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openSUSE 15.3: Kernel Important Security Issues Fixed SUSE-2025:4203

Linuxsecurity •LinuxSecurity Advisories • November 24, 2025

This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel 5.3.18-150300.59.207 fixes various security issues The following security issues were fixed: * CVE-2022-50388: nvme: fix multipath crash caused by flush request when blktrace is enabled (bsc#1250295). * CVE-2022-50432: kernfs: fix use-after-free in __kernfs_remove (bsc#1251228). * CVE-2023-53673: Bluetooth: hci_event: call disconnect callback before deleting conn (bsc#1251983). * CVE-2024-53141: netfilter: ipset: add missing range check in bitmap_ip_uadt (bsc#1245778).

## 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 15.3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-4203=1 SUSE-2025-4204=1 SUSE-2025-4205=1 SUSE-2025-4210=1 SUSE-2025-4214=1 SUSE-2025-4216=1 SUSE-2025-4206=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2025-4203=1 SUSE-SLE- Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2025-4204=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live- Patching-15-SP3-2025-4205=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2025-4210=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2025-4214=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live- Patching-15-SP3-2025-4216=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2025-4206=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64) * kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_57-debugsource-10-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_50-debugsource-18-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_204-default-debuginfo-10-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_188-default-15-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_201-default-debuginfo-10-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_198-default-12-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_54-debugsource-12-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_188-default-debuginfo-15-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_198-default-debuginfo-12-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_207-default-debuginfo-9-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_55-debugsource-12-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_195-default-debuginfo-12-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_204-default-10-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_52-debugsource-15-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_195-default-12-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_182-default-debuginfo-18-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_56-debugsource-10-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_201-default-10-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_207-default-9-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_182-default-18-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_58-debugsource-9-150300.2.1 * openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64) * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_207-preempt-debuginfo-9-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_204-preempt-10-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_188-preempt-15-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_195-preempt-12-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_201-preempt-debuginfo-10-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_198-preempt-debuginfo-12-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_207-preempt-9-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_182-preempt-18-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_188-preempt-debuginfo-15-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_195-preempt-debuginfo-12-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_182-preempt-debuginfo-18-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_198-preempt-12-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_204-preempt-debuginfo-10-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_201-preempt-10-150300.2.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64) * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_198-default-12-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_204-default-10-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_57-debugsource-10-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_201-default-10-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_207-default-debuginfo-9-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_207-default-9-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_195-default-12-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_204-default-debuginfo-10-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_188-default-15-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_56-debugsource-10-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_182-default-18-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_58-debugsource-9-150300.2.1 * kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_201-default-debuginfo-10-150300.2.1

* bsc#1245778 * bsc#1250295 * bsc#1251228 * bsc#1251983 ## 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 (4)

CVE-2022-50388 CVE-2022-50432 CVE-2023-53673 CVE-2024-53141