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openSUSE: Linux Kernel Important Security Fix for CVE-2025-02937-1

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Calendar Grey August 21, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An essential security patch has been released for the Linux Kernel in openSUSE that addresses significant fixes for four critical vulnerabilities. Ensure your systems are secure!
An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for the Linux Kernel 6.4.0-150600_23_30 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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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-2025-2937=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2025-2937=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_30-default-debuginfo-10-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_6-debugsource-10-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_30-default-10-150600.2.1

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

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_30-default-debuginfo-10-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_6-debugsource-10-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_30-default-10-150600.2.1

References

* 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=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-2025:02937-1
Release Date: 2025-08-21T09:04:04Z
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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