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openSUSE 15.5: 2025:0177-1 important: kernel security patch

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Calendar Grey January 17, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A vital security patch has been issued for the Linux Kernel, tackling significant vulnerabilities in openSUSE platforms.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150500_55_83 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).

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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:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2025-174=1 SUSE-SLE-

Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2025-175=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-

Patching-15-SP5-2025-176=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-175=1 SUSE-2025-176=1 SUSE-2025-174=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-SP5-2025-177=1

Package List

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

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_8-debugsource-15-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_19-debugsource-2-150500.11.6.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default-debuginfo-2-150500.11.6.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_39-default-debuginfo-15-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_83-default-debuginfo-2-150500.11.6.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_83-default-2-150500.11.6.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_20-debugsource-2-150500.11.6.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_39-default-15-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default-2-150500.11.6.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_8-debugsource-15-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_19-debugsource-2-150500.11.6.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default-debuginfo-2-150500.11.6.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_39-default-debuginfo-15-150500.2.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1232637

* bsc#1233712

## References:

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

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

* 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-2025:0177-1
Release Date: 2025-01-17T19:33:28Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-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 12 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

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