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openSUSE: Linux Kernel Important Six Fixes 2025:3675-1 CVE-2025-21971 DoS

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Calendar Grey October 20, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Install the important patch for the Linux Kernel on openSUSE addressing six security issues. Stay secure!
An update that solves six vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150400_24_133 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

* CVE-2025-38678: netfilter: nf_tables: reject duplicate device on updates

(bsc#1249534).

* CVE-2025-38499: clone_private_mnt(): make sure that caller has CAP_SYS_ADMIN

in the right userns (bsc#1248673).

* CVE-2024-49974: NFSD: Force all NFSv4.2 COPY requests to be synchronous

(bsc#1232384).

* CVE-2025-21971: net_sched: Prevent creation of classes with TC_H_ROOT

(bsc#1245794).

* CVE-2025-38644: wifi: mac80211: reject TDLS operations when station is not

associated (bsc#1248749).

* CVE-2025-38206: exfat: fix double free in delayed_free (bsc#1246075).

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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 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-3675=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2025-3675=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_133-default-debuginfo-17-150400.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_133-default-17-150400.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_31-debugsource-17-150400.2.1

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

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_133-default-debuginfo-17-150400.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_133-default-17-150400.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_31-debugsource-17-150400.2.1

References

* bsc#1232384

* bsc#1245794

* bsc#1246075

* bsc#1248673

* bsc#1248749

* bsc#1249534

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-49974.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-21971.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38206.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38499.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38644.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38678.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1232384

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245794

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246075

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248673

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248749

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249534

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:3675-1
Release Date: 2025-10-20T08:07:00Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4

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