SUSE: Kernel Important Security Update CVE-2023-53574 CVE-2025-38257
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January 12, 2026
An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.
Summary
## This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel 5.14.21-150500.55.113 fixes various security issues The following security issues were fixed: * CVE-2023-53574: wifi: rtw88: delete timer and free skb queue when unloading (bsc#1251984). * CVE-2025-38257: s390/pkey: prevent overflow in size calculation for memdup_user() (bsc#1246189). ## 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 15.5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-93=1 SUSE-2026-94=1 SUSE-2026-106=1 SUSE-2026-95=1 SUSE-2026-96=1 SUSE-2026-90=1 SUSE-2026-91=1 SUSE-2026-92=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5
Topics Covered
References
* bsc#1246189
* bsc#1251984
Cross-
* CVE-2023-53574
* CVE-2025-38257
CVSS scores:
* CVE-2023-53574 ( SUSE ): 7.3
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
* CVE-2023-53574 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
* CVE-2025-38257 ( SUSE ): 8.5
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
* CVE-2025-38257 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
* CVE-2025-38257 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0090-1
Release Date: 2026-01-12T11:05:02Z
Rating: important
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