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openSUSE 15.6: ovmf Moderate Memory Overflow CVE-2024-1298 2025:02516-1

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Calendar Grey July 25, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
The latest ovmf release addresses a notable vulnerability regarding buffer overflow on both openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise systems.
* bsc#1225889 * bsc#1245542 Cross-References: * CVE-2024-1298

Summary

## This update for ovmf fixes the following issues: * CVE-2024-1298: Fixed potential UINT32 overflow in S3 ResumeCount (bsc#1225889). Other fixes: * Fixed Kubevirt GPU passthrough failure (bsc#1245542) ## 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: * Server Applications Module 15-SP6 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP6-2025-2516=1 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-2516=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-2516=1 * SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP6 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP6-2025-2516=1 ## Package List: * Server Applications Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 x86_64)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow SuSE OpenSUSE ovmf

References

* bsc#1225889

* bsc#1245542

Cross-

* CVE-2024-1298

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2024-1298 ( SUSE ): 6.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2024-1298 ( NVD ): 6.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

* Server Applications Module 15-SP6

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

* SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP6

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be

installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-1298.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1225889

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245542

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02516-1
Release Date: 2025-07-24T20:17:16Z
Rating: moderate

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow SuSE OpenSUSE ovmf

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