Security update for the Linux Kernel RT (Live Patch 4 for SUSE Linux Enterprise 16)

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20830-1
Release Date: 2026-03-24T05:43:06Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-68813 ( SUSE ): 8.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-68813 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2025-71085 ( SUSE ): 8.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-71085 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2025-71085 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.2

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Kernel 6.12.0-160000.9.1 fixes various security issues

The following security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2025-68813: ipvs: fix ipv4 null-ptr-deref in route error path (bsc#1256644).
  • CVE-2025-71085: ipv6: BUG() in pskb_expand_head() as part of calipso_skbuff_setattr() (bsc#1256624).

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-6.2-429=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 (x86_64)
    • kernel-livepatch-6_12_0-160000_9-rt-2-160000.1.1
    • kernel-livepatch-SLE16-RT_Update_4-debugsource-2-160000.1.1
    • kernel-livepatch-6_12_0-160000_9-rt-debuginfo-2-160000.1.1

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