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openSUSE: Kernel Important Fix CVE-2025-38664 Advisory SUSE-SU-2025:3970-1

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Calendar Grey November 6, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An important security update for openSUSE kernel addresses CVE-2025-38664 effectively.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for the Linux Kernel 6.4.0-150600_23_70 fixes one issue.

The following security issue was fixed:

* CVE-2025-38664: ice: Fix a null pointer dereference in

ice_copy_and_init_pkg() (bsc#1248631).

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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-2025-3970=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2025-3970=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_70-default-3-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_70-default-debuginfo-3-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_15-debugsource-3-150600.2.1

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

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_70-default-3-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_70-default-debuginfo-3-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_15-debugsource-3-150600.2.1

References

* bsc#1248631

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38664.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248631

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:3970-1
Release Date: 2025-11-06T12:03:46Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

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