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openSUSE: Kernel Important Patch for Nine Security Issues 2026:0186-1

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Calendar Grey January 20, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An update resolves nine important security issues in the openSUSE kernel, enhancing system integrity and stability.
An update that solves nine vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel 5.14.21-150500.55.116 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-2022-50409: net: If sock is dead don't access sock's sk_wq in

sk_stream_wait_memory (bsc#1250665).

* 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-2024-58239: tls: stop recv() if initial process_rx_list gave us non-DATA

(bsc#1248615).

* CVE-2025-38476: rpl: Fix use-after-free in rpl_do_srh_inline()

(bsc#1251203).

* CVE-2025-38572: ipv6: reject malicious packets in ipv6_gso_segment()

(bsc#1248400).

* CVE-2025-38608: bpf, ktls: Fix data corruption when using bpf_msg_pop_data()

in ktls (bsc#1248670).

* CVE-2025-40204: sctp: Fix MAC comparison...

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow memory corruption important kernel OpenSUSE

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 15.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-186=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2026-186=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_29-debugsource-8-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_116-default-8-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_116-default-debuginfo-8-150500.2.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_116-default-8-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_116-default-debuginfo-8-150500.2.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5 (ppc64le s390x)

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_29-debugsource-8-150500.2.1

References

* bsc#1248400

* bsc#1248615

* bsc#1248670

* bsc#1250665

* bsc#1251165

* bsc#1251203

* bsc#1251787

* bsc#1253437

* bsc#1254451

## References:

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

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50409.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-2024-58239.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38476.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38572.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38608.html

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

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248400

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248615

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248670

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250665

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

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251203

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

*...

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0186-1
Release Date: 2026-01-20T12:45:55Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

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