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<h1>Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 49 for SLE 15 SP3)</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2025:03671-1</td>
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<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2025-10-20T05:33:36Z</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=1232384">bsc#1232384</a>
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<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245794">bsc#1245794</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246075">bsc#1246075</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248673">bsc#1248673</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248749">bsc#1248749</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-2024-49974.html">CVE-2024-49974</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-21971.html">CVE-2025-21971</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38206.html">CVE-2025-38206</a>
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<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38499.html">CVE-2025-38499</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38644.html">CVE-2025-38644</a>
</li>
</ul>
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<th>CVSS scores:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2024-49974</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">8.7</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2024-49974</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.5</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2024-49974</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.5</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-21971</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">8.5</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">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</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-21971</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-2025-38206</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.3</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-38206</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.0</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
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<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-38499</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">6.2</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-38499</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">8.4</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-38644</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.3</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">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</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-38644</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.0</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
</li>
</ul>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<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 five vulnerabilities can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-150300_59_179 fixes several issues.</p>
<p>The following security issues were fixed:</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2025-38499: clone_private_mnt(): make sure that caller has CAP_SYS_ADMIN in the right userns (bsc#1248673).</li>
<li>CVE-2024-49974: NFSD: Force all NFSv4.2 COPY requests to be synchronous (bsc#1232384).</li>
<li>CVE-2025-21971: net_sched: Prevent creation of classes with TC_H_ROOT (bsc#1245794).</li>
<li>CVE-2025-38644: wifi: mac80211: reject TDLS operations when station is not associated (bsc#1248749).</li>
<li>CVE-2025-38206: exfat: fix double free in delayed_free (bsc#1246075).</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>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
openSUSE Leap 15.3
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-3671=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2025-3671=1</code>
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</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_49-debugsource-18-150300.2.1</li>
<li>kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_179-default-18-150300.2.1</li>
<li>kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_179-default-debuginfo-18-150300.2.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_179-preempt-18-150300.2.1</li>
<li>kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_179-preempt-debuginfo-18-150300.2.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_49-debugsource-18-150300.2.1</li>
<li>kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_179-default-18-150300.2.1</li>
<li>kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_179-default-debuginfo-18-150300.2.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-49974.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-49974.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-21971.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-21971.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38206.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38206.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38499.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38499.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38644.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38644.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1232384">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1232384</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245794">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245794</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246075">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246075</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248673">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248673</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248749">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248749</a>
</li>
</ul>
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