SUSE 2026 Kernel Important Security Update CVE-2025-39998 DoS
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April 28, 2026
An update that solves 49 vulnerabilities, contains four features and has 23 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-2025-39998: scsi: target: target_core_configfs: Add length check to avoid buffer overflow (bsc#1252073). * CVE-2025-40253: s390/ctcm: Fix double-kfree (bsc#1255084). * CVE-2025-68794: iomap: adjust read range correctly for non-block-aligned positions (bsc#1256647). * CVE-2025-71239: audit: add fchmodat2() to change attributes class (bsc#1259759). * CVE-2026-23072: l2tp: Fix memleak in l2tp_udp_encap_recv() (bsc#1257708). * CVE-2026-23103: ipvlan: Make the addrs_lock be per port (bsc#1257773). * CVE-2026-23120: l2tp: avoid one data-race in l2tp_tunnel_del_work() (bsc#1258280). * CVE-2026-23125: sctp: move SCTP_CMD_ASSOC_SHKEY right after
Topics Covered
References
* bsc#1191256
* bsc#1191270
* bsc#1194778
* bsc#1207184
* bsc#1217845
* bsc#1222768
* bsc#1243208
* bsc#1252073
* bsc#1253129
* bsc#1254214
* bsc#1254306
* bsc#1254307
* bsc#1255084
* bsc#1255687
* bsc#1256647
* bsc#1257183
* bsc#1257511
* bsc#1257708
* bsc#1257773
* bsc#1257777
* bsc#1258175
* bsc#1258280
* bsc#1258293
* bsc#1258301
* bsc#1258305
* bsc#1258330
* bsc#1258337
* bsc#1258340
* bsc#1258414
* bsc#1258447
* bsc#1258476
* bsc#1258849
* bsc#1259188
* bsc#1259461
* bsc#1259484
* bsc#1259485
* bsc#1259580
* bsc#1259707
* bsc#1259759
* bsc#1259795
* bsc#1259797
* bsc#1259870
* bsc#1259886
* bsc#1259891
* bsc#1259955
* bsc#1259997
* bsc#1259998
* bsc#1260005
* bsc#1260009
* bsc#1260347
* bsc#1260459
* bsc#1260464
* bsc#1260471
* bsc#1260481
* bsc#1260486
* bsc#1260490
* bsc#1260497
* bsc#1260500
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:21352-1
Release Date: 2026-04-20T15:09:00Z
Rating: important
Topics Covered
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