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openSUSE 15.5: 2025:02173-1 important: kernel security update

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Calendar Grey June 30, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Essential kernel upgrade for openSUSE resolved 180 vulnerabilities necessitating a system restart. Update specifics and guidance included.
An update that solves 180 vulnerabilities and has 44 security fixes can now be installed.

Description

This update provides the initial livepatch for this kernel update. This update

does not contain any fixes and will be updated with livepatches later.

## Special Instructions and Notes:

* Please reboot the system after installing this update.

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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-2025-2173=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-2173=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2025-2173=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-2173=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-2173=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2025-2173=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2025-2173=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch nosrc)

* kernel-docs-5.14.21-150500.55.110.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)

* kernel-docs-html-5.14.21-150500.55.110.1

* kernel-source-vanilla-5.14.21-150500.55.110.1

* kernel-source-5.14.21-150500.55.110.1

* kernel-macros-5.14.21-150500.55.110.1

* kernel-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.110.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le x86_64)

* kernel-default-base-rebuild-5.14.21-150500.55.110.1.150500.6.51.3

* kernel-default-base-5.14.21-150500.55.110.1.150500.6.51.3

* kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.55.110.1

* kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.55.110.1

* kernel-kvmsmall-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.110.1

* kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource-5.14.21-150500.55.110.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.55.110.1

* kernel-default-devel-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.55.110.1

* kernel-default-optional-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.55.110.1

* kselftests-kmp-default-5.14.21-150500.55.110.1

*...

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References

* bsc#1184350

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Severity
important
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02173-1
Release Date: 2025-06-30T13:01:39Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 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 15 SP5 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

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