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openSUSE 15.6: SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1 important: kernel security fixes

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Calendar Grey May 21, 2025
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An important patch has been released for the Linux Kernel, rectifying multiple security flaws and vulnerabilities. Please apply it without delay.
An update that solves 170 vulnerabilities, contains one feature and has 66 security fixes can now be installed.

Description

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6 kernel was updated to receive various security

bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

* CVE-2024-28956: x86/ibt: Keep IBT disabled during alternative patching

(bsc#1242006).

* CVE-2024-35840: mptcp: use OPTION_MPTCP_MPJ_SYNACK in

subflow_finish_connect() (bsc#1224597).

* CVE-2024-50038: netfilter: xtables: fix typo causing some targets not to

load on IPv6 (bsc#1231910).

* CVE-2024-50162: bpf: selftests: send packet to devmap redirect XDP

(bsc#1233075).

* CVE-2024-50163: bpf: Make sure internal and UAPI bpf_redirect flags do not

overlap (bsc#1233098).

* CVE-2024-53124: net: fix data-races around sk->sk_forward_alloc

(bsc#1234074).

* CVE-2024-53139: sctp: fix possible UAF in sctp_v6_available() (bsc#1234157).

* CVE-2024-57924: fs: relax assertions on failure to encode file handles

(bsc#1236086).

* CVE-2024-58018: nvkm: correctly calculate the available space of the GSP

cmdq buffer...

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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 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-1614=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-1614=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-1614=1

* Development Tools Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP6-2025-1614=1

* Legacy Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Legacy-15-SP6-2025-1614=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2025-1614=1

Please note that this is the initial kernel livepatch without fixes itself, this

package is later updated by separate standalone kernel livepatch updates.

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HA-15-SP6-2025-1614=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6

zypper...

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Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch nosrc)

* kernel-docs-6.4.0-150600.23.50.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)

* kernel-source-6.4.0-150600.23.50.1

* kernel-source-vanilla-6.4.0-150600.23.50.1

* kernel-macros-6.4.0-150600.23.50.1

* kernel-devel-6.4.0-150600.23.50.1

* kernel-docs-html-6.4.0-150600.23.50.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (nosrc ppc64le x86_64)

* kernel-debug-6.4.0-150600.23.50.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (ppc64le x86_64)

* kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.50.1

* kernel-debug-debugsource-6.4.0-150600.23.50.1

* kernel-debug-devel-6.4.0-150600.23.50.1

* kernel-debug-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.50.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)

* kernel-debug-vdso-6.4.0-150600.23.50.1

* kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.50.1

* kernel-default-vdso-6.4.0-150600.23.50.1

* kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.50.1

* kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.50.1

* kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-6.4.0-150600.23.50.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le x86_64)

* kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.50.1

*...

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References

* bsc#1215199

* bsc#1223809

* bsc#1224013

* bsc#1224597

* bsc#1224757

* bsc#1228659

* bsc#1230764

* bsc#1231103

* bsc#1231910

* bsc#1232493

* bsc#1233075

* bsc#1233098

* bsc#1234074

* bsc#1234157

* bsc#1234698

* bsc#1235501

* bsc#1235526

* bsc#1235550

* bsc#1235870

* bsc#1236086

* bsc#1236704

* bsc#1237111

* bsc#1237874

* bsc#1237882

* bsc#1238052

* bsc#1238212

* bsc#1238471

* bsc#1238527

* bsc#1238565

* bsc#1238714

* bsc#1238737

* bsc#1238742

* bsc#1238745

* bsc#1238746

* bsc#1238862

* bsc#1238961

* bsc#1238970

* bsc#1238983

* bsc#1238990

* bsc#1239066

* bsc#1239079

* bsc#1239108

* bsc#1239470

* bsc#1239475

* bsc#1239476

* bsc#1239487

* bsc#1239510

* bsc#1239684

* bsc#1239906

* bsc#1239925

* bsc#1239997

* bsc#1240167

* bsc#1240168

* bsc#1240171

* bsc#1240176

* bsc#1240181

* bsc#1240184

* bsc#1240185

* bsc#1240375

* bsc#1240557

* bsc#1240575

* bsc#1240576

* bsc#1240581

* bsc#1240582

* bsc#1240583

* bsc#1240584

* bsc#1240585

* bsc#1240587

* bsc#1240590

* bsc#1240591

* bsc#1240592

* bsc#1240594

* bsc#1240595

* bsc#1240596

* bsc#1240600

* bsc#1240612

*...

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Severity
important
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
Release Date: 2025-05-21T09:52:56Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 * Development Tools Module 15-SP6 * Legacy Module 15-SP6 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP6 * 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 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6

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