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openSUSE 2026 Kernel RT Important nfsd Refcount Leak Fix CVE-2025-40212

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Calendar Grey January 27, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An important security update for openSUSE addresses a kernel issue and includes a bug fix for CVE-2025-40212.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one bug fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel 6.12.0-160000.7.1 fixes one security issue

The following security issue was fixed:

- CVE-2025-40212: nfsd: fix refcount leak in nfsd_set_fh_dentry() (bsc#1254196).

Patch instructions:

To install this openSUSE security 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 16.0

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-16.0-191=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue important kernel OpenSUSE nfsd

Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

kernel-livepatch-6_12_0-160000_7-rt-2-160000.1.1

References

* bsc#1254196

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40212.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:20108-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

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