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openSUSE: 2025:0944-1 important: the Linux Kernel Advisory Security Update

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Calendar Grey March 19, 2025
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An important update for openSUSE that addresses four kernel-related issues with potential security risks.
An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-150300_59_167 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

* CVE-2024-46818: drm/amd/display: Check gpio_id before used as array index

(bsc#1231204).

* CVE-2024-50302: HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer (bsc#1233679).

* CVE-2022-48792: scsi: pm8001: Fix use-after-free for aborted SSP/STP

sas_task (bsc#1228017).

* CVE-2022-48911: kabi: add __nf_queue_get_refs() for kabi compliance.

(bsc#1229640).

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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-2025-944=1 SUSE-2025-948=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2025-944=1 SUSE-SLE-

Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2025-948=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_164-default-debuginfo-10-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_164-default-10-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_167-default-debuginfo-9-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_167-default-9-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_46-debugsource-9-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_45-debugsource-10-150300.2.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_167-preempt-debuginfo-9-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_164-preempt-10-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_167-preempt-9-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_164-preempt-debuginfo-10-150300.2.1

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

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_167-default-9-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_164-default-10-150300.2.1

References

* bsc#1228017

* bsc#1229640

* bsc#1231204

* bsc#1233679

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-48792.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-48911.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-46818.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-50302.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228017

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229640

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231204

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233679

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0944-1
Release Date: 2025-03-19T13:04:12Z
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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