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openSUSE 15.6 Kernel Important Security Fix Advisory 2026-0293-1

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Calendar Grey January 26, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Stay secure with the latest kernel updates for openSUSE addressing multiple critical issues.
An update that solves 334 vulnerabilities, contains 26 features and has 23 security fixes can now be installed.

Description

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6 kernel was updated to fix various security

issues

The following security issues were fixed:

* CVE-2025-38321: smb: Log an error when close_all_cached_dirs fails

(bsc#1246328).

* CVE-2025-38728: smb3: fix for slab out of bounds on mount to ksmbd

(bsc#1249256).

* CVE-2025-39890: wifi: ath12k: fix memory leak in

ath12k_service_ready_ext_event (bsc#1250334).

* CVE-2025-39977: futex: Prevent use-after-free during requeue-PI

(bsc#1252046).

* CVE-2025-40006: mm/hugetlb: fix folio is still mapped when deleted

(bsc#1252342).

* CVE-2025-40024: vhost: Take a reference on the task in struct vhost_task

(bsc#1252686).

* CVE-2025-40033: remoteproc: pru: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in

pru_rproc_set_ctable() (bsc#1252824).

* CVE-2025-40042: tracing: Fix race condition in kprobe initialization causing

NULL pointer dereference (bsc#1252861).

* CVE-2025-40053: net: dlink: handle copy_thresh allocation failure

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical security fix 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 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-293=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-293=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HA-15-SP6-2026-293=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP6-LTSS-2026-293=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP6-2026-293=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2026-293=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch nosrc)

* kernel-docs-6.4.0-150600.23.84.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)

* kernel-docs-html-6.4.0-150600.23.84.1

* kernel-devel-6.4.0-150600.23.84.1

* kernel-source-vanilla-6.4.0-150600.23.84.1

* kernel-source-6.4.0-150600.23.84.1

* kernel-macros-6.4.0-150600.23.84.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (nosrc ppc64le x86_64)

* kernel-debug-6.4.0-150600.23.84.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (ppc64le x86_64)

* kernel-debug-devel-6.4.0-150600.23.84.1

* kernel-debug-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.84.1

* kernel-debug-debugsource-6.4.0-150600.23.84.1

* kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.84.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)

* kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.84.1

* kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-6.4.0-150600.23.84.1

* kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.84.1

* kernel-default-vdso-6.4.0-150600.23.84.1

* kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.84.1

* kernel-debug-vdso-6.4.0-150600.23.84.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le x86_64)

* kernel-default-base-6.4.0-150600.23.84.1.150600.12.38.1

*...

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References

* bsc#1012628

* bsc#1065729

* bsc#1194869

* bsc#1214635

* bsc#1214847

* bsc#1215146

* bsc#1215211

* bsc#1215344

* bsc#1216062

* bsc#1216436

* bsc#1219165

* bsc#1220419

* bsc#1223731

* bsc#1234163

* bsc#1245193

* bsc#1245449

* bsc#1246328

* bsc#1247500

* bsc#1248886

* bsc#1249256

* bsc#1250334

* bsc#1252046

* bsc#1252342

* bsc#1252686

* bsc#1252776

* bsc#1252808

* bsc#1252824

* bsc#1252861

* bsc#1252919

* bsc#1252973

* bsc#1253155

* bsc#1253262

* bsc#1253342

* bsc#1253386

* bsc#1253402

* bsc#1253408

* bsc#1253413

* bsc#1253442

* bsc#1253458

* bsc#1253463

* bsc#1253647

* bsc#1254119

* bsc#1254126

* bsc#1254373

* bsc#1254518

* bsc#1254520

* bsc#1254599

* bsc#1254606

* bsc#1254611

* bsc#1254613

* bsc#1254615

* bsc#1254621

* bsc#1254623

* bsc#1254624

* bsc#1254626

* bsc#1254648

* bsc#1254649

* bsc#1254653

* bsc#1254655

* bsc#1254657

* bsc#1254660

* bsc#1254661

* bsc#1254663

* bsc#1254669

* bsc#1254677

* bsc#1254678

* bsc#1254688

* bsc#1254690

* bsc#1254691

* bsc#1254693

* bsc#1254695

* bsc#1254698

* bsc#1254701

* bsc#1254704

* bsc#1254705

* bsc#1254707

*...

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Severity
important
Lowest
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Critical

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
Release Date: 2026-01-26T11:37:04Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

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Topics Covered

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