Security update for the Linux Kernel RT (Live Patch 2 for SLE 15 SP7)

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:3886-1
Release Date: 2025-10-31T07:04:02Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-38453 ( 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-2025-38453 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-38511 ( 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-2025-38511 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • 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 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 five vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for the Linux Kernel 6.4.0-150700_7_8 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2025-38664: ice: Fix a null pointer dereference in ice_copy_and_init_pkg() (bsc#1248631).
  • CVE-2025-38511: drm/xe/pf: Clear all LMTT pages on alloc (bsc#1248176).
  • CVE-2025-38617: net/packet: fix a race in packet_set_ring() and packet_notifier() (bsc#1249208).
  • CVE-2025-38453: kABI: io_uring: msg_ring ensure io_kiocb freeing is deferred (bsc#1247737).
  • CVE-2025-38618: vsock: Do not allow binding to VMADDR_PORT_ANY (bsc#1249207).

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-SP7-2025-3886=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP7-2025-3890=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP7-2025-3887=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP7 (x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_3-rt-debuginfo-7-150700.4.1
    • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_8-rt-7-150700.4.1
    • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_8-rt-debuginfo-7-150700.4.1
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_1-debugsource-7-150700.4.1
    • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_5-rt-debuginfo-7-150700.5.1
    • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_3-rt-7-150700.4.1
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_0-debugsource-7-150700.5.1
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_2-debugsource-7-150700.4.1
    • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_5-rt-7-150700.5.1

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