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openSUSE: Kernel Important Fix for Remote Code Execution 2026:0185-1

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Calendar Grey January 20, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
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An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel 5.14.21-150400.24.179 fixes

various security issues

The following security issues were fixed:

* CVE-2022-50327: ACPI: processor: idle: Check acpi_fetch_acpi_dev() return

value (bsc#1254451).

* CVE-2022-50490: bpf: Propagate error from htab_lock_bucket() to userspace

(bsc#1251165).

* CVE-2023-53676: scsi: target: iscsi: Fix buffer overflow in

lio_target_nacl_info_show() (bsc#1251787).

* CVE-2025-40204: sctp: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time (bsc#1253437).

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Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-185=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2026-185=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_179-default-debuginfo-4-150400.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_45-debugsource-4-150400.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_179-default-4-150400.2.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_179-default-debuginfo-4-150400.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_45-debugsource-4-150400.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_179-default-4-150400.2.1

References

* bsc#1251165

* bsc#1251787

* bsc#1253437

* bsc#1254451

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50327.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50490.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53676.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40204.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251165

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251787

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253437

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254451

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0185-1
Release Date: 2026-01-20T11:08:06Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4

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