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SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 Kernel Vital Security Patch 2026-21043-1

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Calendar Grey April 13, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
An update for SUSE Linux Kernel fixes critical security issues and enhances system stability.
An update that solves eight vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Kernel 6.4.0-35.1 fixes various security issues The following security issues were fixed: * 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-2025-40159: xsk: Harden userspace-supplied xdp_desc validation (bsc#1253404). * 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-2026-23111: netfilter: nf_tables: fix inverted genmask check in

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security advisory security issue SuSE important kernel system update

References

* bsc#1252036

* bsc#1252689

* bsc#1253404

* bsc#1256780

* bsc#1257238

* bsc#1258051

* bsc#1258183

* bsc#1258784

Cross-

* CVE-2025-39973

* CVE-2025-40018

* CVE-2025-40159

* CVE-2025-71120

* CVE-2026-22999

* CVE-2026-23074

* CVE-2026-23111

* CVE-2026-23209

CVSS scores:

* 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

* CVE-2025-40159 ( 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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:21043-1
Release Date: 2026-04-09T13:20:01Z
Rating: important

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