openSUSE Leap 15.6 SUSE-2026-1041-1 Important Kernel Fix
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March 25, 2026
An update that solves 27 vulnerabilities and has 19 security fixes can now be installed.
Summary
## The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: * CVE-2023-53817: crypto: lib/mpi - avoid null pointer deref in mpi_cmp_ui() (bsc#1254992). * CVE-2024-38542: RDMA/mana_ib: boundary check before installing cq callbacks (bsc#1226591). * CVE-2025-37861: scsi: mpi3mr: Synchronous access b/w reset and tm thread for reply queue (bsc#1243055). * CVE-2025-39817: efivarfs: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in efivarfs_d_compare (bsc#1249998). * CVE-2025-39964: crypto: af_alg - Disallow concurrent writes in af_alg_sendmsg (bsc#1251966). * CVE-2025-40099: cifs: parse_dfs_referrals: prevent oob on malformed input (bsc#1252911). * CVE-2025-40103: smb: client: Fix refcount leak for cifs_sb_tlink (bsc#1252924).
Topics Covered
References
* bsc#1226591
* bsc#1241345
* bsc#1243055
* bsc#1245728
* bsc#1249998
* bsc#1251135
* bsc#1251186
* bsc#1251966
* bsc#1251971
* bsc#1252266
* bsc#1252911
* bsc#1252924
* bsc#1253049
* bsc#1254306
* bsc#1254992
* bsc#1255084
* bsc#1256564
* bsc#1256645
* bsc#1256690
* bsc#1256716
* bsc#1257231
* bsc#1257466
* bsc#1257472
* bsc#1257473
* bsc#1257732
* bsc#1257735
* bsc#1257749
* bsc#1257790
* bsc#1257891
* bsc#1257952
* bsc#1258181
* bsc#1258338
* bsc#1258340
* bsc#1258376
* bsc#1258377
* bsc#1258395
* bsc#1258424
* bsc#1258464
* bsc#1258518
* bsc#1258524
* bsc#1258832
* bsc#1258849
* bsc#1258850
* bsc#1258928
* bsc#1259070
* bsc#1259857
Cross-
* CVE-2023-53817
* CVE-2024-38542
* CVE-2025-37861
* CVE-2025-39817
* CVE-2025-39964
* CVE-2025-40099
* CVE-2025-40103
* CVE-2025-40253
* CVE-2025-71066
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1041-1
Release Date: 2026-03-25T14:13:36Z
Rating: important
Topics Covered
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