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SUSE Kernel Major Update Addresses Critical Security Concern 2026-22117-1

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Calendar Grey June 16, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Critical security update for SUSE kernel addressing 60 vulnerabilities with essential fixes. Immediate installation advised.
An update that solves 60 vulnerabilities and has four 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-2026-23254: net: gro: fix outer network offset (bsc#1259884). * CVE-2026-23303: smb: client: Don't log plaintext credentials in cifs_set_cifscreds (bsc#1260502). * CVE-2026-23327: cxl/mbox: validate payload size before accessing contents in cxl_payload_from_user_allowed() (bsc#1260548). * CVE-2026-23438: net: mvpp2: guard flow control update with global_tx_fc in buffer switching (bsc#1261619). * CVE-2026-31396: net: macb: fix use-after-free access to PTP clock (bsc#1261791). * CVE-2026-31401: HID: bpf: prevent buffer overflow in hid_hw_request (bsc#1261603). * CVE-2026-31446: ext4: fix use-after-free in update_super_work when racing

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue SuSE threat important kernel

References

* bsc#1259884

* bsc#1260502

* bsc#1260548

* bsc#1261041

* bsc#1261603

* bsc#1261619

* bsc#1261791

* bsc#1262606

* bsc#1262615

* bsc#1262619

* bsc#1262622

* bsc#1262624

* bsc#1263006

* bsc#1263058

* bsc#1263062

* bsc#1263115

* bsc#1263180

* bsc#1263579

* bsc#1263594

* bsc#1263724

* bsc#1263794

* bsc#1263883

* bsc#1263932

* bsc#1264000

* bsc#1264040

* bsc#1264091

* bsc#1264196

* bsc#1264243

* bsc#1264245

* bsc#1264255

* bsc#1264415

* bsc#1264484

* bsc#1264609

* bsc#1264622

* bsc#1264672

* bsc#1264723

* bsc#1264765

* bsc#1265081

* bsc#1265114

* bsc#1265170

* bsc#1265186

* bsc#1265579

* bsc#1266394

* bsc#1266400

* bsc#1266696

* bsc#1266711

* bsc#1266720

* bsc#1266810

* bsc#1266816

* bsc#1266826

* bsc#1266827

* bsc#1266888

* bsc#1266889

* bsc#1266901

* bsc#1266914

* bsc#1266927

* bsc#1266972

* bsc#1267205

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:22117-1
Release Date: 2026-06-15T10:50:32Z
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue SuSE threat important kernel

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