SUSE-SU-2025:1252-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2025-04-14 14:04 - Updated: 2025-04-14 14:04
Summary
Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 24 for SLE 15 SP4)

Notes

Title of the patch
Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 24 for SLE 15 SP4)
Description of the patch
This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150400_24_111 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2024-41090: tap: add missing verification for short frame (bsc#1228714). - CVE-2024-56600: net: inet6: do not leave a dangling sk pointer in inet6_create() (bsc#1235218).
Patchnames
SUSE-2025-1252,SUSE-2025-1253,SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2025-1252
Terms of use
CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
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