The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6 kernel was updated to fix the following issue:
* CVE-2026-43284: xfrm: esp: avoid in-place decrypt on shared skb frags
(bsc#1264449).
* CVE-2026-43500: rxrpc: Also unshare DATA/RESPONSE packets when paged frags
are present (bsc#1264450).
## 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 SUSE-2026-1840=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP6
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HA-15-SP6-2026-1840=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP6-LTSS-2026-1840=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP6-2026-1840=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2026-1840=1
* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch nosrc)
* kernel-docs-6.4.0-150600.23.103.1
* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)
* kernel-macros-6.4.0-150600.23.103.1
* kernel-source-vanilla-6.4.0-150600.23.103.1
* kernel-source-6.4.0-150600.23.103.1
* kernel-docs-html-6.4.0-150600.23.103.1
* kernel-devel-6.4.0-150600.23.103.1
* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (nosrc ppc64le x86_64)
* kernel-debug-6.4.0-150600.23.103.1
* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (ppc64le x86_64)
* kernel-debug-debugsource-6.4.0-150600.23.103.1
* kernel-debug-devel-6.4.0-150600.23.103.1
* kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.103.1
* kernel-debug-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.103.1
* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)
* kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.103.1
* kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.103.1
* kernel-default-vdso-6.4.0-150600.23.103.1
* kernel-debug-vdso-6.4.0-150600.23.103.1
* kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo-6.4.0-150600.23.103.1
* kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-6.4.0-150600.23.103.1
* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64)
* dtb-hisilicon-6.4.0-150600.23.103.1
*...
Read the Full Advisory* bsc#1264449
* bsc#1264450
## References:
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43284.html
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43500.html
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1264449
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1264450
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