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openSUSE: Linux Kernel Important Security Update CVE-2025-03179-1

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Calendar Grey September 11, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Important enhancement for the Linux Kernel resolves various vulnerabilities in openSUSE, targeting significant security threats with necessary updates.
An update that solves five vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150400_24_161 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

* CVE-2025-21999: proc: fix UAF in proc_get_inode() (bsc#1242579).

* CVE-2025-38001: net_sched: hfsc: Address reentrant enqueue adding class to

eltree twice (bsc#1244235).

* CVE-2025-38000: sch_hfsc: Fix qlen accounting bug when using peek in

hfsc_enqueue() (bsc#1245775).

* CVE-2025-37890: net_sched: hfsc: Fix a UAF vulnerability in class with netem

as child qdisc (bsc#1245791).

* CVE-2025-38212: ipc: fix to protect IPCS lookups using RCU (bsc#1246030).

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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 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-3179=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2025-3179=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_161-default-debuginfo-5-150400.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_39-debugsource-5-150400.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_161-default-5-150400.2.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_161-default-debuginfo-5-150400.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_39-debugsource-5-150400.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_161-default-5-150400.2.1

References

* bsc#1242579

* bsc#1244235

* bsc#1245775

* bsc#1245791

* bsc#1246030

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-21999.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-37890.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38000.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38001.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38212.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1242579

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244235

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245775

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245791

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246030

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:03179-1
Release Date: 2025-09-11T17:33:44Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4

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