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openSUSE Security Alert: Critical Linux Kernel Update SUSE-SU-2025:03207-1

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Calendar Grey September 15, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Essential security patch for the Linux Kernel resolves various flaws in Fedora with significant ratings and guidelines.
An update that solves six vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150500_55_103 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-2025-21701: 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%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service important kernel system compromise 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 15.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-3207=1 SUSE-2025-3206=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2025-3207=1 SUSE-SLE-

Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2025-3206=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_100-default-5-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_25-debugsource-5-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_26-debugsource-5-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_100-default-debuginfo-5-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_103-default-5-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_103-default-debuginfo-5-150500.2.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_100-default-5-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_25-debugsource-5-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_26-debugsource-5-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_100-default-debuginfo-5-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_103-default-5-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_103-default-debuginfo-5-150500.2.1

References

* bsc#1242579

* bsc#1244235

* bsc#1245775

* bsc#1245791

* bsc#1245805

* bsc#1246030

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-21701.html

* 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=1245805

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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:03207-1
Release Date: 2025-09-12T22:33:40Z
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

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Topics Covered

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