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SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 Essential Kernel Update 2026-20508-1 Released

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Calendar Grey February 27, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
This advisory covers an important kernel update for SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 addressing two significant vulnerabilities.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel 6.4.0-36.1 fixes various security issues The following security issues were fixed: * CVE-2025-40129: sunrpc: fix null pointer dereference on zero-length checksum (bsc#1253473). * CVE-2025-40186: tcp: Don't call reqsk_fastopen_remove() in tcp_conn_request() (bsc#1253439). ## 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-279=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (s390x x86_64) * kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-36-default-3-1.1 * kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_13-debugsource-3-1.1

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References

* bsc#1253439

* bsc#1253473

Cross-

* CVE-2025-40129

* CVE-2025-40186

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-40129 ( SUSE ): 8.7

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

* CVE-2025-40129 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2025-40186 ( 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-2025-40186 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Micro 6.1

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40129.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40186.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253439

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253473

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20508-1
Release Date: 2026-02-19T09:17:44Z
Rating: important

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