SB2025111038 - SUSE update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 30 for SLE 15 SP5)

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-50252)

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

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

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the igb_alloc_q_vector() function in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.

2) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38664)

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

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 NULL pointer dereference within the ice_copy_and_init_pkg() function in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ddp.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-20254003-1/