SUSE-SU-2025:20468-1: moderate: Security update for stalld

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# Security update for stalld

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:20468-1  
Release Date: 2025-07-04T09:23:33Z  
Rating: moderate  
References:

  * bsc#1230327

  
Cross-References:

  * CVE-2024-54159

  
CVSS scores:

  * CVE-2024-54159 ( NVD ):  4.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L

  
Affected Products:

  * SUSE Linux Micro 6.1

  
  
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for stalld fixes the following issues:

Update to 1.19.8.

Check https://gitlab.com/rt-linux-tools/stalld/-/releases for the full list of
changes.

Changes since 1.19.6:

  * Address CVE-2024-54159, which is a DoS issue with the way throttlectl.sh
    uses temp files (bsc#1230327)
  * Fix a compilation issue with a prototype mis-match in stalld.h and utils.c
    for cleanup_regex()
  * Workaround missing sched_getattr() export from glibc
  * Fix a problem with parsing /sys/kernel/debug/sched/debug on aarch64

  * Place the original scheduling values in a root-owned directory in
    /run/stalld, not into the public /tmp directory (bsc#1230327).

## 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 Micro 6.1  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-169=1

## Package List:

  * SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * stalld-debugsource-1.19.8-slfo.1.1_1.1
    * stalld-1.19.8-slfo.1.1_1.1
    * stalld-debuginfo-1.19.8-slfo.1.1_1.1

## References:

  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-54159.html
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230327

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