This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel 6.12.0-160000.5.1 fixes various security issues
The following security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2024-53164: net: sched: fix ordering of qlen adjustment (bsc#1246019).
- CVE-2025-38500: xfrm: interface: fix use-after-free after changing collect_md xfrm interface (bsc#1248672).
- CVE-2025-38554: mm: fix a UAF when vma->mm is freed after vma->vm_refcnt got dropped (bsc#1248301).
- CVE-2025-38572: ipv6: reject malicious packets in ipv6_gso_segment() (bsc#1248400).
- CVE-2025-38588: ipv6: prevent infinite loop in rt6_nlmsg_size() (bsc#1249241).
- CVE-2025-38608: bpf, ktls: Fix data corruption when using bpf_msg_pop_data() in ktls (bsc#1248670).
- CVE-2025-38616: tls: handle data disappearing from under the TLS ULP (bsc#1249537).
- CVE-2025-38617: net/packet: fix a race in packet_set_ring() and packet_notifier() (bsc#1249208).
- CVE-2025-38618: vsock: Do not allow binding to VMADDR_PORT_ANY (bsc#1249207).
- CVE-2025-38664: ice: Fix a null pointer dereference in ice_copy_and_init_pkg() (bsc#1248631).
- CVE-2025-39682: tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list (bsc#1250192).
- CVE-2025-39963: io_uring: fix incorrect io_kiocb reference in io_link_skb (bsc#1251982).
- CVE-2025-40204: sctp: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time (bsc#1253437).
- CVE-2025-40212: nfsd: fix refcount leak in nfsd_set_fh_dentry() (bsc#1254196).
The following non security issues were fixed:
- Explicitly add module-common.c with vermagic and retpoline modinfo (bsc#1252270).
- powerpc64/modules: correctly iterate over stubs in setup_ftrace_ool_stubs (bsc#1251956).
- fix addr_bit_set() issue on big-endian machines (bsc#1256928).