Security update for the Linux Kernel RT (Live Patch 0 for SLE 15 SP6)

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:4129-1
Release Date: 2024-12-02T09:15:33Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2024-35949 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-36904 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/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
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for the Linux Kernel 6.4.0-150600_8 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2024-36904: tcp: Use refcount_inc_not_zero() in tcp_twsk_unique() (bsc#1225733).
  • CVE-2024-43861: Fix memory leak for not ip packets (bsc#1229553).
  • CVE-2024-35949: btrfs: make sure that WRITTEN is set on all metadata blocks (bsc#1229273).

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 Live Patching 15-SP6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2024-4129=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6 (x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_8-rt-debuginfo-6-150600.3.2
    • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_8-rt-6-150600.3.2
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_0-debugsource-6-150600.3.2

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