Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 758
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 758

SUSE: Kernel Important IPC Security Threat CVE-2025-38212

suse
Calendar Grey September 15, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
This vital SUSE kernel update addresses a significant IPC security threat, ensuring system integrity and responsiveness.
* bsc#1246030 * bsc#1248108 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-38212

Summary

## This update for the Linux Kernel 6.4.0-150600_23_60 fixes several issues. The following security issue was fixed: * CVE-2025-38212: ipc: fix to protect IPCS lookups using RCU (bsc#1246030). ## 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-2025-3214=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2025-3214=1 ## Package List: * openSUSE Leap 15.6 (ppc64le s390x x86_64) * kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_13-debugsource-3-150600.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default-debuginfo-3-150600.2.1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE important kernel ipc security ipcs

References

* bsc#1246030

* bsc#1248108

Cross-

* CVE-2025-38212

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-38212 ( SUSE ): 8.5

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2025-38212 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

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

installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38212.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246030

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248108

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:03214-1
Release Date: 2025-09-13T21:09:03Z
Rating: important

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE important kernel ipc security ipcs

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Your message here