Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 19 for SLE 15 SP5)

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:3721-1
Release Date: 2025-10-22T11:06:14Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2024-49974 ( SUSE ): 8.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2024-49974 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-49974 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2025-21971 ( 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-2025-21971 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-38206 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-38206 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-38499 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H
  • CVE-2025-38499 ( SUSE ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-38644 ( 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-2025-38644 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-38678 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

An update that solves six vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150500_55_80 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2025-38678: netfilter: nf_tables: reject duplicate device on updates (bsc#1249534).
  • CVE-2025-38499: clone_private_mnt(): make sure that caller has CAP_SYS_ADMIN in the right userns (bsc#1248673).
  • CVE-2024-49974: NFSD: Force all NFSv4.2 COPY requests to be synchronous (bsc#1232384).
  • CVE-2025-21971: net_sched: Prevent creation of classes with TC_H_ROOT (bsc#1245794).
  • CVE-2025-38644: wifi: mac80211: reject TDLS operations when station is not associated (bsc#1248749).
  • CVE-2025-38206: exfat: fix double free in delayed_free (bsc#1246075).

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 15.5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-3721=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2025-3721=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default-debuginfo-17-150500.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_19-debugsource-17-150500.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default-17-150500.2.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default-debuginfo-17-150500.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_19-debugsource-17-150500.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default-17-150500.2.1

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