openSUSE Leap 15.5 IPC Patch Important Kernel Vulnerability CVE-2025-21701
opensuse
September 12, 2025
An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.
Description
This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150500_55_113 fixes several issues.
The following security issues were fixed:
* CVE-2025-21701: net: avoid race between device unregistration and ethnl ops
(bsc#1245805).
* CVE-2025-38212: ipc: fix to protect IPCS lookups using RCU (bsc#1246030).
Topics Covered
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 15.5
zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-3188=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2025-3188=1
Package List
* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_28-debugsource-4-150500.2.1
* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_113-default-4-150500.2.1
* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_113-default-debuginfo-4-150500.2.1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_28-debugsource-4-150500.2.1
* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_113-default-4-150500.2.1
* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_113-default-debuginfo-4-150500.2.1
References
* bsc#1245805
* bsc#1246030
## References:
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-21701.html
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38212.html
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245805
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246030
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:03188-1
Release Date: 2025-09-12T06:33:50Z
Affected Products:
* openSUSE Leap 15.5
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
Topics Covered
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