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openSUSE: Linux Kernel Important Security Fix 2025:02437-1

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Calendar Grey July 21, 2025
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This bulletin discusses a crucial security enhancement for the Linux Kernel in openSUSE, tackling various vulnerabilities.
An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150500_55_91 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

* 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-2024-53166: block, bfq: fix bfqq uaf in bfq_limit_depth() (bsc#1234885).

* CVE-2024-57793: virt: tdx-guest: Just leak decrypted memory on unrecoverable

errors (bsc#1235769).

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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-2025-2437=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2025-2437=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_91-default-debuginfo-7-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_91-default-7-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_22-debugsource-7-150500.2.1

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

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_91-default-debuginfo-7-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_91-default-7-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_22-debugsource-7-150500.2.1

References

* bsc#1234885

* bsc#1235769

* bsc#1235921

* bsc#1238912

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53166.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-57793.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=1234885

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1235769

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

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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02437-1
Release Date: 2025-07-21T12:33:50Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 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 for SAP Applications 15 SP5

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