Reachable Assertion Affecting kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_184-default package, versions <1-150400.9.5.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-KERNELLIVEPATCH5142115040024184DEFAULT-14045044
  • published18 Nov 2025
  • disclosed15 Nov 2025

Introduced: 15 Nov 2025

CVE-2023-53683  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_184-default to version 1-150400.9.5.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_184-default package and not the kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_184-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fs: hfsplus: remove WARN_ON() from hfsplus_cat_{read,write}_inode()

syzbot is hitting WARN_ON() in hfsplus_cat_{read,write}_inode(), for crafted filesystem image can contain bogus length. There conditions are not kernel bugs that can justify kernel to panic.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1