SB2025052084 - SUSE update for the Linux Kernel RT (Live Patch 1 for SLE 15 SP6)

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 vulnerabilities.

1) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-43882)

CWE-ID: CWE-667 - Improper Locking

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 improper locking within the bprm_fill_uid() function in fs/exec.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-50115)

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 nested_svm_get_tdp_pdptr() function in arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

3) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-53042)

CWE-ID: CWE-667 - Improper Locking

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 improper locking within the include/net/ip_tunnels.h. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

4) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-53156)

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 htc_connect_service() function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.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-202501601-1/