Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 59 for SLE 15 SP3)

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:03363-1
Release Date: 2025-09-26T05:33:43Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-38181 ( SUSE ): 8.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-38181 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2025-38498 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-38498 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • openSUSE Leap 15.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
  • 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_211 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2025-38181: calipso: Fix null-ptr-deref in calipso_req_{set,del}attr() (bsc#1246001).
  • CVE-2025-38498: do_change_type(): refuse to operate on unmounted/not ours mounts (bsc#1247499).

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 15.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-3363=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2025-3363=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_211-default-5-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_211-default-debuginfo-5-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_59-debugsource-5-150300.2.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_211-preempt-debuginfo-5-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_211-preempt-5-150300.2.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_211-default-5-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_211-default-debuginfo-5-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_59-debugsource-5-150300.2.1

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