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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Kernel Advisory CVE-2023-87766 UBUNTU-SU-2023-4006-8

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Calendar Grey May 4, 2026
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Update for openSUSE addresses a critical kernel issue linked to CVE-2026-31431, ensuring system safety and functionality.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 kernel was updated to fix one security issue

The following security issue was fixed:

* CVE-2026-31431: The copy.fail security issue is fixed by revert to operating

out-of-place in algif_aead (bsc#1262573).

## Special Instructions and Notes:

* Please reboot the system after installing this update.

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Topics Covered

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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 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-1671=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-obs-build-6.4.0-150600.23.100.1

* kernel-default-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.100.1

* kernel-default-extra-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.100.1

* kernel-default-debugsource-6.4.0-150600.23.100.1

* kernel-syms-6.4.0-150600.23.100.1

* ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.100.1

* gfs2-kmp-default-6.4.0-150600.23.100.1

* kernel-default-optional-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.100.1

* kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.100.1

* cluster-md-kmp-default-6.4.0-150600.23.100.1

* kernel-obs-qa-6.4.0-150600.23.100.1

* kernel-default-devel-6.4.0-150600.23.100.1

* dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.100.1

* dlm-kmp-default-6.4.0-150600.23.100.1

* kernel-obs-build-debugsource-6.4.0-150600.23.100.1

* cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.100.1

* kernel-default-devel-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.100.1

* reiserfs-kmp-default-6.4.0-150600.23.100.1

* gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.100.1

* kselftests-kmp-default-6.4.0-150600.23.100.1

*...

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References

* bsc#1262573

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31431.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1262573

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1671-2
Release Date: 2026-05-04T09:19:32Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.6

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