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openSUSE Leap 15.6 Important Kernel Policy Management Vuln 2026-1531-1

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Calendar Grey April 21, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Critical update for openSUSE addressing important security flaw in kernel privilege management. Ensure your systems are patched.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Kernel 6.4.0-150600.23.87 fixes one

security issue

The following security issue was fixed:

* CVE-2026-23268: apparmor: fix unprivileged local user can do privileged

policy management (bsc#1259859).

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-2026-1531=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2026-1531=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_87-default-debuginfo-3-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_20-debugsource-3-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_87-default-3-150600.2.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (ppc64le s390x)

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_87-default-debuginfo-3-150600.2.2

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_20-debugsource-3-150600.2.2

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_87-default-3-150600.2.2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6 (ppc64le s390x)

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_87-default-debuginfo-3-150600.2.2

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_20-debugsource-3-150600.2.2

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_87-default-3-150600.2.2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6 (x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_87-default-debuginfo-3-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_20-debugsource-3-150600.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_87-default-3-150600.2.1

References

* bsc#1259859

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23268.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259859

Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1531-1
Release Date: 2026-04-21T12:04:50Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

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