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openSUSE 15 SP6: 2025:0263-1 important: kernel live patch security issue

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Calendar Grey January 27, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
The recent enhancement of the Linux Kernel brings significant corrections to Live Patch 0 for SLE 15 SP6, focusing on critical security upgrades.
An update that solves six vulnerabilities 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-2024-40921: 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-2024-27029: drm/amdgpu: fix mmhub client id out-of-bounds access

Properly handle cid 0x140 (bsc#1226184).

* CVE-2024-36971: Fixed __dst_negative_advice() race (bsc#1226324).

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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-2025-263=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2025-263=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_21-default-9-150600.4.19.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_21-default-debuginfo-9-150600.4.19.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_0-debugsource-9-150600.4.19.1

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

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_21-default-9-150600.4.19.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_21-default-debuginfo-9-150600.4.19.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_0-debugsource-9-150600.4.19.1

References

* bsc#1226184

* bsc#1226324

* bsc#1227369

* bsc#1227781

* bsc#1227784

* bsc#1229275

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-27029.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-2024-41057.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1226184

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1226324

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1227369

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1227781

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1227784

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229275

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0263-1
Release Date: 2025-01-27T14:33:31Z
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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