Security update for the Linux Kernel

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:4397-1
Release Date: 2024-12-20T12:45:49Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2024-49995 ( SUSE ): 0.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2024-49995 ( SUSE ): 0.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2024-49995 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-50290 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-53063 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-53063 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE

An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

  • CVE-2024-49995: tipc: guard against string buffer overrun (bsc#1232432).
  • CVE-2024-50290: media: cx24116: prevent overflows on SNR calculus (bsc#1233479).
  • CVE-2024-53063: media: dvbdev: prevent the risk of out of memory access (bsc#1233557).

Special Instructions and Notes:

  • Please reboot the system after installing this update.

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 Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-11-SP4-LTSS-EXTREME-CORE-2024-4397=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-11-SP4-LTSS-EXTREME-CORE-2024-4397=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE (nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-ec2-3.0.101-108.171.1
    • kernel-default-3.0.101-108.171.1
    • kernel-xen-3.0.101-108.171.1
    • kernel-trace-3.0.101-108.171.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE (x86_64)
    • kernel-xen-devel-3.0.101-108.171.1
    • kernel-ec2-devel-3.0.101-108.171.1
    • kernel-trace-base-3.0.101-108.171.1
    • kernel-syms-3.0.101-108.171.1
    • kernel-xen-base-3.0.101-108.171.1
    • kernel-ec2-base-3.0.101-108.171.1
    • kernel-default-base-3.0.101-108.171.1
    • kernel-trace-devel-3.0.101-108.171.1
    • kernel-default-devel-3.0.101-108.171.1
    • kernel-source-3.0.101-108.171.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-ec2-3.0.101-108.171.1
    • kernel-default-3.0.101-108.171.1
    • kernel-xen-3.0.101-108.171.1
    • kernel-trace-3.0.101-108.171.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (x86_64)
    • kernel-xen-devel-3.0.101-108.171.1
    • kernel-ec2-devel-3.0.101-108.171.1
    • kernel-trace-base-3.0.101-108.171.1
    • kernel-syms-3.0.101-108.171.1
    • kernel-xen-base-3.0.101-108.171.1
    • kernel-ec2-base-3.0.101-108.171.1
    • kernel-default-base-3.0.101-108.171.1
    • kernel-trace-devel-3.0.101-108.171.1
    • kernel-default-devel-3.0.101-108.171.1
    • kernel-source-3.0.101-108.171.1

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