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openSUSE: Critical Kernel Update for CVE-2025-38498 CVE-2025-38555

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Calendar Grey September 29, 2025
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openSUSE updates have been issued for Kernel vulnerabilities CVE-2025-38498 and CVE-2025-38555 with important fixes.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for the Linux Kernel 6.4.0-150600_23_60 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

* CVE-2025-38498: do_change_type(): refuse to operate on unmounted/not ours

mounts (bsc#1247499).

* CVE-2025-38555: usb: gadget : fix use-after-free in composite_dev_cleanup()

(bsc#1248298).

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Topics Covered

security advisory important kernel OpenSUSE use-after-free do_change_type

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-2025-3411=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2025-3411=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default-debuginfo-4-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default-4-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_13-debugsource-4-150600.2.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default-debuginfo-4-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default-4-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_13-debugsource-4-150600.2.1

References

* bsc#1247499

* bsc#1248298

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38498.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38555.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247499

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248298

Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:03411-1
Release Date: 2025-09-28T06:04:46Z
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

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Topics Covered

security advisory important kernel OpenSUSE use-after-free do_change_type

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