This update for java-21-openjdk fixes the following issues:
Upgrade to upstream tag jdk-21.0.6+7 (January 2025 CPU)
Security fixes:
* CVE-2025-21502: Enhance array handling (JDK-8330045, bsc#1236278)
Other changes:
* JDK-6942632: Hotspot should be able to use more than 64 logical processors
on Windows
* JDK-8028127: Regtest java/security/Security/SynchronizedAccess.java is
incorrect
* JDK-8195675: Call to insertText with single character from custom Input
Method ignored
* JDK-8207908: JMXStatusTest.java fails assertion intermittently
* JDK-8225220: When the Tab Policy is checked,the scroll button direction
displayed incorrectly.
* JDK-8240343: JDI stopListening/stoplis001 "FAILED: listening is successfully
stopped without starting listening"
* JDK-8283214: [macos] Screen magnifier does not show the magnified text for
JComboBox
* JDK-8296787: Unify debug printing format of X.509 cert serial numbers
* JDK-8296972: [macos13]
...
Read the Full Advisory## 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-2025-279=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-279=1
* Basesystem Module 15-SP6
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-279=1
* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
* java-21-openjdk-21.0.6.0-150600.3.9.1
* java-21-openjdk-src-21.0.6.0-150600.3.9.1
* java-21-openjdk-devel-debuginfo-21.0.6.0-150600.3.9.1
* java-21-openjdk-headless-21.0.6.0-150600.3.9.1
* java-21-openjdk-headless-debuginfo-21.0.6.0-150600.3.9.1
* java-21-openjdk-jmods-21.0.6.0-150600.3.9.1
* java-21-openjdk-devel-21.0.6.0-150600.3.9.1
* java-21-openjdk-debuginfo-21.0.6.0-150600.3.9.1
* java-21-openjdk-debugsource-21.0.6.0-150600.3.9.1
* java-21-openjdk-demo-21.0.6.0-150600.3.9.1
* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)
* java-21-openjdk-javadoc-21.0.6.0-150600.3.9.1
* Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
* java-21-openjdk-21.0.6.0-150600.3.9.1
* java-21-openjdk-devel-debuginfo-21.0.6.0-150600.3.9.1
* java-21-openjdk-headless-21.0.6.0-150600.3.9.1
* java-21-openjdk-headless-debuginfo-21.0.6.0-150600.3.9.1
* java-21-openjdk-devel-21.0.6.0-150600.3.9.1
* java-21-openjdk-debuginfo-21.0.6.0-150600.3.9.1
*...
Read the Full Advisory* bsc#1236278
## References:
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-21502.html
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1236278
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