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openSUSE Leap 15.5 Kernel Important Security Patch 2026-0496-1

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Calendar Grey February 13, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Critical updates resolve 50 key security issues in openSUSE kernel, improving system integrity and performance.
An update that solves 50 vulnerabilities and has eight security fixes can now be installed.

Description

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 RT kernel was updated to fix various security

issues

The following security issues were fixed:

* CVE-2022-50697: mrp: introduce active flags to prevent UAF when applicant

uninit (bsc#1255594).

* CVE-2023-54142: gtp: Fix use-after-free in __gtp_encap_destroy()

(bsc#1256095).

* CVE-2023-54243: netfilter: ebtables: fix table blob use-after-free

(bsc#1255908).

* CVE-2025-38068: crypto: lzo - Fix compression buffer overrun (bsc#1245210).

* CVE-2025-38129: page_pool: fix inconsistency for page_pool_ring_lock()

(bsc#1245723).

* CVE-2025-38159: wifi: rtw88: fix the 'para' buffer size to avoid reading out

of bounds (bsc#1245751).

* CVE-2025-38375: virtio-net: ensure the received length does not exceed

allocated size (bsc#1247177).

* CVE-2025-40257: mptcp: fix a race in mptcp_pm_del_add_timer() (bsc#1254842).

* CVE-2025-40300: Documentation/hw-vuln: Add VMSCAPE documentation

(bsc#1247483).

* CVE-2025-68183: ima:...

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue buffer overflow 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-2026-496=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2026-496=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)

* kernel-source-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.121.1

* kernel-devel-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.121.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (x86_64)

* kernel-rt-livepatch-devel-5.14.21-150500.13.121.1

* ocfs2-kmp-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.121.1

* dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.121.1

* dlm-kmp-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.121.1

* cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.121.1

* kernel-rt-extra-5.14.21-150500.13.121.1

* reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.121.1

* kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.121.1

* kselftests-kmp-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.121.1

* kernel-rt_debug-debugsource-5.14.21-150500.13.121.1

* kernel-rt_debug-devel-5.14.21-150500.13.121.1

* kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.121.1

* kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.121.1

* cluster-md-kmp-rt-5.14.21-150500.13.121.1

* kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.121.1

* gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.121.1

* kernel-rt-debugsource-5.14.21-150500.13.121.1

* kernel-rt-debuginfo-5.14.21-150500.13.121.1

*...

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References

* bsc#1220137

* bsc#1220144

* bsc#1222323

* bsc#1223007

* bsc#1225049

* bsc#1233038

* bsc#1235905

* bsc#1236104

* bsc#1236208

* bsc#1237885

* bsc#1237906

* bsc#1238414

* bsc#1238754

* bsc#1238763

* bsc#1244758

* bsc#1244904

* bsc#1245110

* bsc#1245210

* bsc#1245723

* bsc#1245751

* bsc#1247177

* bsc#1247483

* bsc#1248306

* bsc#1248377

* bsc#1249156

* bsc#1249158

* bsc#1249827

* bsc#1252785

* bsc#1253028

* bsc#1253087

* bsc#1253409

* bsc#1253702

* bsc#1254447

* bsc#1254462

* bsc#1254463

* bsc#1254464

* bsc#1254465

* bsc#1254767

* bsc#1254842

* bsc#1255171

* bsc#1255251

* bsc#1255377

* bsc#1255401

* bsc#1255594

* bsc#1255908

* bsc#1256095

* bsc#1256582

* bsc#1256612

* bsc#1256623

* bsc#1256641

* bsc#1256726

* bsc#1256744

* bsc#1256779

* bsc#1256792

* bsc#1257232

* bsc#1257236

* bsc#1257296

* bsc#1257473

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49604.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49943.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49980.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50232.html

*...

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Severity
important
Lowest
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Critical

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0496-1
Release Date: 2026-02-13T10:52:19Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

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Topics Covered

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