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SUSE Linux Kernel Important Security Fixes 2026-0543-1 CVE-2025-38111

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Calendar Grey February 16, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
This security update for the SUSE Linux kernel addresses five significant issues affecting system integrity and performance.
An update that solves five vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel 6.4.0-150600.23.42 fixes various security issues The following security issues were fixed: * CVE-2025-38111: net/mdiobus: Fix potential out-of-bounds read/write access (bsc#1249455). * CVE-2025-38352: posix-cpu-timers: fix race between handle_posix_cpu_timers() and posix_cpu_timer_del() (bsc#1249205). * CVE-2025-39742: RDMA: hfi1: fix possible divide-by-zero in find_hw_thread_mask() (bsc#1249480). * CVE-2025-40129: sunrpc: fix null pointer dereference on zero-length checksum (bsc#1253473). * CVE-2025-40186: tcp: Don't call reqsk_fastopen_remove() in tcp_conn_request() (bsc#1253439). ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

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security advisory security issue important kernel SuSE Linux hardware bug

References

* bsc#1249205

* bsc#1249455

* bsc#1249480

* bsc#1253439

* bsc#1253473

Cross-

* CVE-2025-38111

* CVE-2025-38352

* CVE-2025-39742

* CVE-2025-40129

* CVE-2025-40186

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-38111 ( SUSE ): 7.3

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2025-38111 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-38111 ( NVD ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2025-38352 ( 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-2025-38352 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-38352 ( NVD ): 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-39742 ( SUSE ): 7.3

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0543-1
Release Date: 2026-02-15T19:33:36Z
Rating: important

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security advisory security issue important kernel SuSE Linux hardware bug

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