openSUSE 15 SP6: 2025:0168-1 important: Linux Kernel security fix
opensuse
January 17, 2025
An update that solves six vulnerabilities can now be installed.
Description
This update for the Linux Kernel 6.4.0-150600_23_17 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-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).
* CVE-2023-52752: smb: client: fix use-after-free bug in
cifs_debug_data_proc_show() (bsc#1225819).
* CVE-2024-40954: net: do not leave a dangling sk pointer, when socket
creation fails (bsc#1227808)
* CVE-2024-40909: bpf: Fix a potential use-after-free in bpf_link_free()
(bsc#1228349).
Topics Covered
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-SP6-2025-168=1
* openSUSE Leap 15.6
zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-168=1
Package List
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_17-default-debuginfo-6-150600.13.6.1
* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_3-debugsource-6-150600.13.6.1
* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_17-default-6-150600.13.6.1
* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_17-default-debuginfo-6-150600.13.6.1
* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_3-debugsource-6-150600.13.6.1
* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_17-default-6-150600.13.6.1
References
* bsc#1225819
* bsc#1228349
* bsc#1228786
* bsc#1229273
* bsc#1229553
* bsc#1233712
## References:
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-52752.html
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-35949.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-2024-43861.html
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-50264.html
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1225819
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228349
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228786
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229273
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229553
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233712
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0168-1
Release Date: 2025-01-17T17:03:51Z
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
Topics Covered
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