsk->trans (bsc#1233712).

* CVE-2022-48956: ipv6: avoid use-after-free in ip6_fragment() (bsc#1232637).

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

* CVE-2021-47598: sch_cake: do not call cake_destroy() from cake_init()

(bsc#1227471).

* CVE-2024-40954: net: do not leave a dangling sk pointer, when socket

creation fails (bsc#1227808)

* CVE-2024-41059: hfsplus: fix uninit-value in copy_name (bsc#1228573).

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Topics Covered

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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-2025-111=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2025-111=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_28-debugsource-5-150400.9.6.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_125-default-5-150400.9.6.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_125-default-debuginfo-5-150400.9.6.1

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

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_28-debugsource-5-150400.9.6.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_125-default-5-150400.9.6.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_125-default-debuginfo-5-150400.9.6.1

References

* bsc#1227471

* bsc#1228573

* bsc#1228786

* bsc#1229553

* bsc#1231353

* bsc#1232637

* bsc#1233712

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-47598.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-48956.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40954.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-41059.html

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

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-50264.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1227471

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228573

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228786

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

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

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1232637

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233712

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0111-1
Release Date:
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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