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IMPORTANT SECURITY PATCH FOR OPEN SUSE LINUX ENTERPRISE 15 SP5 KERNEL

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Calendar Grey March 24, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Important SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel update fixes 10 issues, ensuring system security and stability for users.
An update that solves 10 vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Kernel 5.14.21-150400.24.153 fixes various security issues The following security issues were fixed: * CVE-2022-50697: mrp: introduce active flags to prevent UAF when applicant uninit (bsc#1255595). * 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-2025-38159: wifi: rtw88: fix the 'para' buffer size to avoid reading out of bounds (bsc#1257629). * CVE-2025-38488: smb: client: fix use-after-free in crypt_message when using async crypto (bsc#1247240). * CVE-2025-40258: mptcp: fix race condition in mptcp_schedule_work() (bsc#1255053). * CVE-2025-68284: libceph: prevent potential out-of-bounds writes in

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security advisory security issue buffer overflow SuSE important kernel

References

* bsc#1247240

* bsc#1254755

* bsc#1255053

* bsc#1255378

* bsc#1255402

* bsc#1255595

* bsc#1256624

* bsc#1256644

* bsc#1257118

* bsc#1257629

Cross-

* CVE-2022-50697

* CVE-2023-53781

* CVE-2025-21738

* CVE-2025-38159

* CVE-2025-38488

* CVE-2025-40258

* CVE-2025-68284

* CVE-2025-68285

* CVE-2025-68813

* CVE-2025-71085

CVSS scores:

* 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

* CVE-2023-53781 ( 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-2023-53781 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-21738 ( 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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0983-1
Release Date: 2026-03-23T17:08:59Z
Rating: important

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security advisory security issue buffer overflow SuSE important kernel

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