Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 49 for SLE 15 SP3)

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2025:0180-1
Release Date:	2025-01-17T21:13:45Z
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#1232637 bsc#1233712
Cross-References:	CVE-2022-48956 CVE-2024-50264
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-2024-50264 ( 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 15.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-150300_59_179 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).

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 12-SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-SP5-2025-180=1
• openSUSE Leap 15.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-182=1 SUSE-2025-183=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2025-182=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2025-183=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP5 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_231-default-2-8.6.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_49-debugsource-2-150300.7.6.1
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_174-default-debuginfo-2-150300.7.6.1
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_179-default-2-150300.7.6.1
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_174-default-2-150300.7.6.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_48-debugsource-2-150300.7.6.1
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_179-default-debuginfo-2-150300.7.6.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64)
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_174-preempt-debuginfo-2-150300.7.6.1
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_179-preempt-2-150300.7.6.1
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_174-preempt-2-150300.7.6.1
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_179-preempt-debuginfo-2-150300.7.6.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_174-default-2-150300.7.6.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_49-debugsource-2-150300.7.6.1
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_179-default-debuginfo-2-150300.7.6.1
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_179-default-2-150300.7.6.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-48956.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-50264.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1232637
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233712