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openSUSE 15.6: SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1 critical: kernel security fixes

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Calendar Grey February 13, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An important patch for the openSUSE Linux Kernel addresses several security flaws, improving the overall reliability of the system.
An update that solves 257 vulnerabilities and has 42 security fixes can now be installed.

Description

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6 kernel was updated to receive various security

bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

* CVE-2025-21682: eth: bnxt: always recalculate features after XDP clearing,

fix null-deref (bsc#1236703).

* CVE-2025-21678: gtp: Destroy device along with udp socket's netns dismantle

(bsc#1236698).

* CVE-2025-21676: net: fec: handle page_pool_dev_alloc_pages error

(bsc#1236696).

* CVE-2025-21675: net/mlx5: Clear port select structure when fail to create

(bsc#1236694).

* CVE-2025-21674: net/mlx5e: Fix inversion dependency warning while enabling

IPsec tunnel (bsc#1236688).

* CVE-2025-21670: vsock/bpf: return early if transport is not assigned

(bsc#1236685).

* CVE-2025-21669: vsock/virtio: discard packets if the transport changes

(bsc#1236683).

* CVE-2025-21666: vsock: prevent null-ptr-deref in vsock_*[has_data|has_space]

(bsc#1236680).

* CVE-2025-21664: dm thin: make get_first_thin use rcu-safe list first

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Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory update bug fix important kernel networking 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 15.6

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-499=1 SUSE-2025-499=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-499=1

* Development Tools Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP6-2025-499=1

* Legacy Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Legacy-15-SP6-2025-499=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2025-499=1

Please note that this is the initial kernel livepatch without fixes itself, this

package is later updated by separate standalone kernel livepatch updates.

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HA-15-SP6-2025-499=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6

zypper in -t...

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Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch nosrc)

* kernel-docs-6.4.0-150600.23.38.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)

* kernel-devel-6.4.0-150600.23.38.1

* kernel-source-vanilla-6.4.0-150600.23.38.1

* kernel-macros-6.4.0-150600.23.38.1

* kernel-source-6.4.0-150600.23.38.1

* kernel-docs-html-6.4.0-150600.23.38.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (nosrc ppc64le x86_64)

* kernel-debug-6.4.0-150600.23.38.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (ppc64le x86_64)

* kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.38.1

* kernel-debug-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.38.1

* kernel-debug-debugsource-6.4.0-150600.23.38.1

* kernel-debug-devel-6.4.0-150600.23.38.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)

* kernel-default-vdso-6.4.0-150600.23.38.1

* kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-6.4.0-150600.23.38.1

* kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.38.1

* kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.38.1

* kernel-debug-vdso-6.4.0-150600.23.38.1

* kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.38.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le x86_64)

* kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.38.1

*...

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References

* bsc#1012628

* bsc#1194869

* bsc#1215199

* bsc#1216813

* bsc#1218470

* bsc#1220711

* bsc#1221326

* bsc#1222803

* bsc#1224049

* bsc#1225897

* bsc#1226980

* bsc#1228592

* bsc#1229833

* bsc#1231016

* bsc#1231088

* bsc#1232087

* bsc#1232101

* bsc#1232158

* bsc#1232161

* bsc#1232421

* bsc#1232882

* bsc#1233055

* bsc#1233112

* bsc#1233221

* bsc#1233248

* bsc#1233259

* bsc#1233260

* bsc#1233488

* bsc#1233522

* bsc#1233638

* bsc#1233642

* bsc#1233778

* bsc#1234195

* bsc#1234619

* bsc#1234635

* bsc#1234683

* bsc#1234693

* bsc#1234726

* bsc#1234825

* bsc#1234863

* bsc#1234887

* bsc#1234888

* bsc#1234893

* bsc#1234898

* bsc#1234901

* bsc#1234906

* bsc#1234923

* bsc#1234931

* bsc#1234934

* bsc#1234947

* bsc#1234957

* bsc#1235000

* bsc#1235001

* bsc#1235011

* bsc#1235031

* bsc#1235032

* bsc#1235035

* bsc#1235037

* bsc#1235038

* bsc#1235039

* bsc#1235040

* bsc#1235042

* bsc#1235043

* bsc#1235046

* bsc#1235050

* bsc#1235051

* bsc#1235053

* bsc#1235054

* bsc#1235057

* bsc#1235059

* bsc#1235065

* bsc#1235070

* bsc#1235073

* bsc#1235100

* bsc#1235112

* bsc#1235115

*...

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Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1
Release Date: 2025-02-13T08:15:19Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 * Development Tools Module 15-SP6 * Legacy Module 15-SP6 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP6 * 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 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory update bug fix important kernel networking openSUSE

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