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openSUSE: Kernel Important Fix Denial of Service 2025:4036-1

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Calendar Grey November 10, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Explore the security update for openSUSE kernel addressing five issues and a critical fix. Essential patching guidance provided.
An update that solves five vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel 5.14.21-150400.24.144 fixes

various security issues

The following security issues were fixed:

* CVE-2022-50252: igb: Do not free q_vector unless new one was allocated

(bsc#1249847).

* CVE-2024-53164: net: sched: fix ordering of qlen adjustment (bsc#1246019).

* CVE-2025-38617: net/packet: fix a race in packet_set_ring() and

packet_notifier() (bsc#1249208).

* CVE-2025-38618: vsock: Do not allow binding to VMADDR_PORT_ANY

(bsc#1249207).

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

ice_copy_and_init_pkg() (bsc#1248631).

The following non security issue was fixed:

* bsc#1249208: fix livepatching target module name (bsc#1252946)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue important kernel OpenSUSE

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-2025-4036=1 SUSE-2025-4034=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2025-4036=1 SUSE-SLE-

Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2025-4034=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_136-default-18-150400.4.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_144-default-debuginfo-16-150400.4.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_34-debugsource-16-150400.4.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_136-default-debuginfo-18-150400.4.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_32-debugsource-18-150400.4.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_144-default-16-150400.4.1

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

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_136-default-18-150400.4.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_144-default-debuginfo-16-150400.4.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_34-debugsource-16-150400.4.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_136-default-debuginfo-18-150400.4.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_32-debugsource-18-150400.4.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_144-default-16-150400.4.1

References

* bsc#1246019

* bsc#1248631

* bsc#1249207

* bsc#1249208

* bsc#1249847

* bsc#1252946

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50252.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53164.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38617.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38618.html

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

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246019

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

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249207

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249208

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249847

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252946

Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:4036-1
Release Date: 2025-11-10T14:04:16Z
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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Topics Covered

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