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SUSE Linux 16.0 Kernel Key Security Patch Announcement SUSE-SU-2026-40801-6

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Calendar Grey March 5, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE provides an important kernel update addressing 205 vulnerabilities, improving system security and stability.
An update that solves 205 vulnerabilities, contains three features and has 28 fixes can now be installed.

Summary

## The SUSE Linux Enterprise 16.0 and SL MIxro 6.2 kernel was updated to fix various security issues The following security issues were fixed: * CVE-2025-40147: blk-throttle: fix access race during throttle policy activation (bsc#1253344). * CVE-2025-40257: mptcp: fix a race in mptcp_pm_del_add_timer() (bsc#1254842). * CVE-2025-40259: scsi: sg: Do not sleep in atomic context (bsc#1254845). * CVE-2025-40261: nvme: nvme-fc: Ensure ->ioerr_work is cancelled in nvme_fc_delete_ctrl() (bsc#1254839). * CVE-2025-40363: net: ipv6: fix field-spanning memcpy warning in AH output (bsc#1255102). * CVE-2025-68174: amd/amdkfd: enhance kfd process check in switch partition (bsc#1255327). * CVE-2025-68178: blk-cgroup: fix possible deadlock while configuring policy (bsc#1255266).

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service SuSE patch important kernel

References

* bsc#1205462

* bsc#1214285

* bsc#1215199

* bsc#1235905

* bsc#1242505

* bsc#1242974

* bsc#1242986

* bsc#1243452

* bsc#1243507

* bsc#1243662

* bsc#1246184

* bsc#1246282

* bsc#1247030

* bsc#1247292

* bsc#1247712

* bsc#1248166

* bsc#1248175

* bsc#1248178

* bsc#1248179

* bsc#1248185

* bsc#1248188

* bsc#1248196

* bsc#1248206

* bsc#1248208

* bsc#1248209

* bsc#1248211

* bsc#1248212

* bsc#1248213

* bsc#1248214

* bsc#1248216

* bsc#1248217

* bsc#1248222

* bsc#1248227

* bsc#1248228

* bsc#1248229

* bsc#1248232

* bsc#1248234

* bsc#1248240

* bsc#1248360

* bsc#1248366

* bsc#1248384

* bsc#1248626

* bsc#1249307

* bsc#1249609

* bsc#1249895

* bsc#1249998

* bsc#1250032

* bsc#1250082

* bsc#1250388

* bsc#1250705

* bsc#1250738

* bsc#1250748

* bsc#1252712

* bsc#1252773

* bsc#1252784

* bsc#1252891

* bsc#1252900

* bsc#1253049

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20599-1
Release Date: 2026-02-27T13:03:55Z
Rating: important

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