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openSUSE 15.4 Kernel Important Copy Fail Fix 2026-1672-1 CVE-2026-31431

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Calendar Grey May 4, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
An important security update for the SUSE Linux Kernel resolves a critical issue effectively. Reboot required post-installation.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 kernel was updated to fix one security issue. The following security issue was fixed: * CVE-2026-31431: The copy.fail security issue is fixed by revert to operating out-of-place in algif_aead (bsc#1262573)

References

* bsc#1262573

Cross-

* CVE-2026-31431

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-31431 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-31431 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS

Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1672-1
Release Date: 2026-05-02T06:02:59Z
Rating: important

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