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openSUSE 15 SP5 Kernel Major Updates Addressing Various Security Issues

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Calendar Grey March 26, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Update for openSUSE kernel fixes nine vulnerabilities and enhances security measures.
An update that solves nine vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Kernel 5.14.21-150500.55.130 fixes

various security issues

The following security issues were fixed:

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

uninit (bsc#1255595).

* CVE-2023-53781: smc: Fix use-after-free in tcp_write_timer_handler()

(bsc#1254755).

* CVE-2025-21738: ata: libata-sff: ensure that we cannot write outside the

allocated buffer (bsc#1257118).

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

of bounds (bsc#1257629).

* CVE-2025-40258: mptcp: fix race condition in mptcp_schedule_work()

(bsc#1255053).

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

handle_auth_session_key() (bsc#1255378).

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

have_mon_and_osd_map() (bsc#1255402).

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

(bsc#1256644).

* CVE-2025-71085: ipv6: BUG() in...

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow remote access 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:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2026-1047=1 SUSE-SLE-

Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2026-1048=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-1050=1 SUSE-2026-1054=1 SUSE-2026-1055=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2026-1050=1 SUSE-SLE-

Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2026-1054=1 SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-

Patching-15-SP5-2026-1055=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-1048=1 SUSE-2026-1047=1

Package List

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_184-default-3-150400.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_46-debugsource-3-150400.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_187-default-debuginfo-3-150400.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_187-default-3-150400.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_184-default-debuginfo-3-150400.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_47-debugsource-3-150400.2.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_130-default-debuginfo-3-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_124-default-debuginfo-6-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_127-default-3-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_32-debugsource-3-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_130-default-3-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_31-debugsource-6-150500.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_124-default-6-150500.2.1

*...

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References

* bsc#1254755

* bsc#1255053

* bsc#1255378

* bsc#1255402

* bsc#1255595

* bsc#1256624

* bsc#1256644

* bsc#1257118

* bsc#1257629

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50697.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53781.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-21738.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38159.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40258.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68284.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68285.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68813.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-71085.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254755

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255053

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255378

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255402

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255595

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256624

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256644

*...

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Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1048-1
Release Date: 2026-03-26T07:34:36Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 * openSUSE Leap 15.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

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Topics Covered

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