Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 30 for SLE 15 SP5)

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:4003-1
Release Date: 2025-11-09T06:04:02Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2022-50252 ( 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-2022-50252 ( 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:
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150500_55_121 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-2022-50252: igb: Do not free q_vector unless new one was allocated (bsc#1249847).

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 15.4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-4003=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2025-4003=1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-4002=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2025-4002=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.4 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_44-debugsource-3-150400.4.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_176-default-debuginfo-3-150400.4.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_176-default-3-150400.4.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_44-debugsource-3-150400.4.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_176-default-debuginfo-3-150400.4.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_176-default-3-150400.4.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_30-debugsource-3-150500.4.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_121-default-debuginfo-3-150500.4.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_121-default-3-150500.4.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_30-debugsource-3-150500.4.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_121-default-debuginfo-3-150500.4.1
    • kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_121-default-3-150500.4.1

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