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SUSE Linux Enterprise Kernel Important Patch 2026-0967-1 CVE-2025-71085

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Calendar Grey March 23, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Critical update for SUSE Linux kernel addressing important vulnerabilities with recommended patch instructions.
An update that solves six vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Kernel 4.12.14-122.290 fixes various security issues The following security issues were fixed: * CVE-2022-50697: mrp: introduce active flags to prevent UAF when applicant uninit (bsc#1255595). * CVE-2022-50756: nvme-pci: fix mempool alloc size (bsc#1256217). * CVE-2025-21738: ata: libata-sff: ensure that we cannot write outside the allocated buffer (bsc#1257118). * CVE-2025-68285: libceph: fix potential use-after-free in have_mon_and_osd_map() (bsc#1255402). * CVE-2025-68813: ipvs: fix ipv4 null-ptr-deref in route error path (bsc#1256644). * CVE-2025-71085: ipv6: BUG() in pskb_expand_head() as part of calipso_skbuff_setattr() (bsc#1256624). ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

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security advisory SuSE DoS important kernel Linux patching

References

* bsc#1255402

* bsc#1255595

* bsc#1256217

* bsc#1256624

* bsc#1256644

* bsc#1257118

Cross-

* CVE-2022-50697

* CVE-2022-50756

* CVE-2025-21738

* CVE-2025-68285

* CVE-2025-68813

* CVE-2025-71085

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2022-50697 ( 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-2022-50697 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2022-50756 ( 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-2022-50756 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-21738 ( 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-2025-21738 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0967-1
Release Date: 2026-03-23T14:04:35Z
Rating: important

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