SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 Important Kernel Patch for CVE-2025-38588
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February 17, 2026
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one fix can now be installed.
Summary
## This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel 6.4.0-24.1 fixes one security issue The following security issue was fixed: * CVE-2025-38588: ipv6: prevent infinite loop in rt6_nlmsg_size() (bsc#1249241). The following non security issue was fixed: * fix addr_bit_set() issue on big-endian machines (bsc#1256928). ## 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 Micro 6.1 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-kernel-254=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (s390x x86_64) * kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-24-default-debuginfo-16-1.2 * kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_4-debugsource-16-1.2
Topics Covered
References
* bsc#1249241
* bsc#1256928
Cross-
* CVE-2025-38588
CVSS scores:
* CVE-2025-38588 ( 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-2025-38588 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
* CVE-2025-38588 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
* SUSE Linux Micro 6.1
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one fix can now be installed.
##
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38588.html
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249241
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256928
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20390-1
Release Date: 2026-01-29T10:42:53Z
Rating: important
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