Security update for xen

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:4490-1
Release Date: 2025-12-19T11:17:13Z
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-58149 ( SUSE ): 4.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-58149 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2025-58149 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

An update that solves one vulnerability and has two security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for xen fixes the following issues:

Update to Xen 4.17.6.

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2025-58149: incorrect removal of permissions on PCI device unplug allows PV guests to access memory of devices no longer assigned to them (bsc#1252692).

Other issues fixed:

  • Several upstream bug fixes (bsc#1027519).
  • Failure to restart xenstored (bsc#1254180).

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-2025-4490=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-4490=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 x86_64 i586)
    • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.17.6_02-150500.3.56.1
    • xen-debugsource-4.17.6_02-150500.3.56.1
    • xen-devel-4.17.6_02-150500.3.56.1
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.17.6_02-150500.3.56.1
    • xen-libs-4.17.6_02-150500.3.56.1
    • xen-tools-domU-4.17.6_02-150500.3.56.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (x86_64)
    • xen-libs-32bit-debuginfo-4.17.6_02-150500.3.56.1
    • xen-libs-32bit-4.17.6_02-150500.3.56.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • xen-tools-4.17.6_02-150500.3.56.1
    • xen-doc-html-4.17.6_02-150500.3.56.1
    • xen-4.17.6_02-150500.3.56.1
    • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.17.6_02-150500.3.56.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)
    • xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk-4.17.6_02-150500.3.56.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64_ilp32)
    • xen-libs-64bit-debuginfo-4.17.6_02-150500.3.56.1
    • xen-libs-64bit-4.17.6_02-150500.3.56.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (x86_64)
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.17.6_02-150500.3.56.1
    • xen-debugsource-4.17.6_02-150500.3.56.1
    • xen-libs-4.17.6_02-150500.3.56.1

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