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openSUSE: Kernel Important Vuln CVE-2025-38498 SUSE-SU-2025:03416-1

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Calendar Grey September 29, 2025
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An important kernel security update addresses CVE-2025-38498 in openSUSE, improving system protection.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-150300_59_215 fixes one issue.

The following security issue was fixed:

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

mounts (bsc#1247499).

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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 15.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-3416=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2025-3416=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_60-debugsource-2-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_215-default-debuginfo-2-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_215-default-2-150300.2.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_215-preempt-debuginfo-2-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_215-preempt-2-150300.2.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_60-debugsource-2-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_215-default-debuginfo-2-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_215-default-2-150300.2.1

References

* bsc#1247499

## References:

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

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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:03416-1
Release Date: 2025-09-28T16:03:58Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3

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