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openSUSE 15.4: SUSE-SU-2025:0203-1 critical: kernel buffer overflow

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Calendar Grey January 21, 2025
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Significant announcement from openSUSE regarding several kernel vulnerabilities. It's crucial to update your systems promptly to ensure ongoing security.
An update that solves 23 vulnerabilities and has eight security fixes can now be installed.

Description

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security

bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

* CVE-2024-41087: Fix double free on error (bsc#1228466).

* CVE-2024-53095: smb: client: Fix use-after-free of network namespace

(bsc#1233642).

* CVE-2024-53146: NFSD: Prevent a potential integer overflow (bsc#1234853).

* CVE-2024-53156: wifi: ath9k: add range check for conn_rsp_epid in

htc_connect_service() (bsc#1234846).

* CVE-2024-53173: NFSv4.0: Fix a use-after-free problem in the asynchronous

open() (bsc#1234891).

* CVE-2024-53179: smb: client: fix use-after-free of signing key

(bsc#1234921).

* CVE-2024-53214: vfio/pci: Properly hide first-in-list PCIe extended

capability (bsc#1235004).

* CVE-2024-53239: ALSA: 6fire: Release resources at card release

(bsc#1235054).

* CVE-2024-53240: xen/netfront: fix crash when removing device (bsc#1234281).

* CVE-2024-53241: x86/xen: use new hypercall functions instead of...

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow kernel update critical security fix memory access openSUSE

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-2025-203=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-203=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-203=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-203=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-203=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2025-203=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 SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HA-15-SP4-2025-203=1

* SUSE Linux...

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Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch nosrc)

* kernel-docs-5.14.21-150400.24.147.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)

* kernel-source-5.14.21-150400.24.147.1

* kernel-macros-5.14.21-150400.24.147.1

* kernel-devel-5.14.21-150400.24.147.1

* kernel-source-vanilla-5.14.21-150400.24.147.1

* kernel-docs-html-5.14.21-150400.24.147.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (nosrc ppc64le x86_64)

* kernel-debug-5.14.21-150400.24.147.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (ppc64le x86_64)

* kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo-5.14.21-150400.24.147.1

* kernel-debug-debugsource-5.14.21-150400.24.147.1

* kernel-debug-debuginfo-5.14.21-150400.24.147.1

* kernel-debug-devel-5.14.21-150400.24.147.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le x86_64)

* kernel-kvmsmall-devel-5.14.21-150400.24.147.1

* kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo-5.14.21-150400.24.147.1

* kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource-5.14.21-150400.24.147.1

* kernel-default-base-5.14.21-150400.24.147.1.150400.24.72.1

* kernel-default-base-rebuild-5.14.21-150400.24.147.1.150400.24.72.1

*...

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References

* bsc#1170891

* bsc#1173139

* bsc#1185010

* bsc#1190358

* bsc#1190428

* bsc#1209798

* bsc#1215304

* bsc#1222878

* bsc#1228466

* bsc#1230697

* bsc#1232436

* bsc#1233070

* bsc#1233642

* bsc#1234281

* bsc#1234282

* bsc#1234846

* bsc#1234853

* bsc#1234891

* bsc#1234921

* bsc#1234960

* bsc#1234963

* bsc#1235004

* bsc#1235035

* bsc#1235054

* bsc#1235056

* bsc#1235061

* bsc#1235073

* bsc#1235220

* bsc#1235224

* bsc#1235246

* bsc#1235507

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-47202.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49035.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-41087.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-50154.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53095.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53142.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53146.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53156.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53173.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53179.html

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Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0203-1
Release Date: 2025-01-21T13:58:43Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 * SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 * SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 * SUSE Manager Server 4.3

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