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SUSE Linux Enterprise 16 Kernel Important Data Race Threat 2026-20636-1

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Calendar Grey March 6, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Critical update for SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel addressing data race vulnerability in CPU latency handling.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel 6.12.0-160000.6.1 fixes one security issue The following security issue was fixed: * CVE-2025-40130: scsi: ufs: core: Fix data race in CPU latency PM QoS request handling (bsc#1253415). ## 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 Enterprise Server 16.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-352=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-352=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (ppc64le s390x x86_64) * kernel-livepatch-SLE16_Update_1-debugsource-5-160000.1.1

References

* bsc#1253415

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* CVE-2025-40130

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-40130 ( 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-2025-40130 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40130.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253415

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20636-1
Release Date: 2026-03-04T10:43:15Z
Rating: important

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