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openSUSE: Linux Kernel Important Patch 2025:02514-1 CVE-2025-22115

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Calendar Grey July 24, 2025
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Crucial safety enhancement released for the Linux Kernel, targeting CVE-2025-22115 flaws along with step-by-step setup guidelines.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for the Linux Kernel 6.4.0-150600_23_47 fixes several issues.

The following security issue was fixed:

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

btrfs_create_pending_block_groups() (bsc#1241579).

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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-2025-2514=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2025-2514=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_47-default-debuginfo-2-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_10-debugsource-2-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_47-default-2-150600.2.1

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

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_47-default-debuginfo-2-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_10-debugsource-2-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_47-default-2-150600.2.1

References

* bsc#1241579

* bsc#1244337

## References:

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

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1241579

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244337

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02514-1
Release Date: 2025-07-24T18:04:15Z
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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