Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 7 for SLE 15 SP6)

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2025:02908-1
Release Date:	2025-08-19T11:33:53Z
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#1245218 bsc#1245350 bsc#1247350 bsc#1247351
Cross-References:	CVE-2025-38079 CVE-2025-38083 CVE-2025-38494 CVE-2025-38495
CVSS scores:	CVE-2025-38079 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2025-38079 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2025-38083 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2025-38494 ( SUSE ): 8.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2025-38494 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2025-38495 ( SUSE ): 8.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2025-38495 ( SUSE ): 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 15.5 openSUSE Leap 15.6 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for the Linux Kernel 6.4.0-150600_23_33 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

• CVE-2025-38494: HID: core: do not bypass hid_hw_raw_request (bsc#1247350).
• CVE-2025-38495: HID: core: ensure the allocated report buffer can contain the reserved report ID (bsc#1247351).
• CVE-2025-38079: crypto: algif_hash - fix double free in hash_accept (bsc#1245218).
• CVE-2025-38083: net_sched: prio: fix a race in prio_tune() (bsc#1245350).

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-SP5-2025-2908=1
• openSUSE Leap 15.5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-2900=1 SUSE-2025-2901=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2025-2901=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2025-2900=1
• openSUSE Leap 15.6
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-2895=1 SUSE-2025-2903=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2025-2895=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2025-2903=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP5 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_261-default-2-2.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.5 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_73-default-15-150500.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_17-debugsource-15-150500.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_19-debugsource-13-150500.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_73-default-debuginfo-15-150500.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default-debuginfo-13-150500.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default-13-150500.2.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_73-default-15-150500.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_19-debugsource-13-150500.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_73-default-debuginfo-15-150500.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default-debuginfo-13-150500.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default-13-150500.2.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_17-debugsource-15-150500.2.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.6 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_33-default-10-150600.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_22-default-debuginfo-15-150600.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_22-default-15-150600.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_7-debugsource-10-150600.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_4-debugsource-15-150600.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_33-default-debuginfo-10-150600.2.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_33-default-10-150600.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_22-default-debuginfo-15-150600.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_22-default-15-150600.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_7-debugsource-10-150600.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_4-debugsource-15-150600.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_33-default-debuginfo-10-150600.2.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38079.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38083.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38494.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38495.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245218
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245350
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247350
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247351