Upstream information

CVE-2024-5660 at MITRE

Description

Use of Hardware Page Aggregation (HPA) and Stage-1 and/or Stage-2 translation on Cortex-A77, Cortex-A78, Cortex-A78C, Cortex-A78AE, Cortex-A710, Cortex-X1, Cortex-X1C, Cortex-X2, Cortex-X3, Cortex-X4, Cortex-X925, Neoverse V1, Neoverse V2, Neoverse V3, Neoverse V3AE, Neoverse N2 may permit bypass of Stage-2 translation and/or GPT protection.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
  CNA (CISA-ADP)
Base Score 9.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1

Note from the SUSE Security Team on the kernel-default package

SUSE will no longer fix all CVEs in the Linux Kernel anymore, but declare some bug classes as won't fix. Please refer to TID 21496 for more details.

No SUSE Bugzilla entries cross referenced.

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5
  • kernel-default-kgraft >= 4.12.14-122.244.1
  • kernel-default-kgraft-devel >= 4.12.14-122.244.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-SP5-2025-236
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS
  • cluster-md-kmp-default >= 4.12.14-122.244.1
  • dlm-kmp-default >= 4.12.14-122.244.1
  • gfs2-kmp-default >= 4.12.14-122.244.1
  • kernel-default >= 4.12.14-122.244.1
  • kernel-default-base >= 4.12.14-122.244.1
  • kernel-default-devel >= 4.12.14-122.244.1
  • kernel-default-man >= 4.12.14-122.244.1
  • kernel-devel >= 4.12.14-122.244.1
  • kernel-macros >= 4.12.14-122.244.1
  • kernel-source >= 4.12.14-122.244.1
  • kernel-syms >= 4.12.14-122.244.1
  • ocfs2-kmp-default >= 4.12.14-122.244.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-2025-236
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5
  • cluster-md-kmp-default >= 4.12.14-122.244.1
  • dlm-kmp-default >= 4.12.14-122.244.1
  • gfs2-kmp-default >= 4.12.14-122.244.1
  • kernel-default >= 4.12.14-122.244.1
  • kernel-default-base >= 4.12.14-122.244.1
  • kernel-default-devel >= 4.12.14-122.244.1
  • kernel-devel >= 4.12.14-122.244.1
  • kernel-macros >= 4.12.14-122.244.1
  • kernel-source >= 4.12.14-122.244.1
  • kernel-syms >= 4.12.14-122.244.1
  • ocfs2-kmp-default >= 4.12.14-122.244.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2025-236


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP5 kernel-default Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_64 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 kernel-docs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 kernel-obs-build Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 kernel-syms Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS kernel-default Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS kernel-source Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS kernel-syms Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 kernel-default Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 kernel-source Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 kernel-syms Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 kernel-default Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 kernel-docs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 kernel-obs-build Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 kernel-docs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 kernel-obs-build Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP5 kernel-default Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Dec 10 16:04:30 2024
CVE page last modified: Sat Jan 25 00:58:21 2025