SB2025091748 - SUSE update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 5 for SLE 15 SP6)
Published: September 17, 2025
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 11 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-47674)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the remap_p4d_range() and remap_pfn_range_notrack() functions in mm/memory.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
2) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-47706)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the bfq_init_rq() function in block/bfq-iosched.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
3) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-49867)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the close_ctree() function in fs/btrfs/disk-io.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
4) 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.
5) 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.
6) 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.
7) 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.
8) 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.
9) 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.
10) 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.
11) 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.