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openSUSE: Linux Kernel Important Security Fix DoS CVE-2025-38471

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Calendar Grey August 25, 2025
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Description

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6 Azure kernel was updated to receive various

security bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

* CVE-2024-36028: mm/hugetlb: fix DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(1) when

dissolve_free_hugetlb_folio() (bsc#1225707).

* CVE-2024-36348, CVE-2024-36349, CVE-2024-36350, CVE-2024-36357: x86/process:

Move the buffer clearing before MONITOR (bsc#1238896).

* CVE-2024-44963: btrfs: do not BUG_ON() when freeing tree block after error

(bsc#1230216).

* CVE-2024-49861: net: clear the dst when changing skb protocol (bsc#1245954).

* CVE-2024-56742: vfio/mlx5: Fix an unwind issue in

mlx5vf_add_migration_pages() (bsc#1235613).

* CVE-2025-21839: KVM: x86: Load DR6 with guest value only before entering

.vcpu_run() loop (bsc#1239061).

* CVE-2025-21854: selftest/bpf: Add vsock test for sockmap rejecting

unconnected (bsc#1239470).

* CVE-2025-21872: efi/mokvar-table: Avoid repeated map/unmap of the same page

(bsc#1240323).

*...

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue DoS important 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-2025-2969=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-2969=1

* Public Cloud Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-15-SP6-2025-2969=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)

* kernel-devel-azure-6.4.0-150600.8.48.1

* kernel-source-azure-6.4.0-150600.8.48.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 x86_64)

* reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.8.48.1

* kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.8.48.1

* reiserfs-kmp-azure-6.4.0-150600.8.48.1

* kernel-azure-devel-6.4.0-150600.8.48.1

* kernel-azure-debugsource-6.4.0-150600.8.48.1

* kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.8.48.1

* dlm-kmp-azure-6.4.0-150600.8.48.1

* gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.8.48.1

* kselftests-kmp-azure-6.4.0-150600.8.48.1

* kernel-syms-azure-6.4.0-150600.8.48.1

* cluster-md-kmp-azure-6.4.0-150600.8.48.1

* kernel-azure-optional-6.4.0-150600.8.48.1

* cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.8.48.1

* dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.8.48.1

* gfs2-kmp-azure-6.4.0-150600.8.48.1

* ocfs2-kmp-azure-6.4.0-150600.8.48.1

* kernel-azure-extra-6.4.0-150600.8.48.1

* kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.8.48.1

* kernel-azure-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.8.48.1

*...

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References

* bsc#1139073

* bsc#1204142

* bsc#1219338

* bsc#1225707

* bsc#1230216

* bsc#1233300

* bsc#1235613

* bsc#1235837

* bsc#1236333

* bsc#1236897

* bsc#1238896

* bsc#1239061

* bsc#1239470

* bsc#1240323

* bsc#1240885

* bsc#1240966

* bsc#1241166

* bsc#1241345

* bsc#1241537

* bsc#1242086

* bsc#1242414

* bsc#1242837

* bsc#1242960

* bsc#1242965

* bsc#1242993

* bsc#1243068

* bsc#1243100

* bsc#1243479

* bsc#1243669

* bsc#1243806

* bsc#1244309

* bsc#1244337

* bsc#1244457

* bsc#1244735

* bsc#1244749

* bsc#1244750

* bsc#1244792

* bsc#1244801

* bsc#1245151

* bsc#1245201

* bsc#1245202

* bsc#1245216

* bsc#1245260

* bsc#1245431

* bsc#1245440

* bsc#1245457

* bsc#1245498

* bsc#1245499

* bsc#1245504

* bsc#1245506

* bsc#1245508

* bsc#1245510

* bsc#1245540

* bsc#1245598

* bsc#1245599

* bsc#1245646

* bsc#1245647

* bsc#1245649

* bsc#1245650

* bsc#1245654

* bsc#1245658

* bsc#1245660

* bsc#1245665

* bsc#1245666

* bsc#1245668

* bsc#1245669

* bsc#1245670

* bsc#1245671

* bsc#1245675

* bsc#1245676

* bsc#1245677

* bsc#1245679

* bsc#1245682

* bsc#1245683

* bsc#1245684

* bsc#1245688

*...

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Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02969-1
Release Date: 2025-08-25T06:22:25Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * Public Cloud Module 15-SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue DoS important kernel OpenSUSE

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