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openSUSE 15 SP5: Security Advisory 2025:0253-1 Important Kernel Patch

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Calendar Grey January 27, 2025
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Keep informed about critical security updates by utilizing the newest Linux Kernel live patch tailored for openSUSE and SLE 15 SP5 environments.
An update that solves 29 vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150500_55_59 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

* CVE-2024-41057: cachefiles: fix slab-use-after-free in

cachefiles_withdraw_cookie() (bsc#1229275).

* 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-2021-47517: Fix panic when interrupt coaleceing is set via ethtool

(bsc#1225429).

* CVE-2024-36904: tcp: Use refcount_inc_not_zero() in tcp_twsk_unique()

(bsc#1225733).

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

* CVE-2024-35905: Fixed int overflow for stack access size (bsc#1226327).

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

(bsc#1227471).

* CVE-2024-35949: btrfs: make sure that WRITTEN is set on all metadata blocks

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Topics Covered

security advisory security fix kernel patch important openSUSE live patch SLE 15 SP5

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-2025-253=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2025-253=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_59-default-11-150500.11.10.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_12-debugsource-11-150500.11.10.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_59-default-debuginfo-11-150500.11.10.1

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

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_59-default-11-150500.11.10.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_12-debugsource-11-150500.11.10.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_59-default-debuginfo-11-150500.11.10.1

References

* bsc#1221302

* bsc#1223059

* bsc#1223363

* bsc#1223514

* bsc#1223521

* bsc#1223683

* bsc#1225011

* bsc#1225012

* bsc#1225013

* bsc#1225099

* bsc#1225309

* bsc#1225310

* bsc#1225311

* bsc#1225312

* bsc#1225429

* bsc#1225733

* bsc#1225739

* bsc#1225819

* bsc#1226324

* bsc#1226325

* bsc#1226327

* bsc#1227471

* bsc#1228573

* bsc#1228786

* bsc#1229273

* bsc#1229275

* bsc#1229553

* bsc#1232637

* bsc#1233712

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-47517.html

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

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-48651.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-48662.html

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

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-52752.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-52846.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-26610.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-26828.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-26852.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-26923.html

*...

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0253-1
Release Date: 2025-01-27T13:04:03Z
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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security advisory security fix kernel patch important openSUSE live patch SLE 15 SP5

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