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SUSE: Important Security Update for Kernel Livepatch CVE-2025-38617

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Calendar Grey November 11, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
Critical updates available to address multiple issues in the kernel-livepatch for SUSE Linux Micro 6.1.
* bsc#1248631 * bsc#1249207 * bsc#1249208 Cross-References:

Summary

## This update for kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_8 fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-38664: ice: Fix a null pointer dereference in ice_copy_and_init_pkg() (bsc#1248631) * CVE-2025-38618: vsock: Do not allow binding to VMADDR_PORT_ANY (bsc#1249207) * CVE-2025-38617: net/packet: fix a race in packet_set_ring() and packet_notifier() (bsc#1249208) ## 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: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-kernel-199=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (s390x x86_64) * kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-30-default-8-1.2 * kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_8-debugsource-8-1.2

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Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE DoS important kernel livepatch cve-2025-38617

References

* bsc#1248631

* bsc#1249207

* bsc#1249208

Cross-

* CVE-2025-38617

* CVE-2025-38618

* CVE-2025-38664

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-38617 ( SUSE ): 7.3

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

* CVE-2025-38617 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-38618 ( SUSE ): 7.3

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

* CVE-2025-38618 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-38664 ( SUSE ): 7.3

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

* CVE-2025-38664 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Micro 6.1

An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:20980-1
Release Date: 2025-11-05T16:34:09Z
Rating: important

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