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<h1>Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 41 for SLE 15 SP3)</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2025:0098-1</td>
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<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2025-01-14T15:33:35Z</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>important</td>
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<th>References:</th>
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<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1232637">bsc#1232637</a>
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<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233712">bsc#1233712</a>
</li>
</ul>
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<th>
Cross-References:
</th>
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<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-48956.html">CVE-2022-48956</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-50264.html">CVE-2024-50264</a>
</li>
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<th>CVSS scores:</th>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2022-48956</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
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<span class="cvss-score">7.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2022-48956</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2024-50264</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2024-50264</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2024-50264</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
</li>
</ul>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
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<li class="list-group-item">openSUSE Leap 15.3</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3</li>
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<p>An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-150300_59_150 fixes several issues.</p>
<p>The following security issues were fixed:</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2024-50264: vsock/virtio: Initialization of the dangling pointer occurring in vsk->trans (bsc#1233712).</li>
<li>CVE-2022-48956: ipv6: avoid use-after-free in ip6_fragment() (bsc#1232637).</li>
</ul>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
</p>
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<li class="list-group-item">
openSUSE Leap 15.3
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-98=1 SUSE-2025-99=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3
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<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2025-98=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2025-99=1</code>
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<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_150-default-14-150300.2.1</li>
<li>kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_150-default-debuginfo-14-150300.2.1</li>
<li>kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_147-default-15-150300.2.1</li>
<li>kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_41-debugsource-14-150300.2.1</li>
<li>kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_40-debugsource-15-150300.2.1</li>
<li>kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_147-default-debuginfo-15-150300.2.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_147-preempt-debuginfo-15-150300.2.1</li>
<li>kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_150-preempt-debuginfo-14-150300.2.1</li>
<li>kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_147-preempt-15-150300.2.1</li>
<li>kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_150-preempt-14-150300.2.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_150-default-14-150300.2.1</li>
<li>kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_147-default-15-150300.2.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-48956.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-48956.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-50264.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-50264.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1232637">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1232637</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233712">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233712</a>
</li>
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