Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 1 for SLE 15 SP7)

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:3771-1
Release Date: 2025-10-24T06:06:37Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-38110 ( 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-2025-38110 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/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-2025-38396 ( 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-2025-38396 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-38471 ( SUSE ): 8.4 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-38471 ( SUSE ): 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/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-2025-38566 ( SUSE ): 9.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-38566 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

An update that solves eight vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for the Linux Kernel 6.4.0-150700_53_3 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-2025-38396: fs: export anon_inode_make_secure_inode() and fix secretmem LSM bypass (bsc#1247158).
  • CVE-2025-38566: sunrpc: fix handling of server side tls alerts (bsc#1248376).
  • CVE-2025-38110: net/mdiobus: Fix potential out-of-bounds clause 45 read/write access (bsc#1249458).
  • 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).
  • CVE-2025-38471: tls: always refresh the queue when reading sock (bsc#1247452).

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-SP7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP7-2025-3771=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP7 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_3-default-6-150700.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_3-default-debuginfo-6-150700.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_1-debugsource-6-150700.2.1

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