Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 29 for SLE 15 SP4)

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0172-1
Release Date: 2025-01-17T17:33:31Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2022-48956 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2022-48956 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-43861 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-43861 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-50264 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-50264 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-50264 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4

An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150400_24_128 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2024-50264: vsock/virtio: Initialization of the dangling pointer occurring in vsk->trans (bsc#1233712).
  • CVE-2022-48956: ipv6: avoid use-after-free in ip6_fragment() (bsc#1232637).
  • CVE-2024-43861: Fix memory leak for not ip packets (bsc#1229553).

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:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-172=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2025-172=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.4 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_128-default-3-150400.9.6.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_128-default-debuginfo-3-150400.9.6.1
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_29-debugsource-3-150400.9.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_128-default-3-150400.9.6.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_128-default-debuginfo-3-150400.9.6.1
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_29-debugsource-3-150400.9.6.1

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