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openSUSE: Critical Security Update on Linux Kernel CVE-2025-38494 DoS

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Calendar Grey August 19, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Essential security patch targeting various vulnerabilities within the Linux Kernel for openSUSE, aimed at safeguarding system stability and defense.
An update that solves five vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-150300_59_201 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).

* CVE-2024-36978: net: sched: sch_multiq: fix possible OOB write in

multiq_tune() (bsc#1244631).

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Topics Covered

security advisory DoS issue kernel patch important OpenSUSE HID issue

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 15.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-2917=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2025-2917=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_201-default-debuginfo-4-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_56-debugsource-4-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_201-default-4-150300.2.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_201-preempt-debuginfo-4-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_201-preempt-4-150300.2.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_201-default-debuginfo-4-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_56-debugsource-4-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_201-default-4-150300.2.1

References

* bsc#1244631

* bsc#1245218

* bsc#1245350

* bsc#1247350

* bsc#1247351

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-36978.html

* 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=1244631

* 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-2025:02917-1
Release Date: 2025-08-19T13:04:09Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3

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Topics Covered

security advisory DoS issue kernel patch important OpenSUSE HID issue

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