suse-su-2025:03416-1
Vulnerability from csaf_suse
Published
2025-09-28 16:03
Modified
2025-09-28 16:03
Summary
Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 60 for SLE 15 SP3)

Notes

Title of the patch
Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 60 for SLE 15 SP3)
Description of the patch
This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-150300_59_215 fixes one issue. The following security issue was fixed: - CVE-2025-38498: do_change_type(): refuse to operate on unmounted/not ours mounts (bsc#1247499).
Patchnames
SUSE-2025-3416,SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP3-2025-3416
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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