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SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 Advisory SUSE-SU-2025:21112-1 CVE-2025-38500 Important

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Calendar Grey December 9, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Linux update resolves important kernel issues including use-after-free and TLS vulnerabilities.
* bsc#1248672 * bsc#1249537 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-38500

Summary

## This update for kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_9 fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-38500: xfrm: interface: fix use-after-free after changing collect_md xfrm interface (bsc#1248672) * CVE-2025-38616: tls: handle data disappearing from under the TLS ULP (bsc#1249537) ## 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-224=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (s390x x86_64) * kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-31-default-9-1.2 * kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-31-default-debuginfo-9-1.2 * kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_9-debugsource-9-1.2

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE important TLS use-after-free kernel livepatch

References

* bsc#1248672

* bsc#1249537

Cross-

* CVE-2025-38500

* CVE-2025-38616

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-38500 ( 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-2025-38500 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-38500 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-38616 ( SUSE ): 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-38616 ( NVD ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Micro 6.1

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38500.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38616.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248672

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:21112-1
Release Date: 2025-11-28T08:19:28Z
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE important TLS use-after-free kernel livepatch

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