Security update for xen

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:01860-1
Release Date: 2025-06-10T08:11:58Z
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2024-28956 ( SUSE ): 5.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2024-28956 ( SUSE ): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2024-28956 ( NVD ): 5.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
  • CVE-2024-28956 ( NVD ): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2024-53241 ( SUSE ): 6.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2024-53241 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2025-1713 ( SUSE ): 6.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H
  • CVE-2025-1713 ( SUSE ): 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for xen fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2024-28956: Fixed Intel CPU: Indirect Target Selection (ITS) (XSA-469) (bsc#1243117)
  • CVE-2024-53241: Fixed Xen hypercall page unsafe against speculative attacks (XSA-466) (bsc#1234282)
  • CVE-2025-1713: Fixed deadlock potential with VT-d and legacy PCI device pass-through (XSA-467) (bsc#1238043)

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-2025-1860=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-1860=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 x86_64 i586)
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.17.5_08-150500.3.45.1
    • xen-devel-4.17.5_08-150500.3.45.1
    • xen-debugsource-4.17.5_08-150500.3.45.1
    • xen-libs-4.17.5_08-150500.3.45.1
    • xen-tools-domU-4.17.5_08-150500.3.45.1
    • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.17.5_08-150500.3.45.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (x86_64)
    • xen-libs-32bit-debuginfo-4.17.5_08-150500.3.45.1
    • xen-libs-32bit-4.17.5_08-150500.3.45.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • xen-tools-4.17.5_08-150500.3.45.1
    • xen-doc-html-4.17.5_08-150500.3.45.1
    • xen-4.17.5_08-150500.3.45.1
    • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.17.5_08-150500.3.45.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)
    • xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk-4.17.5_08-150500.3.45.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64_ilp32)
    • xen-libs-64bit-debuginfo-4.17.5_08-150500.3.45.1
    • xen-libs-64bit-4.17.5_08-150500.3.45.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (x86_64)
    • xen-libs-4.17.5_08-150500.3.45.1
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.17.5_08-150500.3.45.1
    • xen-debugsource-4.17.5_08-150500.3.45.1

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