SUSE-SU-2024:3338-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

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Security update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6 RT kernel addressing various security bugfixes.

Exploited in the wild
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Fix
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What is SUSE-SU-2024:3338-1?

SUSE-SU-2024:3338-1 is a vulnerability in kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_3, published on 19 Sep 2024.

Official description

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6 RT kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

  • Drop soundwire patch that caused a regression (bsc#1230350)
  • Revert 'mm, kmsan: fix infinite recursion due to RCU critical section' (bsc#1230413)
  • Revert 'mm/sparsemem: fix race in accessing memory_section->usage' (bsc#1230413)
  • Revert 'mm: prevent derefencing NULL ptr in pfn_section_valid()' (bsc#1230413)

Which versions are affected by SUSE-SU-2024:3338-1?

Linux distribution packages (9)
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_3 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP6All versions1-150600.1.3.2
kernel-rt SUSE:Real Time Module 15 SP6All versions6.4.0-150600.10.11.2
kernel-rt_debug SUSE:Real Time Module 15 SP6All versions6.4.0-150600.10.11.2
kernel-source-rt SUSE:Real Time Module 15 SP6All versions6.4.0-150600.10.11.2
kernel-syms-rt SUSE:Real Time Module 15 SP6All versions6.4.0-150600.10.11.1
kernel-rt openSUSE:Leap 15.6All versions6.4.0-150600.10.11.2
kernel-rt_debug openSUSE:Leap 15.6All versions6.4.0-150600.10.11.2
kernel-source-rt openSUSE:Leap 15.6All versions6.4.0-150600.10.11.2
kernel-syms-rt openSUSE:Leap 15.6All versions6.4.0-150600.10.11.1

How do I fix SUSE-SU-2024:3338-1?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is SUSE-SU-2024:3338-1 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of SUSE-SU-2024:3338-1 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

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