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openSUSE Leap 15.6: 2025:02938-1 Important Kernel Race Condition Fix

opensuse
Calendar Grey August 21, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Essential Linux Kernel Enhancement for openSUSE Address Key Vulnerabilities and Mitigate Security Threats Immediately.
An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for the Linux Kernel 6.4.0-150600_23_53 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-2025-38083: net_sched: prio: fix a race in prio_tune() (bsc#1245350).

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important race condition 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:

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-2938=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2025-2938=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_53-default-3-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_53-default-debuginfo-3-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_12-debugsource-3-150600.2.1

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

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_53-default-3-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_53-default-debuginfo-3-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_12-debugsource-3-150600.2.1

References

* bsc#1245350

* bsc#1247350

* bsc#1247351

## References:

* 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=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-2025:02938-1
Release Date: 2025-08-21T09:04:12Z
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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Topics Covered

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