Security update for the Linux Kernel

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:3337-1
Rating: important
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Affected Products:
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
  • SUSE Real Time Module 15-SP5

An update that has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 RT kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

  • Revert "mm, kmsan: fix infinite recursion due to RCU critical section" (bsc#1230413)
  • Revert "mm/sparsemem: fix race in accessing memory_section->usage" (bsc#1230413)
  • Revert "mm: prevent derefencing NULL ptr in pfn_section_valid()" (bsc#1230413)

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:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2024-3337=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2024-3337=1
  • openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5
    zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.5-2024-3337=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2024-3337=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2024-3337=1
  • SUSE Real Time Module 15-SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-RT-15-SP5-2024-3337=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)
    • kernel-devel-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-source-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (x86_64)
    • kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • ocfs2-kmp-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kselftests-kmp-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-rt-livepatch-devel-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-rt-vdso-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • dlm-kmp-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-rt_debug-debugsource-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • reiserfs-kmp-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-rt_debug-vdso-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-syms-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.70.1
    • kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-rt-debugsource-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-rt-devel-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-rt-extra-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_20-debugsource-1-150500.11.3.2
    • kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-devel-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_70-rt-debuginfo-1-150500.11.3.2
    • gfs2-kmp-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-rt-optional-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • cluster-md-kmp-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-rt_debug-devel-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-rt-livepatch-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_70-rt-1-150500.11.3.2
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-rt_debug-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
  • openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 (nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
  • openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 (x86_64)
    • kernel-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-rt-debugsource-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (x86_64)
    • kernel-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-rt-debugsource-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (noarch)
    • kernel-source-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5 (x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_70-rt-1-150500.11.3.2
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_20-debugsource-1-150500.11.3.2
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_70-rt-debuginfo-1-150500.11.3.2
  • SUSE Real Time Module 15-SP5 (x86_64)
    • kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • ocfs2-kmp-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-rt-vdso-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • dlm-kmp-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-rt_debug-debugsource-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-rt_debug-vdso-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-syms-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.70.1
    • kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-rt-debugsource-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-rt-devel-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • gfs2-kmp-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • cluster-md-kmp-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-rt_debug-devel-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
  • SUSE Real Time Module 15-SP5 (noarch)
    • kernel-devel-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-source-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
  • SUSE Real Time Module 15-SP5 (nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-rt_debug-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2
    • kernel-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.70.2

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