Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 20 for SLE 15 SP5)

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2025:0494-1
Release Date:	2025-02-12T18:35:51Z
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#1230998 bsc#1231993
Cross-References:	CVE-2024-45016 CVE-2024-47684
CVSS scores:	CVE-2024-45016 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2024-45016 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2024-47684 ( SUSE ): 8.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2024-47684 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2024-47684 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:	openSUSE Leap 15.3 openSUSE Leap 15.5 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150500_55_83 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

• CVE-2024-45016: netem: fix return value if duplicate enqueue fails (bsc#1230998).
• CVE-2024-47684: tcp: check skb is non-NULL in tcp_rto_delta_us() (bsc#1231993).

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 15.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-494=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2025-494=1
• openSUSE Leap 15.5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-491=1 SUSE-2025-492=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2025-491=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2025-492=1

Package List:

• openSUSE Leap 15.3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_48-debugsource-4-150300.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_174-default-debuginfo-4-150300.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_174-default-4-150300.2.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64)
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_174-preempt-debuginfo-4-150300.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_174-preempt-4-150300.2.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_174-default-4-150300.2.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.5 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_19-debugsource-3-150500.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default-debuginfo-3-150500.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_83-default-3-150500.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default-3-150500.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_20-debugsource-3-150500.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_83-default-debuginfo-3-150500.2.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_19-debugsource-3-150500.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default-debuginfo-3-150500.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_83-default-3-150500.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default-3-150500.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_20-debugsource-3-150500.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_83-default-debuginfo-3-150500.2.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45016.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-47684.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230998
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231993