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Critical Kernel Update for CVE-2025-4269

Linuxsecurity •LinuxSecurity Advisories • November 27, 2025

This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel 6.4.0-150600.23.65 fixes various security issues The following security issues were fixed: * CVE-2025-38500: xfrm: interface: fix use-after-free after changing collect_md xfrm interface (bsc#1248672). * CVE-2025-38616: tls: handle data disappearing from under the TLS ULP (bsc#1249537).

## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: * openSUSE Leap 15.6 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-4269=1 SUSE-2025-4270=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2025-4269=1 SUSE-SLE- Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2025-4270=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (ppc64le s390x x86_64) * kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_12-debugsource-9-150600.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_14-debugsource-4-150600.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_53-default-9-150600.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_65-default-debuginfo-4-150600.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_53-default-debuginfo-9-150600.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_65-default-4-150600.2.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6 (ppc64le s390x x86_64) * kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_12-debugsource-9-150600.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_14-debugsource-4-150600.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_53-default-9-150600.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_65-default-debuginfo-4-150600.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_53-default-debuginfo-9-150600.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_65-default-4-150600.2.1

* bsc#1248672 * bsc#1249537 ## References: * * * *

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SUSE and openSUSE Address Moderate grub2 Vulnerabilities SUSE and openSUSE have released updates for grub2 to address multiple vulnerabilities, including use-after-free and out-of-bounds write issues. The updates fix specific CVEs, including CVE-2025-54771 and CVE-2025-61661, which could potentially affect system stability and security. 46 sources 44

Extracted Entities

CVEs (3)

CVE-2025-38500 CVE-2025-38616 CVE-2025-4269

Platforms (3)

Linux OpenSUSE Leap SUSE Linux Enterprise