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openSUSE Kernel Important Security Fixes for 22 Issues 2026-2961-1

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Calendar Grey July 14, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This important advisory for openSUSE details kernel updates addressing multiple security issues thoroughly.
An update that solves 22 vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Kernel 5.14.21-150500.55.163 fixes

various security issues

The following security issues were fixed:

* CVE-2026-23393: bridge: cfm: Fix race condition in peer_mep deletion

(bsc#1260524).

* CVE-2026-31505: iavf: fix out-of-bounds writes in iavf_get_ethtool_stats()

(bsc#1263094).

* CVE-2026-31533: net/tls: fix use-after-free in -EBUSY error path of

tls_do_encryption (bsc#1262759).

* CVE-2026-31570: can: gw: fix OOB heap access in cgw_csum_crc8_rel()

(bsc#1263118).

* CVE-2026-31586: mm: blk-cgroup: fix use-after-free in cgwb_release_workfn()

(bsc#1263177).

* CVE-2026-31685: netfilter: ip6t_eui64: reject invalid MAC header for all

packets (bsc#1263670).

* CVE-2026-31758: usb: usbtmc: Flush anchored URBs in usbtmc_release

(bsc#1264094).

* CVE-2026-43025: netfilter: ctnetlink: ignore explicit helper on new

expectations (bsc#1264253).

* CVE-2026-43027: netfilter: nf_conntrack_helper: pass helper to...

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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:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2026-2961=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-2961=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_163-default-4-150500.2.2

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_39-debugsource-4-150500.2.2

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_163-default-debuginfo-4-150500.2.2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_163-default-4-150500.2.2

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_39-debugsource-4-150500.2.2

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_163-default-debuginfo-4-150500.2.2

References

* bsc#1260524

* bsc#1262759

* bsc#1263094

* bsc#1263118

* bsc#1263177

* bsc#1263670

* bsc#1264094

* bsc#1264252

* bsc#1264253

* bsc#1264849

* bsc#1265117

* bsc#1265127

* bsc#1265197

* bsc#1265945

* bsc#1266015

* bsc#1266265

* bsc#1267206

* bsc#1267698

* bsc#1267723

* bsc#1267893

* bsc#1268662

* bsc#1269023

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23393.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31505.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31533.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31570.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31586.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31685.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31758.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43025.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43027.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43037.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43190.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43366.html

*...

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:2961-1
Release Date: 2026-07-14T10:33:59Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

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