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openSUSE Leap 15.6: Linux Kernel Important Issue Fix 2025:02440-1

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Calendar Grey July 21, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A significant patch release for the Linux kernel addresses various bugs and security flaws, enhancing protection for Fedora users.
An update that solves 12 vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for the Linux Kernel 6.4.0-150600_21 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

* CVE-2024-53146: NFSD: Prevent a potential integer overflow (bsc#1234854).

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

capability (bsc#1235005).

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

open() (bsc#1234892).

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

(bsc#1235921).

* CVE-2024-50250: fsdax: dax_unshare_iter needs to copy entire blocks

(bsc#1233227).

* CVE-2024-42232: Fixed a race between delayed_work() and ceph_monc_stop().

(bsc#1228959)

* CVE-2025-22115: btrfs: fix block group refcount race in

btrfs_create_pending_block_groups() (bsc#1241579).

* 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:...

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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 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-2440=1 SUSE-2025-2443=1 SUSE-2025-2435=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2025-2435=1 SUSE-SLE-

Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2025-2440=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-

Patching-15-SP6-2025-2443=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_14-default-17-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_2-debugsource-17-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_21-default-19-150600.4.49.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_21-default-debuginfo-19-150600.4.49.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_7-default-17-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_0-debugsource-19-150600.4.49.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_7-default-debuginfo-17-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_14-default-debuginfo-17-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_1-debugsource-17-150600.2.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_14-default-17-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_2-debugsource-17-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_21-default-19-150600.4.49.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_21-default-debuginfo-19-150600.4.49.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_7-default-17-150600.2.1

*...

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References

* bsc#1229458

* bsc#1233118

* bsc#1233227

* bsc#1234854

* bsc#1234885

* bsc#1234892

* bsc#1235005

* bsc#1235769

* bsc#1235921

* bsc#1238912

* bsc#1241579

* bsc#1243648

* bsc#1244337

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-42232.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-50208.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-50250.html

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

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

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

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53214.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-56558.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://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-22115.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229458

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233118

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233227

*...

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02440-1
Release Date: 2025-07-21T13:04:10Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

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