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openSUSE 15 SP3: 2025:0243-1 critical: Kernel Live Patch Security Fix

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Calendar Grey January 27, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Crucial update for Linux kernel resolves numerous security flaws in openSUSE. Safeguard your environment by applying this fix.
An update that solves seven vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-150300_59_167 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

* CVE-2024-36971: Fixed __dst_negative_advice() race (bsc#1226324).

* 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).

* CVE-2024-43861: Fix memory leak for not ip packets (bsc#1229553).

* CVE-2021-47598: sch_cake: do not call cake_destroy() from cake_init()

(bsc#1227471).

* CVE-2021-47291: ipv6: fix another slab-out-of-bounds in

fib6_nh_flush_exceptions (bsc#1227651).

* CVE-2024-41059: hfsplus: fix uninit-value in copy_name (bsc#1228573).

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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 15.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-243=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2025-243=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_167-default-debuginfo-6-150300.7.6.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_167-default-6-150300.7.6.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_46-debugsource-6-150300.7.6.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_167-preempt-6-150300.7.6.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_167-preempt-debuginfo-6-150300.7.6.1

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

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_167-default-6-150300.7.6.1

References

* bsc#1226324

* bsc#1227471

* bsc#1227651

* bsc#1228573

* bsc#1229553

* bsc#1232637

* bsc#1233712

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-47291.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-47598.html

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

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-36971.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-41059.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=1226324

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1227471

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1227651

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228573

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229553

* 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-2025:0243-1
Release Date: 2025-01-27T11:33:48Z
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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