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openSUSE: Linux Kernel Important Security Fix Advisory CVE-2025-38494

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Calendar Grey August 19, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An essential update from SUSE for the Linux Kernel tackles significant vulnerabilities, incorporating crucial security patches for possible attacks.
An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150500_55_100 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

* CVE-2025-38494: HID: core: do not bypass hid_hw_raw_request (bsc#1247350).

* CVE-2025-38495: HID: core: ensure the allocated report buffer can contain

the reserved report ID (bsc#1247351).

* CVE-2025-38079: crypto: algif_hash - fix double free in hash_accept

(bsc#1245218).

* CVE-2025-38083: net_sched: prio: fix a race in prio_tune() (bsc#1245350).

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue important Linux kernel OpenSUSE

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:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2025-2902=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-2902=1

Package List

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

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_25-debugsource-4-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_100-default-debuginfo-4-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_100-default-4-150500.2.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_25-debugsource-4-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_100-default-debuginfo-4-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_100-default-4-150500.2.1

References

* bsc#1232927

* bsc#1245218

* bsc#1245350

* bsc#1247350

* bsc#1247351

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38079.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38083.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38494.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38495.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1232927

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245218

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245350

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247350

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247351

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02902-1
Release Date: 2025-08-19T09:34:28Z
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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