Security update for the Linux Kernel RT (Live Patch 3 for SLE 15 SP7)

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:3888-1
Release Date: 2025-10-31T07:04:06Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • 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-SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP7
  • 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 solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for the Linux Kernel 6.4.0-150700_7_13 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-2025-38618: 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-SP6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2025-3888=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP7-2025-3891=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6 (x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_49-rt-debuginfo-3-150600.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_49-rt-3-150600.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_14-debugsource-3-150600.2.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP7 (x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_13-rt-3-150700.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_13-rt-debuginfo-3-150700.2.1
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_3-debugsource-3-150700.2.1

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