SB2026032625 - SUSE update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 77 for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5)
Published: March 26, 2026
Breakdown by Severity
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- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-21738)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the ata_pio_sector() function in drivers/ata/libata-sff.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
2) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-68285)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the monmap_show() and osdmap_show() functions in net/ceph/debugfs.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.