suse-su-2025:3741-1
Vulnerability from csaf_suse
Published
2025-10-23 05:46
Modified
2025-10-23 05:46
Summary
Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 30 for SLE 15 SP5)

Notes

Title of the patch
Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 30 for SLE 15 SP5)
Description of the patch
This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150500_55_121 fixes one issue. The following security issue was fixed: - CVE-2025-38678: netfilter: nf_tables: reject duplicate device on updates (bsc#1249534).
Patchnames
SUSE-2025-3741,SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2025-3741
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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          "text": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: nf_tables: reject duplicate device on updates\n\nA chain/flowtable update with duplicated devices in the same batch is\npossible. Unfortunately, netdev event path only removes the first\ndevice that is found, leaving unregistered the hook of the duplicated\ndevice.\n\nCheck if a duplicated device exists in the transaction batch, bail out\nwith EEXIST in such case.\n\nWARNING is hit when unregistering the hook:\n\n [49042.221275] WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 8425 at net/netfilter/core.c:340 nf_hook_entry_head+0xaa/0x150\n [49042.221375] CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 8425 Comm: nft Tainted: G S                  6.16.0+ #170 PREEMPT(full)\n [...]\n [49042.221382] RIP: 0010:nf_hook_entry_head+0xaa/0x150",
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