SB2025032007 - SUSE update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 5 for SLE 15 SP6)

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-50302)

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

CVSSv4: 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/E:A/U:Green

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

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the hid_alloc_report_buf() function in drivers/hid/hid-core.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild against Android devices.

2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-56648)

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

CVSSv4: 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/E:U/U:Clear

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

The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read error within the fill_frame_info() function in net/hsr/hsr_forward.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-20250962-1/