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openSUSE 15 SP6: SUSE-SU-2025:0687-1 important: kernel patch

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Calendar Grey February 24, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This patch resolves significant kernel weaknesses in openSUSE 15 SP6, reinforcing system reliability and protection.
An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for the Linux Kernel 6.4.0-150600_23_7 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

* CVE-2024-40956: dmaengine: idxd: Fix possible Use-After-Free in

irq_process_work_list (bsc#1228585).

* CVE-2024-36974: net/sched: taprio: always validate TCA_TAPRIO_ATTR_PRIOMAP

(bsc#1227371).

* CVE-2024-53104: media: uvcvideo: Skip parsing frames of type

UVC_VS_UNDEFINED in uvc_parse_format (bsc#1236783).

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Topics Covered

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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 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-697=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2025-697=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-687=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2025-687=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_7-default-debuginfo-9-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_7-default-9-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_1-debugsource-9-150600.2.1

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

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_7-default-debuginfo-9-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_7-default-9-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_1-debugsource-9-150600.2.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_28-debugsource-7-150400.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_125-default-debuginfo-7-150400.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_125-default-7-150400.2.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_28-debugsource-7-150400.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_125-default-debuginfo-7-150400.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_125-default-7-150400.2.1

References

* bsc#1227371

* bsc#1228585

* bsc#1236783

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-36974.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40956.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53104.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1227371

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228585

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1236783

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0687-1
Release Date: 2025-02-24T15:33:20Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

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