Explore top 10 tips to secure your open-source projects now. Read More

×
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 754
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 754

SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 Kernel Important Security Update 2026-0970-1

suse
Calendar Grey March 23, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Update for SUSE Linux kernel addresses eight security issues and improves system protection against threats.
An update that solves eight vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Kernel 4.12.14-122.275 fixes various security issues The following security issues were fixed: * CVE-2022-50423: ACPICA: Fix use-after-free in acpi_ut_copy_ipackage_to_ipackage() (bsc#1250785). * CVE-2022-50697: mrp: introduce active flags to prevent UAF when applicant uninit (bsc#1255595). * CVE-2022-50756: nvme-pci: fix mempool alloc size (bsc#1256217). * CVE-2023-53781: smc: Fix use-after-free in tcp_write_timer_handler() (bsc#1254755). * CVE-2025-21738: ata: libata-sff: ensure that we cannot write outside the allocated buffer (bsc#1257118). * CVE-2025-68285: libceph: fix potential use-after-free in have_mon_and_osd_map() (bsc#1255402). * CVE-2025-68813: ipvs: fix ipv4 null-ptr-deref in route error path (bsc#1256644).

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue SuSE patch important kernel

References

* bsc#1250785

* bsc#1254755

* bsc#1255402

* bsc#1255595

* bsc#1256217

* bsc#1256624

* bsc#1256644

* bsc#1257118

Cross-

* CVE-2022-50423

* CVE-2022-50697

* CVE-2022-50756

* CVE-2023-53781

* CVE-2025-21738

* CVE-2025-68285

* CVE-2025-68813

* CVE-2025-71085

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2022-50423 ( SUSE ): 8.5

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2022-50423 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2022-50423 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2022-50423 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2022-50697 ( 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-2022-50697 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0970-1
Release Date: 2026-03-23T14:34:54Z
Rating: important

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue SuSE patch important kernel

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.