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openSUSE 2025:1448-1 important: Linux Kernel Security Issues Overview

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Calendar Grey May 5, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Key enhancements for the openSUSE Linux Kernel to address security vulnerabilities, featuring significant patches tailored for several identified flaws.
An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-150300_59_164 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

* CVE-2024-8805: Bluetooth: hci_event: Align BR/EDR JUST_WORKS paring with LE

(bsc#1240840).

* CVE-2023-52885: SUNRPC: Fix UAF in svc_tcp_listen_data_ready()

(bsc#1227753).

* CVE-2024-50205: ALSA: firewire-lib: Avoid division by zero in

apply_constraint_to_size() (bsc#1233294).

* CVE-2024-56650: netfilter: x_tables: fix LED ID check in led_tg_check()

(bsc#1235431).

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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-2025-1448=1 SUSE-2025-1442=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2025-1448=1 SUSE-SLE-

Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2025-1442=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_164-default-13-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_158-default-17-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_158-default-debuginfo-17-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_45-debugsource-13-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_164-default-debuginfo-13-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_43-debugsource-17-150300.2.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_164-preempt-13-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_158-preempt-17-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_164-preempt-debuginfo-13-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_158-preempt-debuginfo-17-150300.2.1

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

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_158-default-17-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_164-default-13-150300.2.1

References

* bsc#1227753

* bsc#1233294

* bsc#1235431

* bsc#1240840

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-52885.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-50205.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-56650.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8805.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1227753

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233294

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1235431

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1240840

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:1448-1
Release Date: 2025-05-05T06:37:05Z
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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