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openSUSE 15.3: Linux Kernel Important Buffer Overflow Nov 2025:02399-1

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Calendar Grey July 21, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This crucial notice outlines safety concerns within the Linux Kernel, emphasizing essential patches and weaknesses.
An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-150300_59_188 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

* CVE-2022-49465: blk-throttle: Set BIO_THROTTLED when bio has been throttled

(bsc#1238920).

* CVE-2024-57893: ALSA: seq: oss: Fix races at processing SysEx messages

(bsc#1235921).

* CVE-2025-21772: partitions: mac: fix handling of bogus partition table

(bsc#1238912).

* CVE-2024-56558: nfsd: make sure exp active before svc_export_show

(bsc#1243648).

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-SP3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2025-2399=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-2399=1

Package List

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_188-default-7-150300.2.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_52-debugsource-7-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_188-default-7-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_188-default-debuginfo-7-150300.2.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_188-preempt-debuginfo-7-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_188-preempt-7-150300.2.1

References

* bsc#1235921

* bsc#1238912

* bsc#1238920

* bsc#1243648

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49465.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-56558.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-57893.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-21772.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1235921

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1238912

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1238920

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243648

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02399-1
Release Date: 2025-07-21T06:33:56Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3

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