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SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 Important Kernel Fix CVE-2026-23268

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Calendar Grey April 27, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Critical update for SUSE Linux Enterprise Kernel to fix unprivileged user policy management issue.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Kernel 6.12.0-160000.9.1 fixes one security issue The following security issue was fixed: * CVE-2026-23268: apparmor: fix unprivileged local user can do privileged policy management (bsc#1259859). ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SL-Micro-6.2-640=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 (ppc64le s390x x86_64) * kernel-livepatch-SLE16_Update_4-debugsource-4-160000.1.1 * kernel-livepatch-6_12_0-160000_9-default-4-160000.1.1 * kernel-livepatch-6_12_0-160000_9-default-debuginfo-4-160000.1.1

References

* bsc#1259859

Cross-

* CVE-2026-23268

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-23268 ( 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-2026-23268 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-23268 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Micro 6.2

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23268.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259859

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:21348-1
Release Date: 2026-04-24T10:08:05Z
Rating: important

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