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openSUSE: Kernel Important Buffer Overflow Null Pointer Fix 2025:4261-1

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Calendar Grey November 26, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This security advisory addresses four critical vulnerabilities in the openSUSE kernel, ensuring system integrity.
An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel 6.4.0-150600.23.30 fixes

various security issues

The following security issues were fixed:

* CVE-2024-53141: netfilter: ipset: add missing range check in bitmap_ip_uadt

(bsc#1245778).

* CVE-2025-23145: mptcp: fix NULL pointer in can_accept_new_subflow

(bsc#1242882).

* CVE-2025-38500: xfrm: interface: fix use-after-free after changing

collect_md xfrm interface (bsc#1248672).

* CVE-2025-38616: tls: handle data disappearing from under the TLS ULP

(bsc#1249537).

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-2025-4261=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2025-4261=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_30-default-16-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_30-default-debuginfo-16-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_6-debugsource-16-150600.2.1

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

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_30-default-16-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_30-default-debuginfo-16-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_6-debugsource-16-150600.2.1

References

* bsc#1242882

* bsc#1245778

* bsc#1248672

* bsc#1249537

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53141.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-23145.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38500.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38616.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1242882

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245778

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248672

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249537

Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:4261-1
Release Date: 2025-11-26T15:07:29Z
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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