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SUSE: 2025:0983-1 important: the Linux Kernel Security Advisory Updates

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Calendar Grey March 21, 2025
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Important security advisory details kernel updates for SUSE Linux, addressing several critical issues affecting system safety.
* bsc#1197331 * bsc#1203769 * bsc#1235441 * bsc#1237768 * bsc#1238271

Summary

## The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: * CVE-2021-47633: ath5k: fix OOB in ath5k_eeprom_read_pcal_info_5111 (bsc#1237768). * CVE-2022-49545: ALSA: usb-audio: Cancel pending work at closing a MIDI substream (bsc#1238729). * CVE-2024-56658: net: defer final 'struct net' free in netns dismantle (bsc#1235441). * CVE-2024-57996: net_sched: sch_sfq: do not allow 1 packet limit (bsc#1239076). * CVE-2025-21718: net: rose: fix timer races against user threads (bsc#1239073). * CVE-2025-21772: partitions: mac: fix handling of bogus partition table (bsc#1238911).

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security advisory security issue important kernel system update SUSE

References

* bsc#1197331

* bsc#1203769

* bsc#1235441

* bsc#1237768

* bsc#1238271

* bsc#1238272

* bsc#1238454

* bsc#1238705

* bsc#1238729

* bsc#1238911

* bsc#1239073

* bsc#1239076

Cross-

* CVE-2021-47633

* CVE-2022-1048

* CVE-2022-3303

* CVE-2022-49272

* CVE-2022-49288

* CVE-2022-49291

* CVE-2022-49545

* CVE-2022-49733

* CVE-2024-56658

* CVE-2024-57996

* CVE-2025-21718

* CVE-2025-21772

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2021-47633 ( SUSE ): 6.9

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

* CVE-2021-47633 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2022-1048 ( SUSE ): 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2022-1048 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2022-3303 ( SUSE ): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0983-1
Release Date: 2025-03-21T17:44:17Z
Rating: important

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