ESSA-2025:3453: Moderate: SUSE Liberty Linux kernel security update

[Update Advisories for SUSE Liberty Linux]

# kernel security update

Announcement ID: ESSA-2025:3453
Rating: Moderate

Cross-References:

  * CVE-2025-38332
  * CVE-2025-38352



CVSS scores:

  * CVE-2025-38332 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  * CVE-2025-38332 ( SUSE ): 6.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  * CVE-2025-38352 ( SUSE ): 7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  * CVE-2025-38352 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products:

  * SUSE Liberty Linux 7 LTSS


An update that solves 2 vulnerabilities can now be installed.

## Description:

[3.10.0-1160.119.1.0.12]- scsi: lpfc: Use memcpy() for BIOS version (CVE-2025-38332) [Orabug: 38414589]- posix-cpu-timers: fix race between handle_posix_cpu_timers() and posix_cpu_timer_del() (CVE-2025-38352) [Orabug: 38414589]

## Package List:

  * SUSE Liberty Linux 7 LTSS:
    * bpftool 3.10.0-1160.125.1.0.12.el7
    * kernel 3.10.0-1160.125.1.0.12.el7
    * kernel-abi-whitelists 3.10.0-1160.125.1.0.12.el7
    * kernel-debug 3.10.0-1160.125.1.0.12.el7
    * kernel-debug-devel 3.10.0-1160.125.1.0.12.el7
    * kernel-devel 3.10.0-1160.125.1.0.12.el7
    * kernel-doc 3.10.0-1160.125.1.0.12.el7
    * kernel-headers 3.10.0-1160.125.1.0.12.el7
    * kernel-tools 3.10.0-1160.125.1.0.12.el7
    * kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-1160.125.1.0.12.el7
    * kernel-tools-libs-devel 3.10.0-1160.125.1.0.12.el7
    * perf 3.10.0-1160.125.1.0.12.el7
    * python-perf 3.10.0-1160.125.1.0.12.el7

## References:

  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38332.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38352.html