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SUSE 12 SP5 Important Kernel Patch for Seven Issues 2026-1298-1

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Calendar Grey April 13, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
An important SUSE kernel update fixes seven significant risks including session state checks and validation issues.
An update that solves seven vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Kernel 4.12.14-122.272 fixes various security issues The following security issues were fixed: * CVE-2023-53794: cifs: fix session state check in reconnect to avoid use- after-free issue (bsc#1255235). * CVE-2025-39973: i40e: add validation for ring_len param (bsc#1252036). * CVE-2025-40018: ipvs: Defer ip_vs_ftp unregister during netns cleanup (bsc#1252689). * CVE-2025-71120: SUNRPC: svcauth_gss: avoid NULL deref on zero length gss_token in gss_read_proxy_verf (bsc#1256780). * CVE-2026-22999: net/sched: sch_qfq: do not free existing class in qfq_change_class() (bsc#1257238). * CVE-2026-23074: net/sched: Enforce that teql can only be used as root qdisc (bsc#1258051). * CVE-2026-23209: macvlan: fix error recovery in macvlan_common_newlink()

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security advisory SuSE DoS important kernel seven risks

References

* bsc#1252036

* bsc#1252689

* bsc#1255235

* bsc#1256780

* bsc#1257238

* bsc#1258051

* bsc#1258784

Cross-

* CVE-2023-53794

* CVE-2025-39973

* CVE-2025-40018

* CVE-2025-71120

* CVE-2026-22999

* CVE-2026-23074

* CVE-2026-23209

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2023-53794 ( SUSE ): 7.7

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

* CVE-2023-53794 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-39973 ( 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-2025-39973 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-40018 ( 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-2025-40018 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1298-1
Release Date: 2026-04-13T15:04:44Z
Rating: important

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