Security update for the Linux Kernel

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2025:02848-1
Release Date:	2025-08-18T15:55:33Z
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#1210629 bsc#1233551 bsc#1234863 bsc#1236104 bsc#1236333 bsc#1239644 bsc#1242414 bsc#1242417 bsc#1245140 bsc#1245217 bsc#1245711 bsc#1245986 bsc#1246000 bsc#1246029 bsc#1246037 bsc#1246045 bsc#1246186 bsc#1247347 bsc#1247348 bsc#1247349
Cross-References:	CVE-2022-50211 CVE-2023-2176 CVE-2023-52923 CVE-2023-52927 CVE-2024-53057 CVE-2024-53164 CVE-2024-57947 CVE-2025-37797 CVE-2025-37798 CVE-2025-38079 CVE-2025-38120 CVE-2025-38177 CVE-2025-38181 CVE-2025-38200 CVE-2025-38212 CVE-2025-38213 CVE-2025-38257 CVE-2025-38494 CVE-2025-38495 CVE-2025-38497
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-2023-2176 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2023-2176 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2023-2176 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2023-52923 ( 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-2023-52923 ( SUSE ): 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2023-52927 ( 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-2023-52927 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2023-52927 ( NVD ): 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-2024-57947 ( 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-2024-57947 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2025-37797 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2025-37798 ( 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-2025-38120 ( SUSE ): 6.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2025-38120 ( SUSE ): 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVE-2025-38177 ( 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-2025-38177 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 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-2025-38200 ( 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-2025-38212 ( 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-2025-38212 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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 CVE-2025-38257 ( 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-2025-38257 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2025-38494 ( 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-2025-38494 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2025-38495 ( 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-2025-38495 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2025-38497 ( SUSE ): 5.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2025-38497 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:	SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP3 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 Micro for Rancher 5.2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 Business Critical Linux SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 SUSE Manager Server 4.2

An update that solves 20 vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update provides the initial livepatch for this kernel update. This update does not contain any fixes and will be updated with livepatches later.

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 High Availability Extension 15 SP3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HA-15-SP3-2025-2848=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP3-LTSS-2025-2848=1
• SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-7.1-2025-2848=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.1-2025-2848=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2025-2848=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2025-2848=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2025-2848=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP3 (s390x x86_64)
  • kernel-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • ocfs2-kmp-default-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • cluster-md-kmp-default-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • gfs2-kmp-default-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-default-debugsource-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • dlm-kmp-default-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP3 (nosrc)
  • kernel-default-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS (nosrc ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kernel-default-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kernel-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • reiserfs-kmp-default-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-default-base-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1.150300.18.128.1
  • kernel-default-devel-debuginfo-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-obs-build-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-obs-build-debugsource-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-default-devel-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-default-debugsource-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-syms-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS (noarch)
  • kernel-source-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-macros-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-devel-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS (noarch nosrc)
  • kernel-docs-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS (nosrc s390x)
  • kernel-zfcpdump-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS (s390x)
  • kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS (nosrc x86_64)
  • kernel-preempt-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS (x86_64)
  • kernel-preempt-devel-debuginfo-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-preempt-debugsource-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-preempt-debuginfo-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-preempt-devel-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
• SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 (aarch64 nosrc)
  • kernel-64kb-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
• SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 (aarch64)
  • kernel-64kb-debugsource-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-64kb-devel-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-64kb-debuginfo-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
• SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 (aarch64 nosrc x86_64)
  • kernel-default-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-preempt-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
• SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • kernel-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-preempt-debuginfo-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-preempt-debugsource-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • reiserfs-kmp-default-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-preempt-devel-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-default-base-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1.150300.18.128.1
  • kernel-default-devel-debuginfo-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-obs-build-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-obs-build-debugsource-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-default-devel-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-default-debugsource-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-syms-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-preempt-devel-debuginfo-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
• SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 (noarch)
  • kernel-source-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-macros-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-devel-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
• SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 (noarch nosrc)
  • kernel-docs-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 (nosrc s390x x86_64)
  • kernel-default-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 (s390x x86_64)
  • kernel-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-default-debugsource-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-default-base-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1.150300.18.128.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 (nosrc s390x)
  • kernel-default-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 (s390x)
  • kernel-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-default-debugsource-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 (nosrc s390x)
  • kernel-default-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 (s390x)
  • kernel-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-default-debugsource-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3 (nosrc)
  • kernel-default-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kernel-default-debuginfo-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-default-livepatch-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-default-livepatch-devel-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-default-debugsource-5.3.18-150300.59.215.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_60-debugsource-1-150300.7.3.1
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_215-default-debuginfo-1-150300.7.3.1
  • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_215-default-1-150300.7.3.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50211.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2176.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-52923.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-52927.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-2024-57947.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-37797.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-37798.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38079.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38120.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38177.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38181.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38200.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38212.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38213.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38257.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38494.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38495.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38497.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1210629
• 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=1236104
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1236333
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1239644
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1242414
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1242417
• 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=1245711
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245986
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246000
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246029
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246037
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246045
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246186
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247347
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247348
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247349