Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 5 for SLE 15 SP6)

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:01663-1
Release Date: 2025-05-22T17:33:38Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2024-50115 ( SUSE ): 4.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:H
  • CVE-2024-50115 ( SUSE ): 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-50115 ( NVD ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-53042 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-53042 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-53156 ( 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-2024-53156 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-53156 ( 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 15.6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for the Linux Kernel 6.4.0-150600_23_25 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2024-53042: ipv4: ip_tunnel: Fix suspicious RCU usage warning in ip_tunnel_init_flow() (bsc#1233678).
  • CVE-2024-53156: wifi: ath9k: add range check for conn_rsp_epid in htc_connect_service() (bsc#1234847).
  • CVE-2024-50115: KVM: nSVM: Ignore nCR3[4:0] when loading PDPTEs from memory (bsc#1233019).

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 15.6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-1663=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2025-1663=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_25-default-debuginfo-9-150600.2.2
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_5-debugsource-9-150600.2.2
    • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_25-default-9-150600.2.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_25-default-debuginfo-9-150600.2.2
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_5-debugsource-9-150600.2.2
    • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_25-default-9-150600.2.2

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