Security update for kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_8

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:20980-1
Release Date: 2025-11-05T16:34:09Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-38617 ( 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-2025-38617 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-38618 ( 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-2025-38618 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-38664 ( 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-2025-38664 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.1

An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_8 fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2025-38664: ice: Fix a null pointer dereference in ice_copy_and_init_pkg() (bsc#1248631)
  • CVE-2025-38618: vsock: Do not allow binding to VMADDR_PORT_ANY (bsc#1249207)
  • CVE-2025-38617: net/packet: fix a race in packet_set_ring() and packet_notifier() (bsc#1249208)

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-kernel-199=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-30-default-8-1.2
    • kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_8-debugsource-8-1.2
    • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-30-default-debuginfo-8-1.2

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