SB2025090998 - SUSE update for the Linux Kernel RT (Live Patch 5 for SLE 15 SP6) 



SB2025090998 - SUSE update for the Linux Kernel RT (Live Patch 5 for SLE 15 SP6)

Published: September 9, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025090998
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 8
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 8 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-21659)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the netdev_nl_napi_fill_one() and netdev_nl_napi_get_doit() functions in net/core/netdev-genl.c, within the dev_fill_forward_path() and napi_complete_done() functions in net/core/dev.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-21701)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper locking within the ethnl_ops_begin() function in net/ethtool/netlink.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


3) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-21999)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the proc_get_inode() function in fs/proc/inode.c, within the proc_create_reg(), proc_create_seq_private() and proc_create_single_data() functions in fs/proc/generic.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


4) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-37890)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the hfsc_enqueue() function in net/sched/sch_hfsc.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


5) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38000)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the hfsc_enqueue() function in net/sched/sch_hfsc.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


6) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38001)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the cl_in_el_or_vttree(), hfsc_change_class() and hfsc_enqueue() functions in net/sched/sch_hfsc.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


7) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38087)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the taprio_dev_notifier() function in net/sched/sch_taprio.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


8) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38212)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the shm_try_destroy_orphaned() function in ipc/shm.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.