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openSUSE Leap 15.3: 2025:1463-1 important: Linux Kernel Patch

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Calendar Grey May 7, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A significant enhancement to the Linux Kernel tackles essential vulnerabilities within openSUSE Leap 15.3 and SUSE Linux Enterprise.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-150300_59_179 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

* 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).

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-2025-1491=1 SUSE-2025-1463=1 SUSE-2025-1458=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2025-1458=1 SUSE-SLE-

Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2025-1491=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-

Patching-15-SP3-2025-1463=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_174-default-debuginfo-9-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_174-default-9-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_170-default-10-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_179-default-8-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_170-default-debuginfo-10-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_48-debugsource-9-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_179-default-debuginfo-8-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_49-debugsource-8-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_47-debugsource-10-150300.2.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_174-preempt-9-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_170-preempt-debuginfo-10-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_179-preempt-8-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_179-preempt-debuginfo-8-150300.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_170-preempt-10-150300.2.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1233294

* bsc#1235431

## References:

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

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

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

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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:1463-1
Release Date: 2025-05-06T14:35:55Z
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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