Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 45 for SLE 15 SP3)

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:1448-1
Release Date: 2025-05-05T06:37:05Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2023-52885 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-52885 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-50205 ( SUSE ): 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2024-50205 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-50205 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-56650 ( 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-2024-56650 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-56650 ( NVD ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-8805 ( SUSE ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-8805 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-8805 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • openSUSE Leap 15.3
  • 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 Server 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3

An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-150300_59_164 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2024-8805: Bluetooth: hci_event: Align BR/EDR JUST_WORKS paring with LE (bsc#1240840).
  • CVE-2023-52885: SUNRPC: Fix UAF in svc_tcp_listen_data_ready() (bsc#1227753).
  • CVE-2024-50205: ALSA: firewire-lib: Avoid division by zero in apply_constraint_to_size() (bsc#1233294).
  • CVE-2024-56650: netfilter: x_tables: fix LED ID check in led_tg_check() (bsc#1235431).

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 15.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-1448=1 SUSE-2025-1442=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2025-1448=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2025-1442=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_164-default-13-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_158-default-17-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_158-default-debuginfo-17-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_45-debugsource-13-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_164-default-debuginfo-13-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_43-debugsource-17-150300.2.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_164-preempt-13-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_158-preempt-17-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_164-preempt-debuginfo-13-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_158-preempt-debuginfo-17-150300.2.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_158-default-17-150300.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_164-default-13-150300.2.1

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