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openSUSE 15 SP6: 2025:0255-1 critical: Linux Kernel security patch

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Calendar Grey January 27, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Crucial security patch for Linux Kernel fixes various flaws in openSUSE and SUSE environments, promoting security and reliability.
An update that solves 13 vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for the Linux Kernel 6.4.0-150600_23_7 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

* CVE-2024-40921: net: bridge: mst: pass vlan group directly to

br_mst_vlan_set_state (bsc#1227784).

* CVE-2024-40920: net: bridge: mst: fix suspicious rcu usage in

br_mst_set_state (bsc#1227781).

* CVE-2024-36979: net: bridge: mst: fix vlan use-after-free (bsc#1227369).

* 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-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-2024-42133: Bluetooth: Ignore too large handle values in BIG

(bsc#1231419).

* CVE-2024-35949: btrfs: make sure that WRITTEN...

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Topics Covered

security advisory update patch important kernel openSUSE Linux Kernel

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-2025-255=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2025-255=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_1-debugsource-7-150600.13.6.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_7-default-7-150600.13.6.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_7-default-debuginfo-7-150600.13.6.1

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

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_1-debugsource-7-150600.13.6.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_7-default-7-150600.13.6.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_7-default-debuginfo-7-150600.13.6.1

References

* bsc#1225733

* bsc#1225739

* bsc#1225819

* bsc#1226324

* bsc#1227369

* bsc#1227781

* bsc#1227784

* bsc#1228786

* bsc#1229273

* bsc#1229275

* bsc#1229553

* bsc#1231419

* bsc#1233712

## References:

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

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-35949.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-36899.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-36904.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-36971.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-36979.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40920.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40921.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40954.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-41057.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-42133.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-43861.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-50264.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1225733

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0255-1
Release Date: 2025-01-27T13:04:20Z
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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