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openSUSE 15 SP5: SUSE-SU-2025:0138-1 important: kernel patch

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Calendar Grey January 16, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
The Linux Kernel Live Patch 16 for SLE 15 SP6 tackles significant security enhancements and potential risks.
An update that solves 14 vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150500_55_68 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-2021-47517: Fix panic when interrupt coaleceing is set via ethtool

(bsc#1225429).

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

(bsc#1227471).

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

(bsc#1229273).

* CVE-2023-52752: smb: client: fix use-after-free bug in

cifs_debug_data_proc_show() (bsc#1225819).

* CVE-2024-36899: gpiolib: cdev: Fix use after free in lineinfo_changed_notify

(bsc#1231353).

* CVE-2024-36899:...

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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 15.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-138=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2025-138=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_15-debugsource-7-150500.11.6.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_68-default-debuginfo-7-150500.11.6.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_68-default-7-150500.11.6.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_15-debugsource-7-150500.11.6.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_68-default-debuginfo-7-150500.11.6.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_68-default-7-150500.11.6.1

References

* bsc#1223683

* bsc#1225099

* bsc#1225429

* bsc#1225733

* bsc#1225739

* bsc#1225819

* bsc#1227471

* bsc#1228349

* bsc#1228573

* bsc#1228786

* bsc#1229273

* bsc#1229553

* bsc#1232637

* bsc#1233712

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-47517.html

* 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-2023-52752.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-52846.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-26923.html

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

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-36899.html

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

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40909.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

*...

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0138-1
Release Date: 2025-01-16T10:35:20Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

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