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openSUSE Leap 15.6 Kernel Important Security Fixes 2026-0471-1

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Calendar Grey February 12, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An important kernel update for openSUSE addresses 38 vulnerabilities and enhances system security with various fixes.
An update that solves 38 vulnerabilities, contains 12 features and has 15 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-2025-40257: mptcp: fix a race in mptcp_pm_del_add_timer() (bsc#1254842).

* CVE-2025-40259: scsi: sg: Do not sleep in atomic context (bsc#1254845).

* CVE-2025-68284: libceph: prevent potential out-of-bounds writes in

handle_auth_session_key() (bsc#1255377).

* CVE-2025-68285: libceph: fix potential use-after-free in

have_mon_and_osd_map() (bsc#1255401).

* CVE-2025-68775: net/handshake: duplicate handshake cancellations leak socket

(bsc#1256665).

* CVE-2025-68813: ipvs: fix ipv4 null-ptr-deref in route error path

(bsc#1256641).

* CVE-2025-71085: ipv6: BUG() in pskb_expand_head() as part of

calipso_skbuff_setattr() (bsc#1256623).

* CVE-2025-71089: iommu: disable SVA when CONFIG_X86 is set (bsc#1256612).

* CVE-2025-71112: net: hns3: add VLAN id validation before using

(bsc#1256726).

* CVE-2025-71120: SUNRPC:...

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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 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-471=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-471=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HA-15-SP6-2026-471=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP6-LTSS-2026-471=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP6-2026-471=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2026-471=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch nosrc)

* kernel-docs-6.4.0-150600.23.87.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)

* kernel-source-6.4.0-150600.23.87.1

* kernel-source-vanilla-6.4.0-150600.23.87.1

* kernel-macros-6.4.0-150600.23.87.1

* kernel-docs-html-6.4.0-150600.23.87.1

* kernel-devel-6.4.0-150600.23.87.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (nosrc ppc64le x86_64)

* kernel-debug-6.4.0-150600.23.87.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (ppc64le x86_64)

* kernel-debug-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.87.1

* kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.87.1

* kernel-debug-devel-6.4.0-150600.23.87.1

* kernel-debug-debugsource-6.4.0-150600.23.87.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)

* kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.87.1

* kernel-default-vdso-6.4.0-150600.23.87.1

* kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.87.1

* kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-6.4.0-150600.23.87.1

* kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.87.1

* kernel-debug-vdso-6.4.0-150600.23.87.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le x86_64)

* kernel-kvmsmall-devel-6.4.0-150600.23.87.1

*...

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References

* bsc#1228490

* bsc#1233563

* bsc#1234842

* bsc#1241437

* bsc#1242909

* bsc#1246184

* bsc#1246447

* bsc#1247030

* bsc#1247712

* bsc#1248211

* bsc#1249307

* bsc#1250032

* bsc#1250082

* bsc#1250705

* bsc#1250748

* bsc#1252511

* bsc#1252712

* bsc#1252900

* bsc#1253087

* bsc#1253451

* bsc#1254378

* bsc#1254447

* bsc#1254465

* bsc#1254510

* bsc#1254767

* bsc#1254842

* bsc#1254845

* bsc#1255377

* bsc#1255401

* bsc#1256528

* bsc#1256609

* bsc#1256610

* bsc#1256612

* bsc#1256616

* bsc#1256617

* bsc#1256623

* bsc#1256641

* bsc#1256664

* bsc#1256665

* bsc#1256682

* bsc#1256726

* bsc#1256728

* bsc#1256759

* bsc#1256779

* bsc#1256792

* bsc#1257154

* bsc#1257158

* bsc#1257232

* bsc#1257236

* bsc#1257296

* bsc#1257332

* bsc#1257473

* bsc#1257603

* jsc#PED-3527

* jsc#PED-5065

* jsc#PED-5475

* jsc#PED-5477

* jsc#PED-5511

* jsc#PED-6041

* jsc#PED-6068

* jsc#PED-6069

* jsc#PED-6070

* jsc#PED-6071

* jsc#PED-6116

* jsc#PED-6120

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53714.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-42103.html

*...

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Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0471-1
Release Date: 2026-02-12T11:25:55Z
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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