This update for systemd fixes the following issues:
* CVE-2025-4598: Fixed race condition that allows a local attacker to crash a
SUID program and gain read access to the resulting core dump (bsc#1243935).
## 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:
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2025-2675=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2025-2675=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-2675=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2025-2675=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-2675=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2025-2675=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
zypper in -t patch...
Read the Full Advisory* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (aarch64
x86_64)
* systemd-249.17-150400.8.49.2
* systemd-coredump-debuginfo-249.17-150400.8.49.2
* systemd-debuginfo-249.17-150400.8.49.2
* libsystemd0-249.17-150400.8.49.2
* systemd-container-249.17-150400.8.49.2
* libudev1-debuginfo-249.17-150400.8.49.2
* systemd-doc-249.17-150400.8.49.2
* libudev1-249.17-150400.8.49.2
* libsystemd0-debuginfo-249.17-150400.8.49.2
* systemd-debugsource-249.17-150400.8.49.2
* systemd-sysvinit-249.17-150400.8.49.2
* udev-249.17-150400.8.49.2
* systemd-coredump-249.17-150400.8.49.2
* systemd-container-debuginfo-249.17-150400.8.49.2
* systemd-devel-249.17-150400.8.49.2
* udev-debuginfo-249.17-150400.8.49.2
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (noarch)
* systemd-lang-249.17-150400.8.49.2
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (x86_64)
* systemd-32bit-249.17-150400.8.49.2
* libsystemd0-32bit-debuginfo-249.17-150400.8.49.2
* libsystemd0-32bit-249.17-150400.8.49.2
*...
Read the Full Advisory* bsc#1243935
## References:
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4598.html
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243935
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