openSUSE Leap 15.6: Kernel Important IPC Issue Fix CVE-2025-38212
opensuse
September 15, 2025
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.
Description
This update for the Linux Kernel 6.4.0-150600_23_60 fixes several issues.
The following security issue was fixed:
* 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 15.6
zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-3214=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2025-3214=1
Package List
* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_13-debugsource-3-150600.2.1
* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default-debuginfo-3-150600.2.1
* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default-3-150600.2.1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_13-debugsource-3-150600.2.1
* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default-debuginfo-3-150600.2.1
* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default-3-150600.2.1
References
* bsc#1246030
* bsc#1248108
## References:
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38212.html
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246030
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248108
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:03214-1
Release Date: 2025-09-13T21:09:03Z
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
Topics Covered
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