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openSUSE: Important Kernel Update Addressing CVEs 2024-53168 and 2025-38477

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Calendar Grey October 9, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Critical kernel update released for openSUSE addressing important vulnerabilities that require immediate attention by users to maintain system security.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-150300_59_204 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

* CVE-2024-53168: sunrpc: fix one UAF issue caused by sunrpc kernel tcp socket

(bsc#1243650).

* CVE-2025-38477: net/sched: sch_qfq: Fix race condition on qfq_aggregate

(bsc#1247315).

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-2025-3515=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2025-3515=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_204-default-debuginfo-7-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_204-default-7-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_57-debugsource-7-150300.2.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_204-preempt-7-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_204-preempt-debuginfo-7-150300.2.1

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

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_204-default-debuginfo-7-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_204-default-7-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_57-debugsource-7-150300.2.1

References

* bsc#1243650

* bsc#1247315

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53168.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38477.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243650

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247315

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:03515-1
Release Date: 2025-10-09T12:04:22Z
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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