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SUSE: 2025:0260-1 Important: Live Kernel Patch 15 Security Advisory

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Calendar Grey January 27, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
Essential security enhancements for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 15) on SUSE 15 SP5 to resolve various vulnerabilities and improve reliability.
* bsc#1223683 * bsc#1225099 * bsc#1225429 * bsc#1225733 * bsc#1225739

Summary

## This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150500_55_68 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: * CVE-2024-41057: cachefiles: fix slab-use-after-free in cachefiles_withdraw_cookie() (bsc#1229275). * CVE-2024-36971: Fixed __dst_negative_advice() race (bsc#1226324). * CVE-2024-50264: vsock/virtio: Initialization of the dangling pointer occurring in vsk->trans (bsc#1233712). * CVE-2022-48956: ipv6: avoid use-after-free in ip6_fragment() (bsc#1232637). * CVE-2021-47517: Fix panic when interrupt coaleceing is set via ethtool (bsc#1225429). * CVE-2024-36904: tcp: Use refcount_inc_not_zero() in tcp_twsk_unique() (bsc#1225733). * CVE-2024-43861: Fix memory leak for not ip packets (bsc#1229553).

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security advisory kernel patch important SUSE live patch

References

* bsc#1223683

* bsc#1225099

* bsc#1225429

* bsc#1225733

* bsc#1225739

* bsc#1225819

* bsc#1226324

* bsc#1227471

* bsc#1228349

* bsc#1228573

* bsc#1228786

* bsc#1229273

* bsc#1229275

* bsc#1229553

* bsc#1232637

* bsc#1233712

Cross-

* CVE-2021-47517

* CVE-2021-47598

* CVE-2022-48956

* CVE-2023-52752

* CVE-2023-52846

* CVE-2024-26923

* CVE-2024-35949

* CVE-2024-36899

* CVE-2024-36904

* CVE-2024-36971

* CVE-2024-40909

* CVE-2024-40954

* CVE-2024-41057

* CVE-2024-41059

* CVE-2024-43861

* CVE-2024-50264

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2021-47517 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2021-47598 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2021-47598 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0260-1
Release Date: 2025-01-27T14:03:39Z
Rating: important

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