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openSUSE 15 SP5 Kernel Important Update Fixes CVE-2026-46173

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Calendar Grey July 15, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This update resolves important issues in the openSUSE kernel, improving system security and stability against threats.
An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Kernel 5.14.21-150500.55.172 fixes

various security issues

The following security issues were fixed:

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

(bsc#1267723).

* 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).

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important kernel OpenSUSE live patching

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-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2026-3009=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-3007=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2026-3007=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-3009=1

Package List

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_56-debugsource-2-150400.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_225-default-2-150400.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_225-default-debuginfo-2-150400.2.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_56-debugsource-2-150400.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_225-default-2-150400.2.1

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_225-default-debuginfo-2-150400.2.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_172-default-2-150500.2.2

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_172-default-debuginfo-2-150500.2.2

* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_42-debugsource-2-150500.2.2

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

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_172-default-2-150500.2.2

* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_172-default-debuginfo-2-150500.2.2

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1267723

* bsc#1268662

* bsc#1269023

## References:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:3009-1
Release Date: 2026-07-15T07:34:15Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 * openSUSE Leap 15.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

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Topics Covered

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