Security update for stalld

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:20468-1
Release Date: 2025-07-04T09:23:33Z
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2024-54159 ( NVD ): 4.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.1

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for stalld fixes the following issues:

Update to 1.19.8.

Check https://gitlab.com/rt-linux-tools/stalld/-/releases for the full list of changes.

Changes since 1.19.6:

  • Address CVE-2024-54159, which is a DoS issue with the way throttlectl.sh uses temp files (bsc#1230327)
  • Fix a compilation issue with a prototype mis-match in stalld.h and utils.c for cleanup_regex()
  • Workaround missing sched_getattr() export from glibc

  • Fix a problem with parsing /sys/kernel/debug/sched/debug on aarch64

  • Place the original scheduling values in a root-owned directory in /run/stalld, not into the public /tmp directory (bsc#1230327).

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 Micro 6.1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-169=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • stalld-debugsource-1.19.8-slfo.1.1_1.1
    • stalld-1.19.8-slfo.1.1_1.1
    • stalld-debuginfo-1.19.8-slfo.1.1_1.1

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