Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 28 for SLE 15 SP4) SUSE Patch security@suse.de SUSE Security Team SUSE-SU-2025:0111-1 Final 1 1 2025-01-14T20:34:44Z current 2025-01-14T20:34:44Z 2025-01-14T20:34:44Z cve-database/bin/generate-cvrf.pl 2017-02-24T01:00:00Z Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 28 for SLE 15 SP4) This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150400_24_125 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2024-50264: vsock/virtio: Initialization of the dangling pointer occurring in vsk->trans (bsc#1233712). - CVE-2022-48956: ipv6: avoid use-after-free in ip6_fragment() (bsc#1232637). - CVE-2024-43861: Fix memory leak for not ip packets (bsc#1229553). - CVE-2021-47598: sch_cake: do not call cake_destroy() from cake_init() (bsc#1227471). - CVE-2024-40954: net: do not leave a dangling sk pointer, when socket creation fails (bsc#1227808) - CVE-2024-41059: hfsplus: fix uninit-value in copy_name (bsc#1228573). 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SUSE-2025-111,SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2025-111 Copyright SUSE LLC under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0) https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-20250111-1/ Link for SUSE-SU-2025:0111-1 https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2025-January/020123.html E-Mail link for SUSE-SU-2025:0111-1 https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/ SUSE Security Ratings https://bugzilla.suse.com/1227471 SUSE Bug 1227471 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1228573 SUSE Bug 1228573 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1228786 SUSE Bug 1228786 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1229553 SUSE Bug 1229553 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1231353 SUSE Bug 1231353 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1232637 SUSE Bug 1232637 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1233712 SUSE Bug 1233712 https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-47598/ SUSE CVE CVE-2021-47598 page https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-48956/ SUSE CVE CVE-2022-48956 page https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40954/ SUSE CVE CVE-2024-40954 page https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-41059/ SUSE CVE CVE-2024-41059 page https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-43861/ SUSE CVE CVE-2024-43861 page https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-50264/ SUSE CVE CVE-2024-50264 page SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_125-default-5-150400.9.6.1 kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_125-default-5-150400.9.6.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP4 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sch_cake: do not call cake_destroy() from cake_init() qdiscs are not supposed to call their own destroy() method from init(), because core stack already does that. syzbot was able to trigger use after free: DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(lock->magic != lock) WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 21902 at kernel/locking/mutex.c:586 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:586 [inline] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 21902 at kernel/locking/mutex.c:586 __mutex_lock+0x9ec/0x12f0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:740 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 21902 Comm: syz-executor189 Not tainted 5.16.0-rc4-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011 RIP: 0010:__mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:586 [inline] RIP: 0010:__mutex_lock+0x9ec/0x12f0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:740 Code: 08 84 d2 0f 85 19 08 00 00 8b 05 97 38 4b 04 85 c0 0f 85 27 f7 ff ff 48 c7 c6 20 00 ac 89 48 c7 c7 a0 fe ab 89 e8 bf 76 ba ff <0f> 0b e9 0d f7 ff ff 48 8b 44 24 40 48 8d b8 c8 08 00 00 48 89 f8 RSP: 0018:ffffc9000627f290 EFLAGS: 00010282 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: ffff88802315d700 RSI: ffffffff815f1db8 RDI: fffff52000c4fe44 RBP: ffff88818f28e000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: ffffffff815ebb5e R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffffc9000627f458 R15: 0000000093c30000 FS: 0000555556abc400(0000) GS:ffff8880b9c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007fda689c3303 CR3: 000000001cfbb000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0 Call Trace: <TASK> tcf_chain0_head_change_cb_del+0x2e/0x3d0 net/sched/cls_api.c:810 tcf_block_put_ext net/sched/cls_api.c:1381 [inline] tcf_block_put_ext net/sched/cls_api.c:1376 [inline] tcf_block_put+0xbc/0x130 net/sched/cls_api.c:1394 cake_destroy+0x3f/0x80 net/sched/sch_cake.c:2695 qdisc_create.constprop.0+0x9da/0x10f0 net/sched/sch_api.c:1293 tc_modify_qdisc+0x4c5/0x1980 net/sched/sch_api.c:1660 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x413/0xb80 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5571 netlink_rcv_skb+0x153/0x420 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2496 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1319 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x533/0x7d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1345 netlink_sendmsg+0x904/0xdf0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1921 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:704 [inline] sock_sendmsg+0xcf/0x120 net/socket.c:724 ____sys_sendmsg+0x6e8/0x810 net/socket.c:2409 ___sys_sendmsg+0xf3/0x170 net/socket.c:2463 __sys_sendmsg+0xe5/0x1b0 net/socket.c:2492 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae RIP: 0033:0x7f1bb06badb9 Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at RIP 0x7f1bb06bad8f. RSP: 002b:00007fff3012a658 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: 00007f1bb06badb9 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000200007c0 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000003 R09: 0000000000000003 R10: 0000000000000003 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fff3012a688 R13: 00007fff3012a6a0 R14: 00007fff3012a6e0 R15: 00000000000013c2 </TASK> CVE-2021-47598 SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP4:kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_125-default-5-150400.9.6.1 important To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-20250111-1/ https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-47598.html CVE-2021-47598 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1226574 SUSE Bug 1226574 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1227471 SUSE Bug 1227471 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: avoid use-after-free in ip6_fragment() Blamed commit claimed rcu_read_lock() was held by ip6_fragment() callers. It seems to not be always true, at least for UDP stack. syzbot reported: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ip6_dst_idev include/net/ip6_fib.h:245 [inline] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ip6_fragment+0x2724/0x2770 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:951 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88801d403e80 by task syz-executor.3/7618 CPU: 1 PID: 7618 Comm: syz-executor.3 Not tainted 6.1.0-rc6-syzkaller-00012-g4312098baf37 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/26/2022 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0xd1/0x138 lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:284 [inline] print_report+0x15e/0x45d mm/kasan/report.c:395 kasan_report+0xbf/0x1f0 mm/kasan/report.c:495 ip6_dst_idev include/net/ip6_fib.h:245 [inline] ip6_fragment+0x2724/0x2770 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:951 __ip6_finish_output net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:193 [inline] ip6_finish_output+0x9a3/0x1170 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:206 NF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:291 [inline] ip6_output+0x1f1/0x540 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:227 dst_output include/net/dst.h:445 [inline] ip6_local_out+0xb3/0x1a0 net/ipv6/output_core.c:161 ip6_send_skb+0xbb/0x340 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:1966 udp_v6_send_skb+0x82a/0x18a0 net/ipv6/udp.c:1286 udp_v6_push_pending_frames+0x140/0x200 net/ipv6/udp.c:1313 udpv6_sendmsg+0x18da/0x2c80 net/ipv6/udp.c:1606 inet6_sendmsg+0x9d/0xe0 net/ipv6/af_inet6.c:665 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline] sock_sendmsg+0xd3/0x120 net/socket.c:734 sock_write_iter+0x295/0x3d0 net/socket.c:1108 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2191 [inline] new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:491 [inline] vfs_write+0x9ed/0xdd0 fs/read_write.c:584 ksys_write+0x1ec/0x250 fs/read_write.c:637 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x39/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd RIP: 0033:0x7fde3588c0d9 Code: 28 00 00 00 75 05 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 f1 19 00 00 90 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007fde365b6168 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fde359ac050 RCX: 00007fde3588c0d9 RDX: 000000000000ffdc RSI: 00000000200000c0 RDI: 000000000000000a RBP: 00007fde358e7ae9 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 00007fde35acfb1f R14: 00007fde365b6300 R15: 0000000000022000 </TASK> Allocated by task 7618: kasan_save_stack+0x22/0x40 mm/kasan/common.c:45 kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:52 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x82/0x90 mm/kasan/common.c:325 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:201 [inline] slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:737 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3398 [inline] slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3406 [inline] __kmem_cache_alloc_lru mm/slub.c:3413 [inline] kmem_cache_alloc+0x2b4/0x3d0 mm/slub.c:3422 dst_alloc+0x14a/0x1f0 net/core/dst.c:92 ip6_dst_alloc+0x32/0xa0 net/ipv6/route.c:344 ip6_rt_pcpu_alloc net/ipv6/route.c:1369 [inline] rt6_make_pcpu_route net/ipv6/route.c:1417 [inline] ip6_pol_route+0x901/0x1190 net/ipv6/route.c:2254 pol_lookup_func include/net/ip6_fib.h:582 [inline] fib6_rule_lookup+0x52e/0x6f0 net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c:121 ip6_route_output_flags_noref+0x2e6/0x380 net/ipv6/route.c:2625 ip6_route_output_flags+0x76/0x320 net/ipv6/route.c:2638 ip6_route_output include/net/ip6_route.h:98 [inline] ip6_dst_lookup_tail+0x5ab/0x1620 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:1092 ip6_dst_lookup_flow+0x90/0x1d0 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:1222 ip6_sk_dst_lookup_flow+0x553/0x980 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:1260 udpv6_sendmsg+0x151d/0x2c80 net/ipv6/udp.c:1554 inet6_sendmsg+0x9d/0xe0 net/ipv6/af_inet6.c:665 sock_sendmsg_nosec n ---truncated--- CVE-2022-48956 SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP4:kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_125-default-5-150400.9.6.1 important To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-20250111-1/ https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-48956.html CVE-2022-48956 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1231893 SUSE Bug 1231893 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1232799 SUSE Bug 1232799 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: do not leave a dangling sk pointer, when socket creation fails It is possible to trigger a use-after-free by: * attaching an fentry probe to __sock_release() and the probe calling the bpf_get_socket_cookie() helper * running traceroute -I 1.1.1.1 on a freshly booted VM A KASAN enabled kernel will log something like below (decoded and stripped): ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __sock_gen_cookie (./arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h:15 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-arch-fallback.h:2583 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:1611 net/core/sock_diag.c:29) Read of size 8 at addr ffff888007110dd8 by task traceroute/299 CPU: 2 PID: 299 Comm: traceroute Tainted: G E 6.10.0-rc2+ #2 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.2-debian-1.16.2-1 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:117 (discriminator 1)) print_report (mm/kasan/report.c:378 mm/kasan/report.c:488) ? __sock_gen_cookie (./arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h:15 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-arch-fallback.h:2583 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:1611 net/core/sock_diag.c:29) kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:603) ? __sock_gen_cookie (./arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h:15 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-arch-fallback.h:2583 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:1611 net/core/sock_diag.c:29) kasan_check_range (mm/kasan/generic.c:183 mm/kasan/generic.c:189) __sock_gen_cookie (./arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h:15 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-arch-fallback.h:2583 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:1611 net/core/sock_diag.c:29) bpf_get_socket_ptr_cookie (./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:94 ./include/linux/sock_diag.h:42 net/core/filter.c:5094 net/core/filter.c:5092) bpf_prog_875642cf11f1d139___sock_release+0x6e/0x8e bpf_trampoline_6442506592+0x47/0xaf __sock_release (net/socket.c:652) __sock_create (net/socket.c:1601) ... Allocated by task 299 on cpu 2 at 78.328492s: kasan_save_stack (mm/kasan/common.c:48) kasan_save_track (mm/kasan/common.c:68) __kasan_slab_alloc (mm/kasan/common.c:312 mm/kasan/common.c:338) kmem_cache_alloc_noprof (mm/slub.c:3941 mm/slub.c:4000 mm/slub.c:4007) sk_prot_alloc (net/core/sock.c:2075) sk_alloc (net/core/sock.c:2134) inet_create (net/ipv4/af_inet.c:327 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:252) __sock_create (net/socket.c:1572) __sys_socket (net/socket.c:1660 net/socket.c:1644 net/socket.c:1706) __x64_sys_socket (net/socket.c:1718) do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83) entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130) Freed by task 299 on cpu 2 at 78.328502s: kasan_save_stack (mm/kasan/common.c:48) kasan_save_track (mm/kasan/common.c:68) kasan_save_free_info (mm/kasan/generic.c:582) poison_slab_object (mm/kasan/common.c:242) __kasan_slab_free (mm/kasan/common.c:256) kmem_cache_free (mm/slub.c:4437 mm/slub.c:4511) __sk_destruct (net/core/sock.c:2117 net/core/sock.c:2208) inet_create (net/ipv4/af_inet.c:397 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:252) __sock_create (net/socket.c:1572) __sys_socket (net/socket.c:1660 net/socket.c:1644 net/socket.c:1706) __x64_sys_socket (net/socket.c:1718) do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83) entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130) Fix this by clearing the struct socket reference in sk_common_release() to cover all protocol families create functions, which may already attached the reference to the sk object with sock_init_data(). CVE-2024-40954 SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP4:kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_125-default-5-150400.9.6.1 moderate To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-20250111-1/ https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40954.html CVE-2024-40954 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1227808 SUSE Bug 1227808 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1228786 SUSE Bug 1228786 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hfsplus: fix uninit-value in copy_name [syzbot reported] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in sized_strscpy+0xc4/0x160 sized_strscpy+0xc4/0x160 copy_name+0x2af/0x320 fs/hfsplus/xattr.c:411 hfsplus_listxattr+0x11e9/0x1a50 fs/hfsplus/xattr.c:750 vfs_listxattr fs/xattr.c:493 [inline] listxattr+0x1f3/0x6b0 fs/xattr.c:840 path_listxattr fs/xattr.c:864 [inline] __do_sys_listxattr fs/xattr.c:876 [inline] __se_sys_listxattr fs/xattr.c:873 [inline] __x64_sys_listxattr+0x16b/0x2f0 fs/xattr.c:873 x64_sys_call+0x2ba0/0x3b50 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:195 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcf/0x1e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Uninit was created at: slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:3877 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3918 [inline] kmalloc_trace+0x57b/0xbe0 mm/slub.c:4065 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:628 [inline] hfsplus_listxattr+0x4cc/0x1a50 fs/hfsplus/xattr.c:699 vfs_listxattr fs/xattr.c:493 [inline] listxattr+0x1f3/0x6b0 fs/xattr.c:840 path_listxattr fs/xattr.c:864 [inline] __do_sys_listxattr fs/xattr.c:876 [inline] __se_sys_listxattr fs/xattr.c:873 [inline] __x64_sys_listxattr+0x16b/0x2f0 fs/xattr.c:873 x64_sys_call+0x2ba0/0x3b50 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:195 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcf/0x1e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f [Fix] When allocating memory to strbuf, initialize memory to 0. CVE-2024-41059 SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP4:kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_125-default-5-150400.9.6.1 important To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-20250111-1/ https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-41059.html CVE-2024-41059 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1228561 SUSE Bug 1228561 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1228573 SUSE Bug 1228573 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: qmi_wwan: fix memory leak for not ip packets Free the unused skb when not ip packets arrive. CVE-2024-43861 SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP4:kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_125-default-5-150400.9.6.1 important To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-20250111-1/ https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-43861.html CVE-2024-43861 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1229500 SUSE Bug 1229500 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1229553 SUSE Bug 1229553 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/virtio: Initialization of the dangling pointer occurring in vsk->trans During loopback communication, a dangling pointer can be created in vsk->trans, potentially leading to a Use-After-Free condition. This issue is resolved by initializing vsk->trans to NULL. CVE-2024-50264 SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP4:kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_125-default-5-150400.9.6.1 important To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-20250111-1/ https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-50264.html CVE-2024-50264 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1233453 SUSE Bug 1233453 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1233712 SUSE Bug 1233712