Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 12 for SLE 15 SP6)

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:03213-1
Release Date: 2025-09-13T17:38:25Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-38000 ( 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-2025-38000 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-38001 ( 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-2025-38001 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-38087 ( 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-2025-38087 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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
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 four vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for the Linux Kernel 6.4.0-150600_23_53 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2025-38087: net/sched: fix use-after-free in taprio_dev_notifier (bsc#1245504).
  • CVE-2025-38001: net_sched: hfsc: Address reentrant enqueue adding class to eltree twice (bsc#1244235).
  • CVE-2025-38000: sch_hfsc: Fix qlen accounting bug when using peek in hfsc_enqueue() (bsc#1245775).
  • CVE-2025-38212: ipc: fix to protect IPCS lookups using RCU (bsc#1246030).

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-SP6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2025-3213=1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-3213=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_12-debugsource-4-150600.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_53-default-debuginfo-4-150600.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_53-default-4-150600.2.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_12-debugsource-4-150600.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_53-default-debuginfo-4-150600.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_53-default-4-150600.2.1

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