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<h1>Security update for chrony</h1>
<table class="table table-striped table-bordered">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2025:3794-1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2025-10-24T15:36:52Z</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Rating:</th>
<td>moderate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>References:</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246544">bsc#1246544</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/SMO-587">jsc#SMO-587</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Affected Products:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">Basesystem Module 15-SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">Basesystem Module 15-SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">openSUSE Leap 15.4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">openSUSE Leap 15.6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>An update that contains one feature and has one security fix can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for chrony fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>Race condition during socket creation by chronyc allows privilege escalation from user chrony to root (bsc#1246544).</li>
</ul>
<p>This update also ships chrony-pool-empty to SLE Micro 5.x (jsc#SMO-587)</p>
<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">
Basesystem Module 15-SP7
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-3794=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
openSUSE Leap 15.4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-3794=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
openSUSE Leap 15.6
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-3794=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-3794=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-3794=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-3794=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-3794=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-3794=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
Basesystem Module 15-SP6
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-3794=1</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>chrony-debuginfo-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
<li>chrony-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
<li>chrony-debugsource-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>chrony-pool-empty-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
<li>chrony-pool-suse-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
<ul>
<li>chrony-debuginfo-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
<li>chrony-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
<li>chrony-debugsource-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>chrony-pool-openSUSE-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
<li>chrony-pool-empty-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
<li>chrony-pool-suse-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>chrony-debuginfo-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
<li>chrony-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
<li>chrony-debugsource-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>chrony-pool-openSUSE-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
<li>chrony-pool-empty-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
<li>chrony-pool-suse-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>chrony-debuginfo-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
<li>chrony-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
<li>chrony-debugsource-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>chrony-pool-empty-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
<li>chrony-pool-suse-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>chrony-debuginfo-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
<li>chrony-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
<li>chrony-debugsource-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>chrony-pool-empty-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
<li>chrony-pool-suse-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>chrony-debuginfo-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
<li>chrony-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
<li>chrony-debugsource-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>chrony-pool-empty-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
<li>chrony-pool-suse-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>chrony-debuginfo-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
<li>chrony-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
<li>chrony-debugsource-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>chrony-pool-empty-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
<li>chrony-pool-suse-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>chrony-debuginfo-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
<li>chrony-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
<li>chrony-debugsource-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>chrony-pool-empty-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
<li>chrony-pool-suse-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>chrony-debuginfo-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
<li>chrony-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
<li>chrony-debugsource-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>chrony-pool-empty-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
<li>chrony-pool-suse-4.1-150400.21.8.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246544">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246544</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/SMO-587">https://jira.suse.com/browse/SMO-587</a>
</li>
</ul>
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