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SUSE Linux Lite 7.2 Core Essential Upgrade SUSE-SU-2026-32003-4

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Calendar Grey March 27, 2026
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SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 important kernel update fixes 176 issues. Immediate installation recommended for security.
An update that solves 176 vulnerabilities, contains two features and has 24 fixes can now be installed.

Summary

## The SUSE Linux Enterprise 16.0 kernel was updated to fix various security issues. The following security issues were fixed: * CVE-2025-39753: gfs2: Set .migrate_folio in gfs2_{rgrp,meta}_aops (bsc#1249590). * 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). * CVE-2025-40230: mm: prevent poison consumption when splitting THP (bsc#1254817). * CVE-2025-68173: ftrace: Fix softlockup in ftrace_module_enable (bsc#1255311). * CVE-2025-68186: ring-buffer: Do not warn in ring_buffer_map_get_reader() when reader catches up (bsc#1255144).

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References

* bsc#1234634

* bsc#1249590

* bsc#1250748

* bsc#1251135

* bsc#1251966

* bsc#1251971

* bsc#1252008

* bsc#1252266

* bsc#1252911

* bsc#1252924

* bsc#1253129

* bsc#1253691

* bsc#1254817

* bsc#1254928

* bsc#1255129

* bsc#1255144

* bsc#1255148

* bsc#1255311

* bsc#1255490

* bsc#1255572

* bsc#1255721

* bsc#1255868

* bsc#1256640

* bsc#1256675

* bsc#1256679

* bsc#1256708

* bsc#1256732

* bsc#1256784

* bsc#1256802

* bsc#1256865

* bsc#1256867

* bsc#1257154

* bsc#1257174

* bsc#1257209

* bsc#1257222

* bsc#1257228

* bsc#1257231

* bsc#1257246

* bsc#1257332

* bsc#1257466

* bsc#1257472

* bsc#1257473

* bsc#1257551

* bsc#1257552

* bsc#1257553

* bsc#1257554

* bsc#1257556

* bsc#1257557

* bsc#1257559

* bsc#1257560

* bsc#1257561

* bsc#1257562

* bsc#1257565

* bsc#1257570

* bsc#1257572

* bsc#1257573

* bsc#1257576

* bsc#1257579

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20838-1
Release Date: 2026-03-25T08:52:20Z
Rating: important

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