The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 kernel was updated to fix various security
issues
The following security issues were fixed:
* CVE-2025-38234: sched/rt: Fix race in push_rt_task (bsc#1246057).
* CVE-2026-23103: ipvlan: Make the addrs_lock be per port (bsc#1257773).
* CVE-2026-23243: RDMA/umad: Reject negative data_len in ib_umad_write
(bsc#1259797).
* CVE-2026-23272: netfilter: nf_tables: unconditionally bump set-nelems before
insertion (bsc#1260009).
* CVE-2026-23274: netfilter: xt_IDLETIMER: reject rev0 reuse of ALARM timer
labels (bsc#1260005).
The following non security issue was fixed:
* watchdog/perf: properly initialize the turbo mode timestamp and rearm
counter (bsc#1256504).
## Special Instructions and Notes:
* Please reboot the system after installing this update.
## 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 15.4
zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-1563=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-1563=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-1563=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-1563=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-1563=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP4
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HA-15-SP4-2026-1563=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2026-1563=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-1563=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise...
Read the Full Advisory* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch nosrc)
* kernel-docs-5.14.21-150400.24.200.1
* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)
* kernel-docs-html-5.14.21-150400.24.200.1
* kernel-macros-5.14.21-150400.24.200.1
* kernel-devel-5.14.21-150400.24.200.1
* kernel-source-vanilla-5.14.21-150400.24.200.1
* kernel-source-5.14.21-150400.24.200.1
* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le x86_64)
* kernel-kvmsmall-devel-5.14.21-150400.24.200.1
* kernel-default-base-rebuild-5.14.21-150400.24.200.1.150400.24.102.1
* kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo-5.14.21-150400.24.200.1
* kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo-5.14.21-150400.24.200.1
* kernel-default-base-5.14.21-150400.24.200.1.150400.24.102.1
* kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource-5.14.21-150400.24.200.1
* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
* kernel-default-devel-debuginfo-5.14.21-150400.24.200.1
* ocfs2-kmp-default-5.14.21-150400.24.200.1
* kernel-syms-5.14.21-150400.24.200.1
* kernel-default-optional-debuginfo-5.14.21-150400.24.200.1
* kselftests-kmp-default-5.14.21-150400.24.200.1
*...
Read the Full Advisory* bsc#1246057
* bsc#1256504
* bsc#1256675
* bsc#1257773
* bsc#1259797
* bsc#1260005
* bsc#1260009
## References:
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38234.html
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68818.html
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23103.html
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23243.html
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23272.html
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23274.html
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246057
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256504
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256675
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257773
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259797
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1260005
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1260009
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