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openSUSE Kernel Important Update Six Issues Fixed 2026-3002-1

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Calendar Grey July 15, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An important security advisory addressing six vulnerabilities affecting the openSUSE Kernel. Update recommended for protection.
An update that solves six vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Kernel 6.4.0-150600.23.115 fixes

various security issues

The following security issues were fixed:

* CVE-2026-46120: ip6_gre: Use cached t->net in ip6erspan_changelink()

(bsc#1267893).

* CVE-2026-46173: exit: prevent preemption of oopsing TASK_DEAD task

(bsc#1267723).

* CVE-2026-46227: sctp: revalidate list cursor after sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc() in

SCTP_SENDALL (bsc#1267698).

* CVE-2026-52909: ip6_vti: set netns_immutable on the fallback device

(bsc#1268662).

* CVE-2026-52943: net: skbuff: fix missing zerocopy reference in pskb_carve

helpers (bsc#1269023).

* CVE-2026-53362: ipv6: account for fraggap on the paged allocation path

(bsc#1269495).

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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-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP6-2026-3002=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-3002=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_115-default-2-150600.2.2

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_27-debugsource-2-150600.2.2

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_115-default-debuginfo-2-150600.2.2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_115-default-2-150600.2.2

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_27-debugsource-2-150600.2.2

* kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_115-default-debuginfo-2-150600.2.2

References

* bsc#1267698

* bsc#1267723

* bsc#1267893

* bsc#1268662

* bsc#1269023

* bsc#1269495

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46120.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46173.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46227.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-52909.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-52943.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53362.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267698

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267723

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267893

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268662

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1269023

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1269495

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:3002-1
Release Date: 2026-07-15T06:05:21Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

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