Security update for the Linux Kernel

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2025:02844-1
Release Date:	2025-08-18T15:45:21Z
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#1233551 bsc#1234863 bsc#1240799 bsc#1242780 bsc#1245140 bsc#1245217 bsc#1246037 bsc#1246045
Cross-References:	CVE-2022-50211 CVE-2023-53117 CVE-2024-53057 CVE-2024-53164 CVE-2025-21971 CVE-2025-38079 CVE-2025-38200 CVE-2025-38213
CVSS scores:	CVE-2022-50211 ( 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-2022-50211 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2023-53117 ( 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-2023-53117 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2024-53057 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2024-53057 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2024-53057 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2024-53164 ( SUSE ): 5.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2024-53164 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2025-21971 ( 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-2025-21971 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2025-38079 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2025-38079 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2025-38200 ( SUSE ): 6.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2025-38200 ( SUSE ): 6.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H CVE-2025-38213 ( SUSE ): 8.4 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2025-38213 ( SUSE ): 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE

An update that solves eight vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2022-50211: md-raid10: fix KASAN warning (bsc#1245140).
• CVE-2023-53117: fs: prevent out-of-bounds array speculation when closing a file descriptor (bsc#1242780).
• CVE-2024-53057: net/sched: stop qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog on TC_H_ROOT (bsc#1233551).
• CVE-2024-53164: net: sched: fix ordering of qlen adjustment (bsc#1234863).
• CVE-2025-21971: net_sched: Prevent creation of classes with TC_H_ROOT (bsc#1240799).
• CVE-2025-38079: crypto: algif_hash - fix double free in hash_accept (bsc#1245217).
• CVE-2025-38200: i40e: fix MMIO write access to an invalid page in i40e_clear_hw (bsc#1246045).
• CVE-2025-38213: vgacon: Add check for vc_origin address range in vgacon_scroll() (bsc#1246037).

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:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-11-SP4-LTSS-EXTREME-CORE-2025-2844=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-11-SP4-LTSS-EXTREME-CORE-2025-2844=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE (nosrc x86_64)
  • kernel-trace-3.0.101-108.189.1
  • kernel-default-3.0.101-108.189.1
  • kernel-xen-3.0.101-108.189.1
  • kernel-ec2-3.0.101-108.189.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE (x86_64)
  • kernel-xen-devel-3.0.101-108.189.1
  • kernel-ec2-devel-3.0.101-108.189.1
  • kernel-default-base-3.0.101-108.189.1
  • kernel-default-devel-3.0.101-108.189.1
  • kernel-ec2-base-3.0.101-108.189.1
  • kernel-source-3.0.101-108.189.1
  • kernel-trace-devel-3.0.101-108.189.1
  • kernel-trace-base-3.0.101-108.189.1
  • kernel-syms-3.0.101-108.189.1
  • kernel-xen-base-3.0.101-108.189.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (nosrc x86_64)
  • kernel-trace-3.0.101-108.189.1
  • kernel-default-3.0.101-108.189.1
  • kernel-xen-3.0.101-108.189.1
  • kernel-ec2-3.0.101-108.189.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (x86_64)
  • kernel-xen-devel-3.0.101-108.189.1
  • kernel-ec2-devel-3.0.101-108.189.1
  • kernel-default-base-3.0.101-108.189.1
  • kernel-default-devel-3.0.101-108.189.1
  • kernel-ec2-base-3.0.101-108.189.1
  • kernel-source-3.0.101-108.189.1
  • kernel-trace-devel-3.0.101-108.189.1
  • kernel-trace-base-3.0.101-108.189.1
  • kernel-syms-3.0.101-108.189.1
  • kernel-xen-base-3.0.101-108.189.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50211.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53117.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53057.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53164.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-21971.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38079.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38200.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38213.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233551
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1234863
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1240799
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1242780
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245140
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245217
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246037
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246045