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

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

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

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)

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/