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.
## 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
* 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
*...
Read the Full Advisory* 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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