Security update for xen

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2025:02316-1
Release Date:	2025-07-15T12:59:30Z
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#1238896 bsc#1244644 bsc#1246112
Cross-References:	CVE-2024-36350 CVE-2024-36357 CVE-2025-27465
CVSS scores:	CVE-2024-36350 ( NVD ): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N CVE-2024-36357 ( NVD ): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N CVE-2025-27465 ( SUSE ): 6.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2025-27465 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:	Basesystem Module 15-SP6 openSUSE Leap 15.6 Server Applications Module 15-SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 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 xen fixes the following issues:

• CVE-2024-36350, CVE-2024-36357: More AMD transient execution attacks (bsc#1246112, XSA-471)
• CVE-2025-27465: Incorrect stubs exception handling for flags recovery (bsc#1244644, XSA-470)

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 15.6
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-2316=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-2316=1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP6
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-2316=1
• Server Applications Module 15-SP6
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP6-2025-2316=1

Package List:

• openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 x86_64 i586)
  • xen-debugsource-4.18.5_04-150600.3.28.1
  • xen-tools-domU-4.18.5_04-150600.3.28.1
  • xen-devel-4.18.5_04-150600.3.28.1
  • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.18.5_04-150600.3.28.1
  • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.18.5_04-150600.3.28.1
  • xen-libs-4.18.5_04-150600.3.28.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)
  • xen-libs-32bit-debuginfo-4.18.5_04-150600.3.28.1
  • xen-libs-32bit-4.18.5_04-150600.3.28.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.18.5_04-150600.3.28.1
  • xen-doc-html-4.18.5_04-150600.3.28.1
  • xen-tools-4.18.5_04-150600.3.28.1
  • xen-4.18.5_04-150600.3.28.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)
  • xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk-4.18.5_04-150600.3.28.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64_ilp32)
  • xen-libs-64bit-4.18.5_04-150600.3.28.1
  • xen-libs-64bit-debuginfo-4.18.5_04-150600.3.28.1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (x86_64)
  • xen-debugsource-4.18.5_04-150600.3.28.1
  • xen-tools-domU-4.18.5_04-150600.3.28.1
  • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.18.5_04-150600.3.28.1
  • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.18.5_04-150600.3.28.1
  • xen-libs-4.18.5_04-150600.3.28.1
• Server Applications Module 15-SP6 (x86_64)
  • xen-debugsource-4.18.5_04-150600.3.28.1
  • xen-tools-4.18.5_04-150600.3.28.1
  • xen-devel-4.18.5_04-150600.3.28.1
  • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.18.5_04-150600.3.28.1
  • xen-4.18.5_04-150600.3.28.1
• Server Applications Module 15-SP6 (noarch)
  • xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk-4.18.5_04-150600.3.28.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-36350.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-36357.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-27465.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1238896
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244644
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246112