Security update for chrony

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:3794-1
Release Date: 2025-10-24T15:36:52Z
Rating: moderate
References:
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP6
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

An update that contains one feature and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for chrony fixes the following issues:

  • Race condition during socket creation by chronyc allows privilege escalation from user chrony to root (bsc#1246544).

This update also ships chrony-pool-empty to SLE Micro 5.x (jsc#SMO-587)

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-3794=1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-3794=1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6
    zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-3794=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-3794=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-3794=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-3794=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-3794=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-3794=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-3794=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • chrony-debuginfo-4.1-150400.21.8.1
    • chrony-4.1-150400.21.8.1
    • chrony-debugsource-4.1-150400.21.8.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (noarch)
    • chrony-pool-empty-4.1-150400.21.8.1
    • chrony-pool-suse-4.1-150400.21.8.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    • chrony-debuginfo-4.1-150400.21.8.1
    • chrony-4.1-150400.21.8.1
    • chrony-debugsource-4.1-150400.21.8.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)
    • chrony-pool-openSUSE-4.1-150400.21.8.1
    • chrony-pool-empty-4.1-150400.21.8.1
    • chrony-pool-suse-4.1-150400.21.8.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • chrony-debuginfo-4.1-150400.21.8.1
    • chrony-4.1-150400.21.8.1
    • chrony-debugsource-4.1-150400.21.8.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)
    • chrony-pool-openSUSE-4.1-150400.21.8.1
    • chrony-pool-empty-4.1-150400.21.8.1
    • chrony-pool-suse-4.1-150400.21.8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • chrony-debuginfo-4.1-150400.21.8.1
    • chrony-4.1-150400.21.8.1
    • chrony-debugsource-4.1-150400.21.8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (noarch)
    • chrony-pool-empty-4.1-150400.21.8.1
    • chrony-pool-suse-4.1-150400.21.8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • chrony-debuginfo-4.1-150400.21.8.1
    • chrony-4.1-150400.21.8.1
    • chrony-debugsource-4.1-150400.21.8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (noarch)
    • chrony-pool-empty-4.1-150400.21.8.1
    • chrony-pool-suse-4.1-150400.21.8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • chrony-debuginfo-4.1-150400.21.8.1
    • chrony-4.1-150400.21.8.1
    • chrony-debugsource-4.1-150400.21.8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (noarch)
    • chrony-pool-empty-4.1-150400.21.8.1
    • chrony-pool-suse-4.1-150400.21.8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • chrony-debuginfo-4.1-150400.21.8.1
    • chrony-4.1-150400.21.8.1
    • chrony-debugsource-4.1-150400.21.8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (noarch)
    • chrony-pool-empty-4.1-150400.21.8.1
    • chrony-pool-suse-4.1-150400.21.8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • chrony-debuginfo-4.1-150400.21.8.1
    • chrony-4.1-150400.21.8.1
    • chrony-debugsource-4.1-150400.21.8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (noarch)
    • chrony-pool-empty-4.1-150400.21.8.1
    • chrony-pool-suse-4.1-150400.21.8.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • chrony-debuginfo-4.1-150400.21.8.1
    • chrony-4.1-150400.21.8.1
    • chrony-debugsource-4.1-150400.21.8.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (noarch)
    • chrony-pool-empty-4.1-150400.21.8.1
    • chrony-pool-suse-4.1-150400.21.8.1

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