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openSUSE: Linux Kernel Important Security Update 2025:02446-1

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Calendar Grey July 21, 2025
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A critical security update for Ubuntu emphasizes multiple weaknesses within the Linux Kernel, users strongly encouraged to upgrade.
An update that solves eight vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-150300_59_179 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

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

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

(bsc#1238920).

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

(bsc#1238912).

* CVE-2024-50208: RDMA/bnxt_re: Fix a bug while setting up Level-2 PBL pages

(bsc#1233118).

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

(bsc#1243648).

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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-2025-2446=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2025-2446=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_179-default-12-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_49-debugsource-12-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_179-default-debuginfo-12-150300.2.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_179-preempt-debuginfo-12-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_179-preempt-12-150300.2.1

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

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_179-default-12-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_49-debugsource-12-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_179-default-debuginfo-12-150300.2.1

References

* bsc#1233118

* bsc#1234854

* bsc#1234892

* bsc#1235005

* 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-2024-50208.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53146.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-2024-57893.html

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

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

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1234854

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1234892

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1235005

* 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-2025:02446-1
Release Date: 2025-07-21T14:33:47Z
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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