Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 20 for SLE 15 SP5)

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2025:01677-1
Release Date:	2025-05-22T20:04:28Z
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#1233019 bsc#1234847
Cross-References:	CVE-2024-50115 CVE-2024-53156
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-2024-53156 ( 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 15.4 openSUSE Leap 15.5 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150500_55_83 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

• 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:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2025-1679=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2025-1677=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2025-1678=1
• openSUSE Leap 15.5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-1681=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2025-1681=1
• openSUSE Leap 15.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-1677=1 SUSE-2025-1678=1 SUSE-2025-1679=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_31-debugsource-8-150400.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_136-default-8-150400.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_133-default-8-150400.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_133-default-debuginfo-8-150400.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_141-default-debuginfo-7-150400.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_141-default-7-150400.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_136-default-debuginfo-8-150400.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_32-debugsource-8-150400.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_33-debugsource-7-150400.2.2
• openSUSE Leap 15.5 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_83-default-8-150500.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_20-debugsource-8-150500.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_83-default-debuginfo-8-150500.2.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_83-default-8-150500.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_20-debugsource-8-150500.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_83-default-debuginfo-8-150500.2.2
• openSUSE Leap 15.4 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_31-debugsource-8-150400.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_136-default-8-150400.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_133-default-8-150400.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_133-default-debuginfo-8-150400.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_141-default-7-150400.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_141-default-debuginfo-7-150400.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_136-default-debuginfo-8-150400.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_32-debugsource-8-150400.2.2
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_33-debugsource-7-150400.2.2

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-50115.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53156.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233019
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1234847